.four us navy sailors were relentlessly questioned about a brutal crime. you were going to rape michelle bosko. is that true? .over and over. you don t recall what happened to the knife? .hour after hour. i ll show you another picture and ask if you can identify this female. dan grabbed her around the mouth so she couldn t scream. one by one, eventually, they all confessed. dan was about to start raping her. dan was the first to have intercourse with her. i was the second. eric was third. i noticed that dan and joe were getting really rough. jeff went, grabbed the knife from the kitchen. do you remember your exact words at that point? just go ahead and stab the bitch. based on these confessions, the jury found them guilty. is this the truth that you re telling us now? yes, it is. but were they telling the truth? tonight on frontline: the confessions. frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you
is that true? .over and over. you don t recall what happened to the knife? .hour after hour. i ll show you another picture and ask if you can identify this female. dan grabbed her around the mouth so she couldn t scream. one by one, eventually, they all confessed. dan was about to start raping her. dan was the first to have intercourse with her. i was the second. eric was third. i noticed that dan and joe were getting really rough. jeff went, grabbed the knife from the kitchen. do you remember your exact words at that point? just go ahead and stab the bitch. based on these confessions, the jury found them guilty. is this the truth that you re telling us now? yes, it is. but were they telling the truth? tonight on frontline: the confessions. frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major funding is provided by the john d. and catherine