48 Hours (1988)
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 - The Sweetheart Murders
Release Date: 2012-09-28Two murdered teens, a 32-year search for justice and eight years of reporting by "48 Hours". Troy Roberts has the latest in the investigation
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Episode 2 - Friends For Life
Release Date: 2012-10-06An unfaithful husband is shot dead - do his wife and her best friend have a clue? Erin Moriarty reports.
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Episode 3 - Collision Course
Release Date: 2012-10-13A car crash leaves a young Air Force vet dead - but her boyfriend alive. The crash didn't kill her, what did? Susan Spencer reports.
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Episode 4 - The Preacher's Passion
Release Date: 2012-10-20An actress is dead and her preacher boyfriend prays for answers. Maureen Maher reports.
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Episode 5 - Lina's Heart
Release Date: 2012-10-27A beautiful wife and mother is suddenly dead. Would a twin really know if his brother was a killer? Erin Moriarty investigates.
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Episode 6 - Secrets of the River
Release Date: 2012-11-10A high school dancer and aspiring model is found dead. Did the killer videotape the murder? Peter Van Sant reports.
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Episode 7 - Highway of Tears
Release Date: 2012-11-17A series of disappearances and murders of women and girls dating back four decades. Now, a break in the case. Peter Van Sant reports.
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Episode 8 - Presumed Guilty
Release Date: 2012-11-24A convicted killer's son believes his dad is innocent, but can he find the evidence to prove it? Troy Roberts reports.
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Episode 9 - The Hunt for Mr. Wright
Release Date: 2012-12-01The hunt for convicted killer George Wright, who murdered war hero Walter Patterson in 1962 and then escaped from a New Jersey prison in 1970. Susan Spencer reports.
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Episode 10 - Everything to Lose
Release Date: 2012-12-08A mother torments her daughter's killer, can she get him to confess? Richard Schlesinger reports.
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Episode 11 - Shattered Dreams
Release Date: 2013-01-05A husband is suspected of killing his wife and drugging his children. Maureen Maher has the story.
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Episode 12 - The Perfect Family
Release Date: 2013-01-12A former high-school valedictorian is charged with the murder of his mother in Michigan in 2011. Tracy Smith reports.
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Episode 13 - Picture Perfect: The Trial of Jodi Arias
Release Date: 2013-01-19Accused killer Jodi Arias told all to "48 Hours" ... now her words are evidence in her life-or-death trial. Maureen Maher reports.
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Episode 14 - Crazy Love
Release Date: 2013-01-26A brat, a Batman collector, filthy rich and dead - who killed Miami hotel heir Benji Novack? Troy Roberts reports.
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Episode 15 - Desperate Measures
Release Date: 2013-02-09A married couple are assassinated in Wisconsin, but questions arise as to whether they were the intended targets. Peter Van Sant reports.
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Episode 16 - Honor and Dishonor
Release Date: 2013-02-16Two women shot dead by a soldier - can the Army get justice against one of its own?
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Episode 17 - The Accuser
Release Date: 2013-02-23An examination of whether convicted killer Ryan Ferguson murdered Missouri sports editor Kent Heitholt in 2001. His accuser, Charles Erickson, who was also convicted of the crime, now claims Ferguson is innocent. Can "48 Hours" help him get his life back? Erin Moriarty reports.
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Episode 18 - The Usual Suspect
Release Date: 2013-03-02A girlfriend wears a wire to help police find the killer of her lover's wife. Maureen Maher reports.
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Episode 19 - Cold as Ice
Release Date: 2013-03-09Can a childhood memory of a friend's murder solve a 55-year-old case? Correspondent Erin Moriarty goes inside the investigation of what authorities say is the oldest cold case ever prosecuted in the U.S.
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Episode 20 - Ambushed
Release Date: 2013-03-16A son helps a new detective find his father's killer. Troy Roberts reports.
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Episode 21 - Power and Passion
Release Date: 2013-04-13A powerful politician's girlfriend is shot dead. Did he love her to death? Richard Schlesinger reports.
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Episode 22 - Caught
Release Date: 2013-04-20A special report on the manhunt and capture of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects
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Episode 23 - Muscle and Mayhem
Release Date: 2013-04-27A gang of bodybuilders hatch a plan to kidnap and kill wealthy people. Correspondent Troy Roberts has the real story that inspired a new Hollywood movie.
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Episode 24 - Over the Edge
Release Date: 2013-05-04A missing wife and a wild confession - what made a top chef jump from a California cliff? Richard Schlesinger investigates.
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Episode 25 - Murder at Sea?
Release Date: 2013-05-11New evidence in the case of George Smith who vanished on his honeymoon cruise. CBS News senior correspondent John Miller reports.
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Episode 26 - Unraveling the Lies of Jodi Arias
Release Date: 2013-05-17Convicted of murder, "48 Hours" interviews were evidence in her trial. Will she be put to death? Maureen Maher reports.
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Episode 27 - The War in Chicago
Release Date: 2013-05-18An honor student shot dead, an innocent victim of a gang war. An investigation into drugs, guns, gangs and the battle for Chicago. An investigation into drugs, guns, gangs and the battle for Chicago. Maureen Maher and Armen Keteyian report.