48 Hours

A Deadly Family Secret

12 Feb 2025

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On Valentine's Day morning in 2000, Jane Dorotik learned that her husband of 30 years was dead. The 55-year-old engineer and father of three was found...

Post Mortem | It’s About Danni

11 Feb 2025

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48 Hours Correspondent Peter Van Sant and Producer Lauren Clark discuss the case of Danni Houchins, who was found dead in Montana near the Gallatin Ri...

It’s About Danni

10 Feb 2025

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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 lear...

The Imposter

06 Feb 2025

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When Christian Gerhartsreiter moved to the U.S. from Germany, he pretended to be a bond trader, a TV producer, a baronet and even Clark Rockefeller, a...

A Fight for Freedom

05 Feb 2025

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Susan Wright was a 27-year-old stay-at-home mother from Texas who stabbed her husband, Jeff, 193 times. She claimed she was a victim of domestic abuse...

Post Mortem | The “No Body” Case of Dee Warner

04 Feb 2025

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48 Hours Correspondent Erin Moriarty and Producer Sarah Prior discuss the murder of Dee Warner, which they began reporting on when it was still a miss...

The "No Body" Case of Dee Warner

03 Feb 2025

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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. Erin Moriarty r...

A Campus Mystery Unraveled

30 Jan 2025

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In early September 2005, 17-year-old Taylor Behl, a Virginia Commonwealth University freshman, disappeared from the Richmond campus. A police investig...

The Spirits of El Segundo

29 Jan 2025

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In July 1957, Richard Phillips and Milton Curtis, two police officers on a routine stop in the California suburb of El Segundo were gunned down by a m...

Post Mortem | The Ivy League Murder

28 Jan 2025

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48 Hours Correspondent Anne-Marie Green and Producer Murray Weiss discuss the murder of Kevin Jiang, a newly engaged Yale grad student who was gunned ...

The Ivy League Murder

27 Jan 2025

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A newly engaged Yale graduate student is gunned down by an unknown attacker after a fender bender. Was it extreme road rage or was he targeted? A...

The Ivy League Murder

27 Jan 2025

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A newly engaged Yale graduate student is gunned down by an unknown attacker after a fender bender. Was it extreme road rage or was he targeted? Anne-...

The Black Widow

24 Jan 2025

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Raynella and Ed Dossett were a power couple in Tennessee where Ed was the Knox County District Attorney General. But at the age of 43, Ed was diagnose...

The Black Widow

23 Jan 2025

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Raynella and Ed Dossett were a power couple in Tennessee where Ed was the Knox County District Attorney General. But at the age of 43, Ed was diagnose...

Homicide in Spokane

22 Jan 2025

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Over a three year period in the late 1990's, police suspected a serial killer was responsible for several murders in the Spokane, Washington area. At ...

Post Mortem | Unraveling the Case Against Melissa

21 Jan 2025

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48 Hours Correspondent Erin Moriarty and Producer Stephanie Slifer discuss the death of 16-month-old Benjamin Kingan and the questionable conviction o...

Unraveling the Case Against Melissa

20 Jan 2025

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Was key evidence manipulated to help convict a day care worker of murder? Erin Moriarty reports. To learn more about listener data and our privacy p...

Murder in Paradise

16 Jan 2025

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When Lois McMillen was found dead on the British Virgin Island of Tortola in January 2000, four young American tourists were charged with her murder. ...

Heartbreak in Williamsport

15 Jan 2025

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Dr. Richard Illes, a successful heart surgeon, and his wife, Miriam, a stay-at-home mother to their young son, were a prominent couple in their small ...

Post Mortem | Deputy Spivey on Trial

14 Jan 2025

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CBS News Correspondent Natalie Morales and 48 Hours Producer Asena Basak break down the case of Patricia Spivey, who was fatally shot in her home by h...

Deputy Spivey on Trial

13 Jan 2025

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A TV bailiff accused of murdering his wife is determined to prove his innocence. Natalie Morales reports. To learn more about listener data...

