Retro Report on PBS

Episode 3

Why crime witnesses fail to act. A Naval officer who transformed the U.S. military. Psychedelic drugs like LSD are back in the lab. The meandering voyage of a trash barge that persuaded us to recycle. Andy Borowitz highlights lunar hoax theorists.

Episode 3

54m 11s

Why crime witnesses fail to act. A Naval officer who transformed the U.S. military. Psychedelic drugs like LSD are back in the lab. The meandering voyage of a trash barge that persuaded us to recycle. Andy Borowitz highlights lunar hoax theorists.

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    Episode 3 Preview

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    Why crime witnesses fail to act. A Naval officer who transformed the U.S. military. Psychedelic drugs like LSD are back in the lab. The meandering voyage of a trash barge that persuaded us to recycle. Andy Borowitz highlights lunar hoax theorists.

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    The Bystander Effect

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    The death of Kitty Genovese, who was murdered on her way from work in Queens, New York in 1964, while people in nearby apartments were sleeping, became a case study in what became known as the Bystander Effect.

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    A Twist to the Kitty Genovese Case

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    In this scene from "Digital Bystander," how the press reported the Genovese story wrongly created a catalyst for the creation of the 911 system, and new calls for bystander assistance laws in the new era of publicly viewed violent videos.

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