9/6/2020: The Ranger and the Serial Killer, Mind Reading, The Resurrection of St. Nicholas
60 Minutes
CBS News
3.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In an interview with Sharyn Alfonsi, Texas Ranger James Holland talks about how he got serial killer Samuel Little to confess to his crimes. How often have you wondered what your spouse is really thinking? Or your boss? Or the guy sitting across from you on the bus? Lesley Stahl reports on scientific research to answer these questions. Nearly 20 years after being destroyed on September 11, 2001, a New York City church is being resurrected. Scott Pelley reports. Those stories on this week's "60 Minutes."
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| 0:00.0 | The first thing I picked up on is how wicked smart he was. |
| 0:10.3 | Smart. |
| 0:11.0 | Oh, like genius. Absolutely. |
| 0:13.9 | Texas Ranger James Holland is talking about the most prolific serial killer in American history, Samuel Little. |
| 0:21.3 | Where did you kill the most? |
| 0:22.9 | As you'll hear, the Ranger is determined |
| 0:25.2 | to solve the murders |
| 0:26.4 | Little committed in 19 states. |
| 0:28.6 | She were laughing. |
| 0:30.8 | Well, I was killing them. |
| 0:32.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:33.2 | With hours of conversations |
| 0:34.6 | and works of art, |
| 0:36.2 | Wow. |
| 0:36.9 | Produced from a serial killer's photographic memory. |
| 0:43.0 | Who among us hasn't wished we could read someone else's mind? |
| 0:48.2 | Well, we've been following studies that are doing just that, |
| 0:52.6 | identifying patterns in the brain that can reveal what a person |
| 0:56.5 | is actually feeling. I think the emotion is envy. Wow. That was correct. What were you thinking |
| 1:03.4 | for envy? Is this personal? I was just thinking of beautiful models. |
| 1:19.6 | Last Easter, we visited a fortress against time, |
| 1:24.4 | where art is created to help heal one of America's greatest wounds. |
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