Lois Jurgens
Television in the early 1980's was dominated by the “new” concept of what became known as a “mini series.” To qualify for that status a “movie” would span over the period of at least two nights. One of the biggest known was one called North & South . There eventually would be three separate installments of this series and while for the most part it is largely forgotten, those who do remember it generally do so because it was one of our earliest looks at actor Patrick Swayze. By the mid-1980s television was changing again and it became the true crime era. From time to time both concepts would merge and you may have a two night true crime story movie. I remember one called In a Child's Name about a dentist who was accused of murdering his wife and his sister in law made it her quest to bring him to justice. I think I remember this one so well because at the end of the first night the parents of the dentist were sleeping in the room in which he had allegedly ...