Chiefs

Chiefs

NR Limited Series 1983 · 3 eps · ★ 7.9 · Drama, Crime, Mystery

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Three different police chiefs in three different eras become involved in a growing mystery -- who is the mass murderer behind the killing of transient youths in and around the fictional southern town of Delano over a forty year period?

Created by Robert W. Lenski

Network: CBS

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