TV series
48 Hours
This newsmagazine series investigates intriguing crime and justice cases that touch on all aspects of the human experience. Over its long run, the show has helped exonerate wrongly convicted people, driven the reopening — and resolution — of cold cases, and changed numerous lives. CBS News correspondents offer an in-depth look into each story, with the emphasis on solving the mystery at its heart.
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Where to watch in United States
Checked Sep 2, 2026
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Synopsis
This newsmagazine series investigates intriguing crime and justice cases that touch on all aspects of the human experience. Over its long run, the show has helped exonerate wrongly convicted people, driven the reopening — and resolution — of cold cases, and changed numerous lives. CBS News correspondents offer an in-depth look into each story, with the emphasis on solving the mystery at its heart.
Season 13 episodes
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Episode 3
Why Did Josh Kill?
Scheduled: “Why Did Josh Kill?” explores the 1998 murder of Maddie Clifton, an 8-year-old Jacksonville, Fla., girl who was killed by her 14-year-old neighbor Joshua Phillips, who said the death was accidental. Phillips, who had hidden the girl's body under his bed, received a life sentence for the crime.
Where to watch 48 HoursEpisode 8
A Mother Accused
Scheduled: A report on Munchausen syndrome by proxy follows the case of a Florida woman convicted of child abuse for making her daughter sick as a way of gaining attention for herself. Correspondent: Harold Dow.
Where to watch 48 HoursEpisode 38
Ghosts of Mississippi
Several elderlies in a town in Mississippi dies one after the other.
Where to watch 48 HoursEpisode information updated Sep 2, 2026
More about 48 Hours
Cast
Jonathan VigliottiSelf - Correspondent
Natalie MoralesSelf - Correspondent
Nikki BattisteSelf - Correspondent
Peter Van SantSelf - Correspondence
Erin MoriartySelf - Correspondent
Jim AxelrodSelf - Correspondent
Jericka DuncanSelf - Correspondent
David BegnaudSelf - CorrespondentCredits
- Created by
- Judy Tygard
Production details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Documentary
- Episodes
- 1,168
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
CBSUnited States- CBS News ProductionsUnited States
