Episode 1
Gabby Petito: The Untold Story
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“48 Hours” explores Gabby Petito’s final days and the missed warning signs that might have saved her. "48 Hours" contributor Jericka Duncan reports.
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Guest stars Jericka Duncan
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48 Hours
1988TV-1439 seasons7.0 / 10
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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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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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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Episode 2
The Shooting of Lauren Kanarek
43m
Did social media posts drive an Olympic horseman to shoot his own student? "48 Hours" contributor Nikki Battiste reports.
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Guest stars Nikki Battiste
Episode 3
A Man With a Past
43m
A young woman vanishes. The prime suspect has a criminal past — he murdered his parents when he was a child. Did he kill again? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
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Guest stars Peter Van Sant
Episode 4
Death Hits Home: The Hargan Killings
43m
Megan Hargan was suspected of killing her mother and sister. Her defense had an unusual theory: her sister was the one who pulled the trigger – with her toe. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
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Guest stars Peter Van Sant
Episode 5
The Strange Death of Professor Shockley
43m
A respected professor dies in a hot tub. Two friends are at the scene. Only one survives to tell the tale. "48 Hours" contributor Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
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Guest stars Jonathan Vigliotti
Episode 6
The Kidnapping of Schanda Handley
43m
A daughter watches in horror as her mother is kidnapped from their home by intruders posing as deliverymen. "CBS Mornings" lead national correspondent David Begnaud reports.
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Guest stars David Begnaud
Episode 7
The Snapchat Clue
43m
When his parents disappear, Chandler Halderson’s social media helps investigators unravel the case. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
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Guest stars Erin Moriarty
Episode 8
The "Unsolvable" Murder of Roxanne Wood
43m
How a DNA “detective,” an undercover cop and a cast-off cigarette butt helped catch a killer. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
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Guest stars Peter Van Sant
Episode 9
Last Seen in Breckenridge
43m
In 1982 the bodies of Annette Schnee and Bobbie Jo Oberholtzer were found outside a luxe ski town. A man rescued from a snowdrift the night of the murders turned out to be their killer. "48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales reports.
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Guest stars Natalie Morales
Episode 10
The Case Against Michael Politte
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At 14 he was accused and later convicted of murdering his mother. But he claims he knows who the real killer is and he’s still out there. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
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Guest stars Erin Moriarty
Episode 11
The Betrayal of Linda Slaten
43m
After a young mother is murdered, her son unknowingly hangs the killer's photo on his wall. "48 Hours" contributor Jim Axelrod reports.
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Guest stars Jim Axelrod
Episode 12
The Tree that Helped Solve a Murder
43m
When a young mother disappears, DNA from a tree helps lead to her killer. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
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Guest stars Peter Van Sant
Episode 13
The Idaho Student Murders
43m
Four college students are found stabbed to death in their home. Police say the suspect had studied the criminal mind. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
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Guest stars Peter Van Sant, CeCe Moore, Amanda Kohberger
Episode 14
Melissa Turner's Closing Act
43m
A cosplay actor finds herself in the spotlight when she's accused of murdering her boyfriend. Can she convince a jury it was self-defense? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
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Guest stars Erin Moriarty
Episode 15
The Daughters Who Disappeared
43m
In 1997 four families are shattered when their daughters go missing. As they grieve, one man claims to have answers. Can he be trusted? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports on the final chapter of a case she started covering more than two decades ago.
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Guest stars Erin Moriarty
Episode 16
The Death of an Officer’s Wife
43m
Amanda Perrault died of a gunshot wound to the head. The unusual position of her body raised questions about who pulled the trigger. "48 Hours" contributor Anne-Marie Green reports.
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Guest stars Anne-Marie Green
Episode 17
The Kidnapping of Michelle and Breea Renee
43m
A mother is forced to rob a bank to save her daughter’s life, then her abductor falsely claims the mother was in on the crime. "48 Hours" contributor Tracy Smith reports.
