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Paul franklin, age 30, is now the object of a nationwide ç manhunt. one month later, the fbi, aware that franklin regularly sells his blood, catches him at a blood bank near tampa, florida. franklin proclaims his innocence while proudly admits his racist views. >> do you have white racist views. >> yes, definitely how do you feel about it? >> i'm against communism. >> during the years franklin confesses to numerous murders. in a sniper killing at a st. louis synagogue, franklin is sentenced to death. >> in my opinion, that is an explanation that he thinks would give him more credibility. but...

Pictures of an interracial couple. >> larry flynt, the publisher of "hustler" magazine, he and his lawyer were walking down the sidewalk when somebody opened fire, shooting flynt in the stomach, his lawyer in the side and escaped. both are in critical condition. >> to franklin's frustration, neither the police or the media recognized that one person is behind this shooting, the one in st. louis and those in other cities. >> these would have been very difficult crimes to link. there's such a limited amount of evidence at those crime scenes, there's no interaction with the victims, so the detect...

Loner? >> yeah, you got to be because you can't trust anybody. >> i thought when he gave that explanation, he was more or less legitimizing why he left that organization. even though he touched on it, i think part of the reason he left is because they weren't extreme enough for him. then you begin to see him focus a little more on what he ends up being the rest of his time before he's arrested, which is a sniper. >> st. louis, 1977. two months after franklin's first murder in wisconsin, a group of people chat in the parking lot of a synagogue. they're about to become the targets of joseph paul...

Street. but now, police have his real name. on september 25th, 1980, joseph paul franklin, age 30, is now the object of a nationwide manhunt. one month later, the 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 sy...

Lawyer were walking down the sidewalk when somebody opened fire, shooting flynt in the stomach, his lawyer in the side and escaped. both are in critical situation. >> to franklin's frustration, neither the police or the media recognized that one person is behind this shooting, the one in st. louis and those in other cities. >> these would have been very difficult crimes to link. there's such a limited amount of evidence at those crime scenes, there's no interaction with the victims, so the detective has very, very little to go on. >> by 1980, franklin finds a strategy he think also demand law ...