Two Wigs and A Gun Pt 2

09 Jan 2025

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Part two of the investigation into the murder of Fred Jablin. In 2004, Fred Jablin was murdered in the driveway of his Virginia home. Details of a nas...

Two Wigs and A Gun Pt 1

08 Jan 2025

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Part one of the investigation into the murder of Fred Jablin. On October 30, 2004, Fred Jablin was gunned down in the driveway of his Virginia home. H...

Post Mortem | The Blackout Murder of Livye Lewis

07 Jan 2025

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Join 48 Hours Correspondent Peter Van Sant and Producer Judy Rybak for a behind-the-scenes look at the case of Livye Lewis, whose ex-boyfriend, Matthe...

The Blackout Murder of Livye Lewis

06 Jan 2025

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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. Investig...

The Black Dahlia Mystery

02 Jan 2025

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In January of 1947, the mutilated body of young Hollywood actress Elizabeth Short was discovered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles. The press gave her th...

A Love Affair Turned Deadly

01 Jan 2025

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On January 5, 2003, Stephanie Pepper seemed to disappear without a trace. She was estranged from her husband but he was ruled out as a suspect. Invest...

Post Mortem | Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'

31 Dec 2024

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A gunfight in the middle of the night left Texas jeweler Ted Shaughnessy dead in his home. His wife, Corey, was the sole survivor. Was it a random att...

Crossfire at the Shaughnessys'

30 Dec 2024

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A gunfight in the dead of night. The targets fire back. Their son in the crosshairs of suspicion. "48 Hours" contributor Jim Axelrod reports. This epi...

The Preacher's Obsession

26 Dec 2024

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Felicia Tang was an actress and model in Hollywood, CA and her boyfriend, Brian Randone, was a former minister and one-time reality show contestant. A...

With God as a Witness

25 Dec 2024

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In November of 1994, Farah Fratta was discovered dead in the garage of her Texas home. She had been shot twice in the head. At the time, Farah was in ...

Post Mortem | JonBenét Ramsey

24 Dec 2024

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48 Hours Correspondent Erin Moriarty and Producer Mary Murphy discuss the cold case of JonBenét Ramsey, who was murdered at home when she was just si...

The Search for Jon Benet's Killer

23 Dec 2024

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Is there new hope to solve the murder of Jon Benet Ramsey? Her father says there’s a way. Erin Moriarty reports. To learn more about list...

Marriage Secrets

19 Dec 2024

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In December of 2007, Jocelyn Earnest was found dead from a gunshot wound in her Virginia home. Beside her was a revolver and a suicide note. But inves...

A Tragic Journey

18 Dec 2024

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On December 20, 1980, teenage sweethearts Sabrina Gonsalves and John Riggins were supposed to attend a birthday party but never arrived. 36 hours late...

Post Mortem | The “Batman” Intruder

17 Dec 2024

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CBS News Correspondent Nikki Batiste and Associate Producer Mike Loftus delve into the case of Morgan Metzer, who was assaulted on New Year’s Day in...

The "Batman" Intruder

16 Dec 2024

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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 her...

Beauty Queen Betrayal

12 Dec 2024

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On December 15, 2005, 19-year-old college student and aspiring beauty queen Nona Dirksmeyer was found murdered inside her Russellville, Arkansas apart...

Friends for Life

11 Dec 2024

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On June 29, 2009, Brian Davis disappeared. According to his wife, Robyn, and her best friend, Carol Saltzman, Brian had left to go boat shopping and n...

The Haunting of David Coffin

10 Dec 2024

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In December 1996, Atlanta resident David Coffin returned home from a weekend away with his girlfriend, Megan Lee, to find it had been ransacked and hi...

Poison

05 Dec 2024

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On December 2, 2000, Eric Miller died in a Raleigh, NC hospital and blood tests revealed that he had been poisoned with arsenic. Police discovered tha...

