American Experience

Season 29 Episode 5: Ruby Ridge

36 SeasonsFeb 14, 2017TV-PG52m7.5

Shortly before dawn on August 21, 1992, six heavily armed U.S. marshals made their way up to the isolated mountaintop home of Randy Weaver, his wife Vicki and their three children on Ruby Ridge in Northern Idaho. Charged with selling two...

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Season 29 Episodes:

Episode 1 Tesla

1. Tesla

Aired: Jan 10, 2017

Meet Nikola Tesla, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology...

Episode 3 Command and Control

3. Command and Control

Aired: Jan 31, 2017

An account of an incident at a Titan II missile complex in Damascus, Ark., in...

Episode 4 Oklahoma City

4. Oklahoma City

Aired: Feb 7, 2017

Oklahoma City explores the intertwined narratives of the worst domestic terro...

Episode 5 Ruby Ridge

5. Ruby Ridge

Aired: Feb 14, 2017

Shortly before dawn on August 21, 1992, six heavily armed U.S. marshals made ...

Episode 6 Oklahoma City

6. Oklahoma City

Aired: Apr 10, 2017

Oklahoma City explores the intertwined narratives of the worst domestic terro...

Episode 7 Ruby Ridge

7. Ruby Ridge

Aired: Apr 11, 2017

Shortly before dawn on August 21, 1992, six heavily armed U.S. marshals made ...

Episode 8 The Great War: Part 1

8. The Great War: Part 1

Aired: Apr 12, 2017

Explore America's tortured, nearly three-year journey to war. In August 1914,...


Info about American Experience

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary, History, Biography