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Uncover the heart-wrenching true stories behind crimes that transcended headlines and became part of popular culture. Exclusive first hand interviews reveal shocking twists, new evidence, and unexpected resolutions.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
People Magazine Investigates is available to stream on DirecTV On Demand, Discovery+, Discovery+ (Via Amazon Prime), HBO (Via Hulu), HBO Max, Max (Via Amazon Prime), Philo, and Spectrum On Demand in United States. You can also buy it from Amazon, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home. Use the direct links below to open the provider.
Uncover the heart-wrenching true stories behind crimes that transcended headlines and became part of popular culture. Exclusive first hand interviews reveal shocking twists, new evidence, and unexpected resolutions.
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Episode 1
After a fire chief's wife's burned body is discovered, an autopsy reveals she died from a gunshot wound to the head, and the arson investigation turns into a hunt for her killer.
Guest stars Christine Pelisek, Jess Cagle
Episode 2
In 1998, a gifted Philadelphia graduate student is found murdered in her bed, triggering a hunt for her killer.
Guest stars Dan Wakeford, Cynthia Sanz
Episode 3
When an 11-year-old Arizona girl vanishes while waiting for an ice cream truck, it's clear she's been abducted. The search for her leads to a trail of suspects, making it the largest missing child investigation in Arizona history.
Guest stars Mike Watkiss, Cynthia Sanz, Jess Cagle
Episode 4
A 12-year-old girl goes missing on her way to school in Oregon City, Oregon. The police investigation offers little in the way of leads. Then, a second girl disappears.
Guest stars Cynthia Sanz, Johnny Dodd
Episode 5
The morning of his anniversary, Mike Williams goes duck hunting. When he fails to return home that afternoon, an all-out search commences. But it's only the beginning of a sordid mystery that will take close to 20 years to solve.
Guest stars Alicia Dennis, Jess Cagle, Elaine Aradillas
Episode 6
In the summer of 1980, a popular teen goes for a run around her hometown in Maine and vanishes. Days later, her savagely beaten body is found. But what happened remains a mystery for years, until her mother intervenes and forces police to reexamine the case
Guest stars Dan Wakeford, Cynthia Sanz
Episode 7
When three women from three different decades meet their death or go missing under mysterious circumstances, authorities are forced to examine the one thing they had in common: they all fell in love with the same man.
Guest stars Jerry Mitchell, Alicia Dennis, Cynthia Sanz, Jess Cagle
Episode 8
A celebratory night turns deadly for a Texas family when they are gunned down at home. When investigators uncover a conspiracy, it will test one man's ability to forgive as he fights to save the criminal mastermind from the death penalty.
Guest stars Cynthia Sanz, Caitlin Keating
Episode 9
In York, Pennsylvania, 1969, race riots claim the lives of an African-American mother and a young, white police officer. Their deaths are largely forgotten until 30 years later when their cold cases are reopened, revealing the city's dark past.
Guest stars Alicia Dennis, Dan Wakeford, Jess Cagle
Episode 10
In Philadelphia, police make a horrific discovery 18 months after a woman goes missing. The police pursue the woman's killer, but he always manages to stay one step ahead of the law.
Guest stars Alicia Dennis, Jess Cagle
Episode 11
In the summer of 2000, bags full of body parts start appearing all over the San Francisco Bay Area. Investigators follow the trail of grisly clues to a secret cult carrying out a sinister scheme.
Guest stars Alicia Dennis, Jess Cagle
Episode 12
In 1992, a 19-year-old woman is brutally assaulted outside of Desert Hot Springs, California. Miraculously, she escapes, but lives in constant fear that her assailant will find her again one day, not realizing she has survived a serial killer.
Guest stars Christine Pelisek, Cynthia Sanz, Jess Cagle
Episode 13
Gallaudet University is the premier college for the deaf in the United States, but this haven of higher learning is turned upside down after two students are murdered in their dormitory rooms.
Guest stars Alicia Dennis, Dan Wakeford
Episode 14
On a Mississippi back road, a 19-year-old woman is set on fire and left to burn alive. Her last words lead detectives down a road of dead ends and the case goes cold until a special agent taps into her location data and finds a suspect.
Guest stars Christine Pelisek, Jess Cagle
Episode 15
In 1969, a woman is found murdered in Los Angeles, but her identity is a mystery. For decades, police investigate, hoping to put a name to the face and find her killer. The one lead that comes up over and over leads them to Charles Manson.
Guest stars Christine Pelisek, Cynthia Sanz, Jess Cagle, Caitlin Rother
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
David Christopher WellsNarrator (voice)
Kate CoyneSelf - Executive Editor, People Magazine
Michael FleemanSelf - Journalist
Cyril WechtSelf - Forensic Pathologist
Nicole Weisensee EganSelf - Senior Writer, People Magazine
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