Heroes Under Fire

04 Dec 2024

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On December 3, 1999, a fire ravaged an abandoned warehouse in Worcester, Massachusetts and claimed the lives of six firefighters. 37-year-old Tom Leve...

Post Mortem | The Firefighter's Secret

03 Dec 2024

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CBS Correspondent Nikki Battiste and 48 Hours Producer Ruth Chenetz discuss the case of Melissa Lamesch who was found dead in her burning home the day...

The Firefighter's Secret

02 Dec 2024

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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? Nikki Batti...

She Knew Too Much

28 Nov 2024

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In 1992, 19-year-old Mischelle Lawless' bloodied body was found in an abandoned car on a desolate strip of highway in Benton, Missouri. Four months in...

Where is Erin?

26 Nov 2024

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Marine wife Erin Corwin was just 19 years old when she disappeared in California’s Joshua Tree National Park. Nearly two months later, her body was ...

Who Killed Moriah Wilson?

25 Nov 2024

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A promising young athlete is murdered. Her suspected killer disappears and an international manhunt by U.S. Marshals begins. Jonathan Vigliotti repor...

The Money Trail

21 Nov 2024

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In November 2000, bank manager and single mother Michelle Renee was in her Vista, California, home with her seven-year-old daughter Breea, when three ...

Post Mortem | The Plot to Eliminate Alyssa Burkett

19 Nov 2024

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When Alyssa Burkett was murdered outside her workplace in Texas, authorities quickly zeroed in on her ex-boyfriend, Andrew Beard. But nearly three yea...

The Plot to Eliminate Alyssa Burkett

18 Nov 2024

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A toxic couple orchestrates an elaborate plan to kill a mother. Peter Van Sant reports. To learn more about listener data and our privacy pr...

Rodney Alcala: The Dating Game Killer

14 Nov 2024

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A report on the criminal justice system’s 50-year pursuit of serial killer Rodney James Alcala. From his 1968 abduction, rape and attempted murder o...

Post Mortem | Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards

12 Nov 2024

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Correspondent Natalie Morales and Producers Jenna Jackson and Mary Murphy examine the DNA technology that cracked the cold case of Mary Catherine Edwa...

Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards

11 Nov 2024

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A schoolteacher is murdered in her own home. Years later investigators discover she was a bridesmaid at the killer's wedding. Natalie Morales reports...

Listen Now: Kill List

08 Nov 2024

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In the depths of the dark net, tech journalist Carl Miller makes a disturbing discovery: a secret Kill List targeting hundreds of innocent people on a...

A Cop Behind Bars

07 Nov 2024

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Patrick Bradford, a married police officer in Evansville, Indiana, was convicted and sentenced to 80 years in prison for stabbing Tammy Lohr, his 24-y...

Post Mortem | Fatal First Date

05 Nov 2024

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48 Hours Correspondent Erin Moriarty and Producer Paul La Rosa go behind the scenes of their report on the shooting of Leslie Reeves and Chris Smith, ...

Fatal First Date

04 Nov 2024

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A couple’s first date ends with an ambush. Both are shot. Can the only survivor identify the shooter? Erin Moriarty reports. To learn mo...

Out of the Shadows

31 Oct 2024

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When Vicki Wegerle, the mother of two young children, was strangled in Wichita, Kansas, in 1986, her husband Bill was considered by many to be the pri...

Post Mortem | The Strange Shooting of Alex Pennig

29 Oct 2024

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CBS News Correspondent Natalie Morales and 48 Hours Producer Betsy Shuller go behind their report on the murder of Alex Pennig. When Alex was discover...

The Strange Shooting of Alex Pennig

28 Oct 2024

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A nurse is found dead in her apartment. Surveillance video captures her coming home for the last time. Can investigators piece together what happened...

Death At Cottonwood Creek

24 Oct 2024

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An updated report on the murder trial of Frederick Mueller, who was charged with the 2008 murder of his wife, Dr. Leslie Mueller. She was killed while...