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Guest stars Tracy Smith
Episode 18
The Brighton Ax Murder
43m
A young mother is killed in her bed, her toddler unharmed. Unsolved for 40 years, how the unusual crime scene helped close the case. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
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Guest stars Erin Moriarty
Episode 19
The Trial of Alex Murdaugh
43m
"48 Hours" explores the double life of a once prominent lawyer and his stunning fall from grace. Murdaugh is now an admitted drug addict, thief and convicted murderer. "48 Hours" contributor Nikki Battiste reports.
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Guest stars Nikki Battiste
Episode 20
What Angelina Saw
43m
A young girl peeks out of her bedroom to see blood on the floor and her mother in distress. As an adult she looks back on a night that changed her life. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
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Guest stars Peter Van Sant
Episode 21
Remembering the Chowchilla Kidnapping
43m
The segment airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ follows the story of the infamous 1976 school bus kidnapping, in which three masked gunmen abducted 26 children and school bus driver Ed Ray. They were buried alive beneath a rock quarry and in an old moving truck, spending more than 16 hours in the dark before they were able to escape.
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Guest stars David Begnaud
Episode 22
The Mysterious Death of Tiffiney Crawford
43m
A young mother found dead in her car. Could she have shot herself twice? "48 Hours" contributor David Begnaud reports.
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Guest stars David Begnaud
Episode 23
Kassanndra's Secret
43m
A young woman vanishes. Eerie surveillance video captures a man in a hat. Investigators learn the two are linked by a secret. "48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales reports.
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Guest stars Natalie Morales
Episode 24
Christy and Hilda's Last Dance
43m
After a night out, two women were dumped outside hospitals by masked men. Were the men good Samaritans or did they play a role in the women’s deaths? "48 Hours" contributor Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
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Guest stars Jonathan Vigliotti
Episode 25
Crosley Green's Hard Time
43m
He was free for two years and then sent back to prison for a murder he swears he didn't commit. Yet Green still has faith he'll see his loved ones again. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty has the latest on the case.
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Guest stars Erin Moriarty
Episode 26
Alisa Mathewson's Night Terrors
43m
A woman is attacked in her sleep and kidnapped by her estranged husband. The dramatic story of her captivity and rescue. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
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Guest stars Peter Van Sant
Episode 27
Lamar Johnson: Standing in Truth
43m
A man gets his life back after spending 28 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. "48 Hours" investigates and is there as Johnson is freed in time to walk his daughter down the aisle. Correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
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Episode 28
Where Is Diana Duve?
43m
When a 26-year-old Florida nurse goes missing after a night out, investigators look into her on-again, off-again boyfriend, with whom she was last seen. [also shown as S36:E26]
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Guest stars Michelle Miller
Episode 29
Lori Vallow Daybell: Guilty
43m
"48 Hours" goes inside the case that gripped the nation. A jury in Idaho found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty on all charges, including the murders of her two children and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of her husband's first wife. Contributor Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
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Episode 30
A Stabbing in Colts Neck
43m
A woman outwits a young stranger who attacked her in her own home. What will it take to find him? "48 Hours" contributor Jim Axelrod reports.
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Episode 31
The Case of the Poison Cheesecake
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Viktoria Nasyrova is accused of using cheesecake as a murder weapon. Her motive was to steal the identity of Olga, who looks a lot like her. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
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More about 48 Hours
Cast
Jonathan VigliottiSelf - Correspondent
Natalie MoralesSelf - Correspondent
Nikki BattisteSelf - Correspondent
Jim AxelrodSelf - Correspondent
Peter Van SantSelf - Correspondent
Erin MoriartySelf - Correspondent
Jericka DuncanSelf - Correspondent
David BegnaudSelf - CorrespondentCredits
- Created by
- Judy Tygard
Production details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Documentary
- Episodes
- 1,167
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
CBSUnited States- CBS News ProductionsUnited States
Themes
angryanxiousbitingcallouscautionarycomplexdisturbedinformative
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