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 Hollywood Ripper
Release Date: 2019-09-14America's #1 Saturday night true-crime series, kicks off its new season with a special two-hour investigation of Michael Gargiulo, the serial killer known as "The Hollywood Ripper".
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Episode 2 - The Case Against Brooke Skylar Richardson
Release Date: 2019-09-28The parents of former high school cheerleader Brooke Skylar Richardson, who was tried for the death of her newborn child, speak to 48 HOURS in their first televised interview.
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Episode 3 - The Murder of Kelsey Berreth
Release Date: 2019-10-05Correspondent Nikki Battiste and 48 HOURS take viewers inside the investigation to find out what happened to Berreth and piece together the twisted love triangle that prosecutors say led to the death of the 29-year-old mother.
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Episode 4 - Live to Tell: The Chowchilla Kidnapping
Release Date: 2019-10-12Abducted by masked gunmen and buried alive in a truck trailer underground, 26 innocent school children spent 28 hours held hostage in the dark before they made a harrowing escape. This week, as their convicted captor faced a parole board, some of the survivors of that 1976 kidnapping share their emotional, heart-wrenching stories and their journey.
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Episode 5 - Good Cop/Bad Cop: Solving the Murder of Heather Bogle
Release Date: 2019-10-19Solving the murder of Heather Bogle: After a young mother is found murdered in the trunk of her car, a detective doggedly pursues the wrong suspects. It would take a dedicated sheriff to find a real suspect. Were there other victims?
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Episode 6 - Who Wanted Howard Pilmar Dead?
Release Date: 2019-10-26The wife of a NYC businessman is suspected of murdering him with help from her brother -- why would she want him dead and why did it take more than two decades to crack the case? Correspondent Richard Schlesinger and 48 HOURS go inside the riveting real-life murder mystery behind the death of Pilmar and the search for answers.
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Episode 7 - The Disappearance of Kelly Dwyer
Release Date: 2019-11-02A young woman vanished after a night out in Milwaukee in October 2013. Did a meeting set up on a dating app lead to the disappearance or was it someone she knew? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
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Episode 8 - The Twisted Case of Angie Dodge
Release Date: 2019-11-09A brutal murder and police have DNA evidence. Could a discarded cigarette lead investigators to a possible killer and close a case two decades later? CBS News correspondent Anne-Marie Green reports.
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Episode 9 - Maria Spencer's Vow to Kill
Release Date: 2019-11-16A woman repeatedly threatened to kill her ex. She enlisted her father to help make good on her promise. Why couldn't anyone stop her? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
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Episode 10 - Justice for Kelsey Berreth
Release Date: 2019-11-23An inside look at the startling evidence that helped convict against Colorado man Patrick Frazee for the murder of his fianceé. CBS News correspondent Nikki Battiste reports.
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Episode 11 - Mandy Stavik: The Case No One Could Forget
Release Date: 2019-11-30How a bakery worker's secret plan to recover DNA from a discarded Coke can helped investigators solve the cold case of a college student murdered over Thanksgiving weekend. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
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Episode 12 - The Killing of Officer Green
Release Date: 2018-12-07A California police officer shot dead in his home -- his ex-wife admits she pulled the trigger. Did a photo posted on social media lead to the officer's death? 48 Hours' correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
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Episode 13 - Chacey Poynter: Witness to Murder
Release Date: 2020-01-18Chacey Poynter, a Texas woman convicted in the 2016 murder of her husband, University Park Fire Department Captain Robert Poynter, tells her story for the first time about what happened the night he died, in an interview with Peter Van Sant.
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Episode 14 - Live to Tell: Murder on Prom Night
Release Date: 2020-01-25Jessi Toronjo was just 9 years old when she returned from a sleepover at a friend's house to find out her mother, stepfather and two sisters were murdered. More than three decades later, Toronjo shares her emotional story of the search for her family's killer and putting her life back together.