Post Mortem | Who Killed Aileen Seiden in Room 15?

22 Oct 2024

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Join 48 Hours Correspondent Peter Van Sant and Producers Lauren White and Richie Fetzer who share their experiences visiting Room 15 where Aileen Seid...

Who Killed Aileen Seiden in Room 15?

21 Oct 2024

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Three people check into a Florida motel room. Only two walk out alive. Peter Van Sant reports. To learn more about listener data and our pri...

Temptation

17 Oct 2024

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In June 2007, Dewayne Barrentine met Tausha Fields, a single mother, and shortly after, they started living together in Marianna, Florida. Tausha told...

What’s Next for the Menendez Brothers?

16 Oct 2024

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The Menendez Brothers have been serving life sentences for gunning down their parents in 1989, but on October 16, 2024, twenty family members, along w...

Post Mortem | Where is Jermain Charlo?

15 Oct 2024

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CBS News Correspondent Michelle Miller and 48 Hours Producer Marcie Spencer discuss the unsolved case of Jermain Charlo, an Indigenous woman from Mont...

Where is Jermain Charlo?

14 Oct 2024

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Police release last known images of 23-year-old missing mom. Can this security camera video help reveal what happened to her? Michelle Miller reports...

End of the Trail

10 Oct 2024

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In 2008, educator and artist, Carol Kennedy, was brutally beaten in her home outside Prescott, Ariz. Carol's ex-husband, stockbroker Steven DeMocker, ...

Post Mortem | The Depraved Heart Murder

08 Oct 2024

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Join Host Anne-Marie Green and Producer Josh Yager as they discuss the doctor who was charged with depraved heart murder for the death of his girlfrie...

The Depraved Heart Murder

07 Oct 2024

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A surgeon is accused of drugging his girlfriend in order to control her. Nikki Battiste reports. To learn more about listener data and our p...

A Mother Accused

03 Oct 2024

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On May 1, 1999, the adopted son of Paulette and Kelly Welch died at their home in Idaho Falls, ID. Paulette Welch was charged with first-degree murder...

Post Mortem | The Bathtub Murder of Kendy Howard

01 Oct 2024

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Join 48 Hours correspondent Peter Van Sant and producer Chuck Stevenson for a behind-the-scenes discussion about the murder of Kendy Howard. They disc...

The Bathtub Murder of Kendy Howard

30 Sep 2024

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Did a former Idaho state trooper use his law enforcement skills to stage his wife’s death in their bathtub? Peter Van Sant reports. To lea...

Double Jeopardy

26 Sep 2024

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On September 24, 1988, Brenda Sue Schaefer was sexually tortured and murdered in Louisville, Kentucky. Brenda’s boyfriend Mel Ignatow was tried for ...

Post Mortem | The Unending Search for Sara Anne Wood

24 Sep 2024

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In the Season Two premiere episode of Post Mortem, CBS News Correspondent Anne-Marie Green takes listeners behind the scenes of the disappearance of 1...

The Unending Search for Sara Anne Wood

23 Sep 2024

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Investigators are locked in a 30-year cat and mouse game with a child serial killer to find the body of 12-year-old Sara. 48 Hours correspondent Erin ...

West Memphis 3: Free

19 Sep 2024

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In 1994, three teenagers known as the “West Memphis 3” were convicted for the brutal murders of three young boys in Arkansas. Damien Echols receiv...

Buried Secrets of Las Vegas

16 Sep 2024

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In 1998, gaming tycoon Ted Binion, was found dead in his Las Vegas home. Paranoid about his wealth, he stashed millions of dollars worth of silver in ...

Deadly Obsession

12 Sep 2024

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In September 2004, Florida Keys residents Carl “Charlie” Brandt and his wife Teri sought refuge from Hurricane Ivan in the Orlando home of Teri’...

The Case of the Black Swan Part 2

10 Sep 2024

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For the first time the former ballerina dubbed ‘The Black Swan” tells her story of why she shot and killed her estranged husband. Jim Axelrod repo...

