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"America's Most Wanted" (1988): Season 23: Episode 10 -- Justice is served as cases are solved.
"America's Most Wanted" (1988): :  -- America's Most Wanted celebrates their 1000th capture of a fugitive.
Adam (1983): :  -- "CBS News RAW:" Fla. police have officially declared that deceased convict Ottis Toole killed 6-year-old Adam Walsh, son of  "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh, in 1981.
"America's Most Wanted" (1988): :  -- John Walsh, host of "America's Most Wanted," speaks with Harry Smith about how hard it would be to find Cesar Laurean, suspect in the death of a pregnant Marine, if he crosses the border into Mexico.

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Writers:
Carl Buehl (writer)
Steve Klayman (story)
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | unknown full episode list
Release Date:
7 February 1988 (USA) more
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Tagline:
America's Most Wanted is where America Fights Back
Plot:
True crimes are dramatized in hopes that viewers can give information leading to the capture of the criminals. full summary
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Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Good news magazine show which has helped capture many dangerous criminals more (13 total)
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Cast

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John Walsh ... Himself / ... (175 episodes, 1988-2009)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A.M.W. (USA) (short title)
America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back (USA) (new title)
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Runtime:
60 min (including commercials)
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1.78 : 1 more
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The show's most spectacular success was the case of John List, a man who murdered his entire family in cold blood nearly twenty years earlier and was never caught. Using the standard dramatization and an amazingly accurate forensic sculpture to account for his age since his last known photograph, the show was instrumental in the identification and capture of the fugitive within one week of broadcasting the segment. List was captured on June 1, 1989 after having lived under the pseudonym Robert Clark in Denver, Colorado and Midlothian, Virginia. On April 12, 1990, he was convicted in a New Jersey court of five counts of first-degree murder and was sentenced to five life terms in prison. On March 21, 2008 List died at age 82 in a Trenton, New Jersey prison from complications of pneumonia. more
Quotes:
[Repeated Line]
John Walsh: And remember, you can make a difference.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Stepfather (2009) more

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Good news magazine show which has helped capture many dangerous criminals, 1 August 2007
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Author: Grace Zeh (filmgirlgz@gmail.com) from Chantilly, Virginia, USA

"AMERICA'S MOST WANTED," in my opinion, is a good news magazine show which has helped capture many dangerous criminals. I enjoy seeing John Walsh as the host. There are many reasons why I said that. Also, I had no idea that John Walsh lost his own son to violence until maybe a few years ago. If you ask me, it seems that many criminals seem to get set free on technicalities due to a lack of evidence or some other hole in a case. Still, I enjoy hearing about dangerous fugitives getting what they deserve. The only thing I don't like hearing about are when someone has been murdered or gone missing. Now, in conclusion, I hope this show never ends.

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