48 Hours

The Mind of a Murderer

17 Apr 2025

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In April 2005, Stephen Stanko murdered his girlfriend Laura Ling, and then raped and stabbed her daughter. Shortly afterwards, he killed a friend, Hen...

Tracking a Crime

16 Apr 2025

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In April 2002, Texas real estate agent, David Nixon, was found dead in a storm drain. At the time, his live-in girlfriend, Tracy Frame, were in the pr...

Post Mortem | The Day My Mother Never Came Home

15 Apr 2025

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Host Anne-Marie Green and CBS News National Correspondent Vladimir Duthiers discuss the 1987 murder of Selonia Reed that went unsolved for over thirty...

The Day My Mother Never Came Home

14 Apr 2025

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Did a father use his six-year-old son as an alibi for murder? A son grapples with his parents' troubled past. Vlad Duthiers reports. To learn more a...

Introducing Trained to Kill

13 Apr 2025

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Join 48 Hours correspondent Peter Van Sant for "Trained to Kill: The Dog Trainer, the Heiress, and the Bodyguard," a gripping six-episode podcast that...

A Preacher's Secret, Part 2

10 Apr 2025

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Part two of the investigation into the murder of Kari Baker. The case against Matt Baker takes a turn after stunning revelation from his former mistre...

A Preacher's Secret, Part 1

09 Apr 2025

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Part one of the investigation into the murder of Kari Baker. In 2006, Matt Baker returned to his Texas home to find his wife, Kari, dead next to an em...

Post Mortem | A Day Care Worker Convicted of Murder

08 Apr 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...

A Day Care Worker Convicted of Murder

07 Apr 2025

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Was key evidence manipulated to help convict a day care worker of murder? Erin Moriarty reports. This episode originally aired on 1/18/25. To learn ...

Coerced Confessions

03 Apr 2025

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On January 20, 1998, 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe was found stabbed to death in her California home. Her 14-year-old brother, Michael, and his two frie...

False Identity

02 Apr 2025

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In 1983, Patrick Welsh disappeared and left behind a suicide note. Five years later, his wife, Elizabeth, officially had him declared dead. In 1997, E...

Post Mortem | "Dead Girls Don’t Talk"

01 Apr 2025

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CBS News Correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti and 48 Hours Producer Michelle Fanucci discuss their latest report on the murders of Christy Giles and Hilda...

"Dead Girls Don't Talk"

31 Mar 2025

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Man charged with murder for poisoning two women tells a friend, “dead girls don’t talk.” Brave survivors speak out on their behalf. Jonathan Vi...

Deadly Divorce, Part 2

27 Mar 2025

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Part two of the investigation into the murder of Charla Mack and attempted murder of Judge Chuck Weller. Darren Mack was charged with killing his wife...

Deadly Divorce, Part 1

26 Mar 2025

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Part one of the investigation into the murder of Charla Mack and attempted murder of Judge Chuck Weller. On June 12, 2006, Charla was found stabbed to...

Post Mortem | TV Bailiff Spivey on Trial

25 Mar 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...

TV Bailiff Spivey on Trial

24 Mar 2025

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A TV bailiff accused of murdering his wife is determined to prove his innocence.  Listen to his first television interview.  Natalie Morales reports...

The Mystery of Jane Mixer

20 Mar 2025

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In 1969, Jane Mixer was attending the University of Michigan Law School when she was found dead just miles from her dorm. She had been shot twice in t...

Strange Truth

19 Mar 2025

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On March 21, 2003, Ramona Krotine left an office party in Ohio and was never seen alive again. Nearly 24 hours later, she was found in the trunk of he...

Post Mortem | Could Angela Prichard Have Been Saved?

18 Mar 2025

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CBS News Correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti and 48 Hours Producer Mead Stone discuss the case of Angela Prichard, who was gunned down at her workplace b...

Could Angela Prichard Have Been Saved?

17 Mar 2025

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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. Jona...

Growing Up with the Happy Face Killer | Post Mortem Special

15 Mar 2025

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On this special episode of Post Mortem, Host Anne-Marie Green sits down with Melissa G. Moore, who at 15, discovered that her father was the prolific ...

Stalking Shadows

13 Mar 2025

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In 1999, Ohio teenager Penny Chang was stalked and killed by her older brother’s best friend, Scott Strothers. Strothers pled guilty and was sentenc...

Anchors Away

12 Mar 2025

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In November 2004, Tom and Jackie Hawks, an Arizona couple, were killed in a well-thought-out, diabolical plot. Former child actor Skylar Deleon feigne...

Post Mortem | Cati Blauvelt: Death of a Soldier’s Wife 

11 Mar 2025

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48 Hours Correspondent Peter Van Sant and Field Producer Kat Teurfs discuss John Blauvelt, a one-time military recruiter who went on the run with his ...

Cati Blauvelt: Death of a Soldier’s Wife

10 Mar 2025

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A soldier goes on the run after his wife is murdered. With him, his 17-year-old girlfriend. What does she know? Peter Van Sant reports. To learn ...

A Toxic Relationship

06 Mar 2025

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On December 3, 1998, Wisconsin police were called to the home of Mark and Julie Jensen. Mark said he found his wife dead in her bed. Initially, police...

Without a Trace

05 Mar 2025

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Esther Reed was a small-town girl from Montana, but from 1999-2008, she lived a double life. She assumed at least four different identities and went b...

Post Mortem | The Hit-and-Run Homicide of Davis McClendon

04 Mar 2025

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48 Hours Correspondent Anne-Marie Green and Producer Josh Yager discuss the death of Davis McClendon, who was fatally struck by Bud Ackerman, the estr...

The Hit-and-Run Homicide of Davis McClendon

03 Mar 2025

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A romance is cut short when a man is found dead near his mangled car. His newfound love is convinced it was no accident. Anne-Marie Green reports. ...

Who's There?

27 Feb 2025

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In 1982, a quiet town in Kansas was rocked by the murder of a young banker named David Harmon who was bludgeoned to death in his bed. His wife told au...

The Cyanide Killer

26 Feb 2025

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In February 2005, Rosemarie Essa was in a minor car accident, and though she suffered no physical injuries she died shortly afterwards at a Cleveland ...

Post Mortem | The Perplexing Death of Susann Sills

25 Feb 2025

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Correspondent Tracy Smith and Producer Gayane Keshishyan Mendez discuss the case of Susann Sills, a mother of twins who was found dead at the bottom o...

The Perplexing Death of Susann Sills

24 Feb 2025

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The wife of a fertility doctor is found dead at the bottom of a staircase. Did her dogs play a role in her death or was the scene staged to cover a mu...

The Peggy Hettrick Case - Part 2

20 Feb 2025

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Part two of the investigation into the murder of 37-year-old Peggy Hettrick. Her body was discovered in a field near the home of Tim Masters, and over...

The Peggy Hettrick Case - Part 1

19 Feb 2025

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Part one of the investigation into the murder of 37-year-old Peggy Hettrick. In February 1987, her mutilated, half-naked body was discovered in a fiel...

Post Mortem | Justine’s Voice

18 Feb 2025

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CBS News Correspondent Natalie Morales and 48 Hours Producer Gayane Keshishyan Mendez cover the 2003 murder of Justine Vanderschoot. They discuss the ...

Justine’s Voice

17 Feb 2025

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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 ...

Hollywood Secrets

13 Feb 2025

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In 1977, actress Christa Helm was found stabbed and bludgeoned outside her agent’s home in West Hollywood, California. Detectives would learn about ...

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...