She was a schoolgirl who came to California looking for a better life. What she found was stardom — fame, at the age of 15. But this is not some sunny Hollywood fairy tale. It is much darker story of a child caught in the very adult world of pornography. Her name is Traci Lords. And for the first time on television, she shares secrets about her struggle to overcome years of X-rated scandal. NBC’s Josh Mankiewicz reports.

Secrets & Lies - Traci Lords

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Jane Pauley

Season 12

February 14, 2003

A report on a murder case involving Dr. William Sybers, onetime Panama City, Fla., medical examiner, who was accused of killing his wife by injecting her with a paralyzing drug in their home in 1991. Sybers didn't do go on trial until 2000, in part because it took some time before the cause of death was determined. Produced in cooperation with Court TV. Dennis Murphy is the correspondent.

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