Tom Crosslin and his life partner Rolland Rohm, who held annual marijuana festivals there. After the suspicious death of a local teenager, the farm falls under investigation for months.

The movement for Texas to gain independence splits into factions and takes a dangerous turn. When rivalling groups start taking hostages - the Texas Rangers must intervene.

The armed standoff between Leroy Schweitzer's Montana Freemen anti-government militant Christian Patriot group and the FBI. The members of the group referred to their land as "Justus Township" and had declared their leaders and followers `sovereign citizens" no longer under the authority of any outside government. They became the centre of public attention in 1996 when they engaged in the prolonged armed standoff

The Waco siege, a 51-day standoff involving the Branch Davidians 1993, left nearly 80 people dead. This episode re-examines the shootout and the role played by David Koresh

The 11-day Ruby Ridge standoff of August 1992, which followed efforts by Idaho authorities to apprehend and arrest alleged white supremacist Randy Weaver. Though Weaver survived, the assault resulted in the deaths of three people, including his wife and 14-year-old son

This episode revisits a bombing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which involved the Black liberation MOVE organisation. In May 1985, police bombed the group's home and killed 11 people - then allowed 61 surrounding homes to be burned to the ground. It followed years of escalating tensions between the two bodies