on september 25th, 1980, joseph paul franklin, age 30, is now the object of a nationwide manhunt. he fbi, aware that franklin regularly sells his blood, catches him at a blood bank near tampa, florida. franklin proclaims his innocence while proudly admitting his racist views. >> do you have white racist views? >> definitely, yeah. >> how do you feel about blacks? >> i'm against race mixing and communism. >> his denials don't last. in the coming years, franklin confesses to numerous murders. but the sniper killing at the st. louis synagogue, franklin is sentenced to death. >> he said that his motivation was to eliminate what he refers to as uppity people in the community. in my opinion, that is an explanation he thinks would give him more credibility. but as far as what caused him to become a serial killer, i think that was an excuse. so how did you, joseph, evolve to the point where you could do something that seems so cold blooded? >> you get so traumatized that you are just trying to pay back other people all the pain that you suffered. that's what happened to me from the time i