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NOVA•Season 9•Episode 4

The Hunt for the Legion Killer

Jan 31, 198255 min

One of the biggest investigations in medical history began when a mysterious killer disease broke out during independence celebrations in Philadelphia in 1976: Legionnaires' disease. NOVA traces the search for a cause and cure—a search bedeviled by false trails, accusations of incompetence and cover-up, and

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Season 9 Episodes19

Salmon on the Run

Test-Tube Babies: A Daughter For Judy

Field Guide to Roger Tory Peterson

The Hunt for the Legion Killer

Finding a Voice

The Television Explosion

Life: Patent Pending

Palace of Delights

Animal Impostors

Aging: The Methuselah Syndrome

The Case of the UFOs

The Fragile Mountain

Here's Looking At You Kid

Adventures of Teenage Scientists

The Cobalt Blues

Goodbye Louisiana

Whale Watch

Tracking The Supertrains

The Making of a Natural History Film

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Episode Summary

"The Hunt for the Legion Killer" is episode 4 of NOVA season 9. It aired on January 31, 1982.

Next: E5 · Finding a Voice Best of Season 9