America's Most Wanted

TV Series
1988–2021
TV-PG
1h

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Don LaFontaine and John Walsh in America's Most Wanted (1988)

True crimes are dramatized in hopes that viewers can give information leading to the capture of the criminals.True crimes are dramatized in hopes that viewers can give information leading to the capture of the criminals.True crimes are dramatized in hopes that viewers can give information leading to the capture of the criminals.

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Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 3 nominations total

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John Walsh

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Daniel David Sim

FBI Agent

Don LaFontaine

Announcer

Jon Leiberman

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Angeline Hartmann

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Tom Morris

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John Turchin

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Michelle Sigona

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Ed Miller

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Patrick Michael Strange

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David Sontag

Truck driver

Wes Johnson

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Jacque Temple

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Trivia
The show's most spectacular success was the case of John List, who had murdered his entire family almost 20 years earlier. Thanks to an amazingly accurate forensic sculpture to account for his age since his last known photograph, List was captured on June 1, 1989, less than a week after the broadcast. He had adopted the pseudonym Robert Clark, and lived in Denver, Colorado and Midlothian, Virginia. On April 12, 1990, a New Jersey court convicted him of five counts of first-degree murder, and he was sentenced to five life terms in prison. List died March 21, 2008, in a Trenton, New Jersey prison from complications of pneumonia. He was 82.

Quotes
[Repeated Line]
John Walsh: And remember, you can make a difference.

Connections
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Performed by Carlos Villalobos
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9/10

Good news magazine show which has helped capture many dangerous criminals

"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.