TV series
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 1
A brilliant college student is killed by a former classmate. Inside the trial of the secret neo-Nazi prosecutors say murdered Blaze because he was gay and Jewish.
Guest stars Tracy Smith
Episode 2
Investigators are locked in a 30-year game of cat and mouse with a child serial killer to find the body of 12-year-old Sara. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
Guest stars Tracy Smith
Episode 3
Did a former Idaho state trooper use his law enforcement skills to stage his wife's death in their bathtub? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
Guest stars Erin Moriarty
Episode 4
Sarah Harris was a bright, young Maryland woman who dreamed of a career in medicine. On the morning of Jan. 26, 2022, she was found unresponsive on the floor of the home she shared with her boyfriend, Dr. James Ryan. Ryan told police it was an overdose, but Harris’ family believed he was responsible. Contributor Nikki Battiste reports.
Guest stars Peter Van Sant
Episode 5
Police have searched for 23-year-old mother Jermain Charlo since she vanished in June 2018 from Missoula, Montana. Now, six years after she disappeared, police release the last known images of the missing mom. Can this security camera video help reveal what happened to her?
Guest stars Nikki Battiste
Episode 6
Three people check into a Florida motel room. Only two walk out alive. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
Guest stars Michelle Miller
Episode 7
A nurse is found dead in her apartment. Surveillance video captures her coming home for the last time. Can investigators piece together what happened next? "48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales reports.
Guest stars Peter Van Sant
Episode 8
A couple's first date ends with an ambush. Both are shot. Can the only survivor identify the shooter?
Guest stars Natalie Morales
Episode 9
A schoolteacher is murdered in her own home. Years later investigators discover she was a bridesmaid at the killer's wedding. "48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales reports.
Guest stars Natalie Morales
Episode 10
A toxic couple orchestrates an elaborate plan to kill a mother. Peter Van Sant reports.
Guest stars Peter Van Sant
Episode 11
A young woman is found dead in her burning home. She'd been involved with a firefighter — could he have set a fire to cover her murder? "48 Hours" contributor Nikki Battiste reports.
Guest stars Nikki Battiste
Episode 12
Morgan Metzer is attacked in her home by a masked intruder disguising his voice to sound like Batman. Her ex-husband comes to her aid, but is he a hero? "48 Hours" contributor Nikki Battiste reports.
Guest stars Nikki Battiste
Episode 13
Is there new hope to solve the murder of JonBenét Ramsey? Her father says there's a way.
Guest stars Erin Moriarty
Episode 14
A woman is discovered shot dead in her car with a blood-covered man alive on the ground. The man says he has no memory of how he got there. Investigators unravel the strange scene. 48 Hours correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
Guest stars Peter Van Sant
Episode 15
Former TV bailiff Renard Spivey found himself in a real-life courtroom drama when he was accused of killing his wife in 2019. He speaks out for the first time about the fight to prove his innocence in an interview with 48 Hours contributor Natalie Morales.
Guest stars Natalie Morales, Renard Spivey
Episode 16
Was key evidence manipulated to help convict a day care worker of murder? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
Guest stars Erin Moriarty
Episode 17
A road rage incident unravels into a story of obsession and premeditation when Yale graduate student and former National Army Guardsman Kevin Jiang is gunned down in New Haven, Connecticut.
Guest stars Anne-Marie Green
Episode 18
When a woman disappears, her children are certain she's been murdered. But without a body, they know it will be hard to get justice. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
Guest stars Erin Moriarty, Anne-Marie Green
Episode 19
When 15-year-old Danni Houchins is found dead in a swamp, her family says they were led to believe she drowned. 24 years later, Danni's sister learns the terrible truth. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
Guest stars Peter Van Sant, Anne-Marie Green
Episode 20
After a teenager is strangled and buried alive, her family takes on the fight to keep her convicted killers behind bars. "We're her voice" says Justine's sister. "48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales reports.
Guest stars Natalie Morales
Episode 21
When South Carolina authorities found Davis McClendon dead by the road near his wrecked car, they suspected a hit-and-run. But his newfound love is convinced it was not accident.
Guest stars Anne-Marie Green
Episode 22
Shortly after former Army recruiter John Blauvelt was questioned about the fatal stabbing of his estranged wife Cati Blauvelt in South Carolina, he went on the run with his then-17-year-old girlfriend, Hannah Thompson. What does she know?
Guest stars Peter Van Sant
Episode 23
A woman repeatedly called police for help when she was attacked, stalked, and intimidated by her husband. It didn't stop him from killing her. "48 Hours" contributor Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
Guest stars Jonathan Vigliotti
Episode 24
A man charged with murder for poisoning two women tells a friend, "dead girls don't talk." Brave survivors speak out on their behalf. "48 Hours" contributor Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
Guest stars Jonathan Vigliotti
Episode 25
Did a father use his 6-year-old son as an alibi for murder? Reggie Reed Jr. grapples with his parents' troubled past. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
Guest stars Vladimir Duthiers
Episode 26
When Oregon teen Ellen Friar disappears, investigators discover her forbidden relationship led to murder. "48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales reports.
Guest stars Natalie Morales
Episode 27
Melody Farris, the matriarch of a wealthy family, spins a tale trying to pin the murder of her husband on her own son.
Guest stars Peter Van Sant
Episode 28
College student Catina Rose Salarno is killed by her boyfriend who lived right across the street. Decades later, her family is still battling to keep him in prison.
Guest stars Erin Moriarty, Bernard Goldberg
Episode 29
As a teenager, C.C. Opanowski survives a vicious attack by an ex-boyfriend. Years later, she faces him in court after he murders a young mother.
Guest stars Anne-Marie Green
Episode 30
Jeanie Ann Childs is murdered in her home in south Minneapolis and the pivotal clue at the crime is a bloody footprint her killer left behind.
Guest stars Erin Moriarty
Episode 31
Dana Chandler's own daughter believes she committed a double murder. Years later, courtroom drama brings unsettling answers.
Guest stars Jim Axelrod
Episode 32
A daughter suspects her mother of a double murder. Years later, courtroom drama brings unsettling answers.
Guest stars Jim Axelrod
Episode 33
A preview of the case of a high school softball coach accused of recruiting a former player to kill her ex-boyfriend.
Where to watch 48 HoursEpisode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Jonathan VigliottiSelf - Correspondent
Natalie MoralesSelf - Correspondent
Nikki BattisteSelf - Correspondent
Jim AxelrodSelf - Correspondent
Peter Van SantSelf - Correspondent
Erin MoriartySelf - Correspondent
Jericka DuncanSelf - Correspondent
David BegnaudSelf - Correspondent
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