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Lifestories: Families in Crisis

  • 1992 – 1996
  • Ended
  • ~30m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 4.6/10

Lifestories: Families in Crisis is an American drama television series that premiered on HBO on August 1, 1992.

Latest: Season 1 · 1992

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  1. E1. The Secret Life of Mary Margaret: Portrait of a Bulimic

    Aug 1, 1992 · 30m

    Mary-Margaret lives the perfect life and when she can't deal anymore she becomes bulimic,shooping in other towns so people she knows wont run into her.Then when she goes to college she meets another bulimic who turns anorexic and begins to scare Mary and when her friend dies she decides to get help on her eating disorder.

  2. E2. A Deadly Secret: The Robert Bierer Story

    Aug 8, 1992 · 30m

    Robert Bierer recounts the times the he spend with his best friend the good ones and the not so good ones leading up to the tragidy that happened when his friend commited suicide and Robert talks on how you have to hold on for the sake of your friends and family.

  3. E3. Public Law 106: The Becky Bell Story

    Aug 15, 1992 · 30m

    A pregnant 17-year-old, frustrated by Indiana's Public Law 106, which requires either parental consent or a judge's permission for an underage girl to have a legal abortion, suffers the tragic consequences of seeking one illegally.

  4. E4. Gunplay: The Last Day in the Life of Brian Darling

    Sep 19, 1992 · 30m

    Describes the last day in the life of 10-year-old Brian Darling, who was accidentally shot to death while playing with a loaded handgun. The boy's father, John Darling, gives gun-safety tips.

  5. E5. Blood Brothers: The Joey DiPaolo Story

    Sep 26, 1992 · 30m

    After an 11 yr old boy who has HIV is asked by his friends to put their hands together and share blood Joey becomes faced with telling his friends and his community ,who don't accept Joey and shune him out keeping their sons/daughters away from him fearing that their childern will also catch the virus but at the end they're blood brothers the safe way.

  6. E6. No Visible Bruises: The Katie Koestner Story

    Jan 12, 1993 · 30m

    Katie a young college women who goes to a party becomes a victim of date rape twice while partying.

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