American Experience
The Lie Detector
A look at the polygraph, a device created by two men in the 1920s that could tell if a person was lying, and how it has transformed police work. (60 minutes)
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Fri, 9/11 at 4:00 pm on Austin PBS HDTV
Bonnie & Clyde
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow embark on a two-year crime spree during the Great Depression and become known as the most famous criminal couple in U.S. history. (60 minutes)
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