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Episode 15 - The Death of Todd Stermer
Release Date: 2020-02-01Linda Stermer, a Michigan woman accused of setting a fire to her family home and murdering her husband, speaks out for the first time.
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Episode 16 - The Case Against Ezra McCandless
Release Date: 2020-02-08A young woman claims she was attacked by an ex-boyfriend who carved the word boy into her arm. But the crime scene tells a different story. CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas reports.
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Episode 17 - The Plot to Kill Dr. Sievers
Release Date: 2020-02-15Did a Florida man hire a look-a-like to kill his wife? A GPS leads police right to the hitman's door. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
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Episode 18 - The Life and Death of Amie Harwick
Release Date: 2020-02-22Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS go inside the investigation of what happened leading up to Harwick's death, and talk with those who were closest to her in the final weeks of her life.
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Episode 19 - Find Yura - Manhunt on the Dark Web
Release Date: 2020-02-29A teenager learns she's the target of a hit ordered on the dark web. "48 Hours"' Peter Van Sant goes on a global manhunt to find Yura, the shadowy figure behind murder-for-hire sites.
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Episode 20 - The Case Against Sandra Garner
Release Date: 2020-03-07« Previous Ep. Next Ep. » 48 HOURS will give viewers a rare look inside a murder case where virtually everything, from the first moments of the investigation through the verdict, are captured on camera.
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Episode 21 - Broken Hearts
Release Date: 2020-03-1448 HOURS and correspondent Jim Axelrod explore the best and worst of the human experience in an unusual take on the true-crime genre.
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Episode 22 - The Troubling Case Against Kevin Cooper
Release Date: 2020-03-21A man on death row says his blood was planted at the crime scene. Will an empty vial help his case? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
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Episode 23 - Lizzie Borden Took an Axe
Release Date: 2020-03-28Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS investigate a double homicide that captured the nation in 1892, and take a fresh look at a very cold case that turns up surprising results.
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Episode 24 - Reuschel vs. Reuschel
Release Date: 2020-04-04Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate the attack, the police investigation and the case against Mike Reuschel in "Reuschel vs. Reuschel."
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Episode 25 - Live to Tell: Surviving Ted Bundy
Release Date: 2020-04-11Three women who were attacked by the notorious serial killer Ted Bundy reveal their terrifying stories of that night, their healing and hope in 48 HOURS.
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Episode 26 - Crosley Green's Hard Time
Release Date: 2020-04-18Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS take a deep look into the case in "Crosley Green's Hard Time" to be broadcast Saturday, April 18 (10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. It's a case that Moriarty has been covering for two decades and involves serious questions about whether Green was convicted on what his attorneys have referred to in court documents as a racial hoax.
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Episode 27 - The Murder of Haley Anderson
Release Date: 2020-04-25In her first report for 48 HOURS, CBS News contributor Maria Elena Salinas investigates the death of the student and the search for her killer.
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Episode 28 - What Ever Happened to Mary Day?
Release Date: 2020-05-02Maureen Maher and 48 HOURS investigate the strange case of the missing teenager, the police investigation years later, and a woman in Arizona who claimed to be her.
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Episode 29 - Tracking the Murders of Israel Keyes
Release Date: 2020-05-09Correspondent Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS get the first look at never-before-released evidence from the FBI's effort to identify victims of a notorious serial killer.
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Episode 30 - The Missing Children of Lori Vallow Daybell
Release Date: 2020-05-16In their first network television interview, the sister and mother of Lori Vallow Daybell defend the Idaho mother and speak out to CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti about the disappearance of her children.
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Episode 31 - The Killing of Daniel Green
Release Date: 2020-07-25A California man shot dead in his home — his ex-wife admits she pulled the trigger. Did a photo posted on social media lead to the man's death? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
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Episode 32 - The Case Against Mary Katherine Higdon
Release Date: 2020-09-23A woman tells first responders that she shot her boyfriend accidentally and police claim she confessed to murder at the station in a recorded interview, but the tape is impossible to hear due to a feedback hum.