The Case of the Black Swan Part 1

09 Sep 2024

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A former ballerina shoots her husband. Did she kill to save herself or was it out of spite? Jim Axelrod reports. To learn more about listen...

Live to Tell: The Stranger You Know

05 Sep 2024

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Marti Hill did not show up for work one day in September 2010, and her co-workers grew concerned. Police were summoned after Hill’s boss drove to he...

House of Secrets

03 Sep 2024

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On September 4, 2006, Kathy Wangler, wife of anesthesiologist Dr. Mark Wangler, died from carbon monoxide poisoning in their home in Lima, Ohio. Thei...

Betrayal

29 Aug 2024

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A report on the September 3, 2006 disappearance of Nina Reiser, a Russian doctor who had married Hans Reiser. The couple had two children, but their m...

Andreen McDonald: A Rising Star

27 Aug 2024

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How a yellow hammer nailed a suspect in the case of a missing businesswoman. Peter Van Sant reports. To learn more about listener data and o...

The Disappearance of Marsha Brantley

26 Aug 2024

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When a woman vanishes and misses a hair appointment, her hairdresser becomes the driving force to find out -- did she leave her husband or is she dead...

The Facebook Detectives

22 Aug 2024

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Three Texas housewives, Tammye Markle, Joni Shannon and Tina Wiley, used the internet to try to find their friend Lisa Stone, who disappeared from her...

The Snapchat Reveal

20 Aug 2024

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When his parents disappear, Chandler Halderson’s social media helps investigators unravel the case. Erin Moriarty reports. To learn more a...

Mark Twitchell: The Dexter Killer

19 Aug 2024

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Inside the mind of murderer Mark Twitchell. Letters from the man police say wanted to be like fictional serial killer Dexter. Troy Roberts reports. ...

In Too Deep

15 Aug 2024

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A further examination of the story of Laura Hall, who was convicted and sent to prison for the crime of dismembering the body of Jennifer Cave in 2005...

A Deadly Cover-Up

13 Aug 2024

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A frantic 911 call captures the sound of a gunshot as a couple reports a break-in. How did the intruder disappear? Jamie Yuccas reports. To ...

Last Seen at a NYC Party

12 Aug 2024

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When a man goes missing, his friends turn to social media to track his final hours. What they learn is horrific. Erin Moriarty reports. To l...

The Mystery of the Slide Mountain

08 Aug 2024

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A June 1, 1998 car accident on Slide Mountain, near Reno, Nev., led to the death of Rinette Riella Bergna and left the driver, Rinette’s husband Pet...

The Disappearance of Mike Williams

05 Aug 2024

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A father goes hunting in a Florida lake and vanishes. Many thought he was eaten by alligators - not his mother. Seventeen years later, stunning courtr...

By Two and Two

01 Aug 2024

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An investigation into the real-life murder mystery that inspired true crime author Jim Schutze of Dallas, TX to write "By Two and Two." Twin sis...

The Mysterious Death of Stephen Smith

30 Jul 2024

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New evidence discovered after Murdaugh murders reignites a cold case. "48 Hours" obtains findings of independent forensic experts. Nikki Battiste repo...

The Murder of Kay Wenal

29 Jul 2024

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Help solve a murder case: a former model brutally killed in her Georgia home. Someone out there knows something...is it you? Erin Moriarty reports. ...

The Stranger Beside Me

25 Jul 2024

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On March 18, 2010, Jamie Laiaddee vanished from her home in a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona. Her live-in boyfriend Bryan Stewart told everyone she had mo...

A Look-A-Like Killer

23 Jul 2024

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Did a Florida man hire a look-alike to kill his wife? A GPS leads police right to the hitman’s door. Erin Moriarty reports. To learn more...

The Murder of Heather DeWild

22 Jul 2024

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A young mother is dead and identical twin brothers are the suspects. Did studying TV crime shows help them come close to pulling off the perfect crime...