48 Hours - Episode Guide

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Ecstasy

Episode: 13x08 | Airdate: Nov 30, 2000

The Colonel's Wife

Episode: 13x09 | Airdate: Dec 7, 2000

The Fight to Forgive

Episode: 13x10 | Airdate: Dec 21, 2000

Great Dames

Episode: 13x11 | Airdate: Dec 28, 2000

David's Journey

Episode: 13x12 | Airdate: Jan 4, 2001

Getting Away with Murder?

Episode: 13x13 | Airdate: Jan 11, 2000

Cybercrime

Episode: 13x14 | Airdate: Jan 25, 2001

Krystal's Courage

Episode: 13x15 | Airdate: Feb 1, 2001

Krystal's Courage: The Trial

Episode: 13x16 | Airdate: Feb 8, 2001

The Boston Strangler

Episode: 13x17 | Airdate: Feb 15, 2001

Tug of Love

Episode: 13x18 | Airdate: Feb 22, 2001

Living with the Enemy

Episode: 13x19 | Airdate: Mar 5, 2001

Slim Chance

Episode: 13x20 | Airdate: Mar 14, 2001

Survival of the Fittest: Eco-Challenge

Episode: 13x21 | Airdate: Mar 21, 2001

Dead Certain

Episode: 13x22 | Airdate: Mar 26, 2001

Campus Insecurity

Episode: 13x23 | Airdate: Apr 3, 2001

Sleep Tight

Episode: 13x24 | Airdate: Apr 19, 2001

The Road Back

Episode: 13x25 | Airdate: Apr 26, 2001

Against All Odds III

Episode: 13x26 | Airdate: May 2, 2001

Prisoners in Paradise

Episode: 13x27 | Airdate: May 24, 2001

Bitter Pill: A Wife on Trial

Episode: 13x28 | Airdate: Jun 4, 2001

Day of Reckoning

Episode: 13x29 | Airdate: Jun 11, 2001

Medical Mysteries

Episode: 13x30 | Airdate: Jun 14, 2001

For Better or Worse: Divorce??

Episode: 13x31 | Airdate: Jul 5, 2001

Murder They Wrote: While Innocents Slept

Episode: 13x32 | Airdate: Jul 20, 2001

Murder They Wrote: The End of the Dream Pt. 1

Episode: 13x33 | Airdate: Jul 27, 2001

Murder They Wrote: The End of the Dream Pt. 2

Episode: 13x34 | Airdate: Jul 27, 2001

Murder They Wrote: By Two and Two

Episode: 13x35 | Airdate: Aug 3, 2001

Murder They Wrote: Precious Angels

Episode: 13x36 | Airdate: Aug 10, 2001

Murder They Wrote: Double Jeopardy

Episode: 13x37 | Airdate: Aug 17, 2001

Murder They Wrote: Murder in Spokane

Episode: 13x38 | Airdate: Aug 24, 2001

Everybody Has a Story

Episode: 13x39 | Airdate: Aug 31, 2001

Silent Killers

Episode: 13x40 | Airdate: Sep 5, 2001

Enough Trauma for a Lifetime

Episode: 13x41 | Airdate: Sep 20, 2001

Season 14

At Ground Zero

Episode: 14x01 | Airdate: Sep 28, 2001

Safe at Home?

Episode: 14x02 | Airdate: Oct 5, 2001

Untold Story of Flight 11

Episode: 14x03 | Airdate: Oct 12, 2001

Special Security

Episode: 14x04 | Airdate: Oct 19, 2001

Double Life

Episode: 14x05 | Airdate: Oct 25, 2001

The Rookies

Episode: 14x06 | Airdate: Nov 2, 2001

Out of Control aka Parent Trap

Episode: 14x07 | Airdate: Nov 9, 2001

Murder in Las Vegas

Episode: 14x08 | Airdate: Nov 16, 2001

A Family Torn Apart

Episode: 14x09 | Airdate: Dec 3, 2001

Twin Miracles

Episode: 14x10 | Airdate: Dec 7, 2001

Addicted: OxyContin

Episode: 14x11 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2001

All in the Family

Episode: 14x12 | Airdate: Dec 21, 2001

Your Wildest Dreams

Episode: 14x13 | Airdate: Dec 28, 2001

Web of Seduction

Episode: 14x14 | Airdate: Jan 4, 2002

Bookie's Wife

Episode: 14x15 | Airdate: Jan 11, 2002

A Lot to Lose - Atkins Controversy

Episode: 14x16 | Airdate: Jan 18, 2002

Target Terror

Episode: 14x17 | Airdate: Jan 30, 2002

Your Money or Your Life

Episode: 14x18 | Airdate: Feb 11, 2002

Is It a Crime?

Episode: 14x19 | Airdate: Mar 6, 2002

The Mystery of Slide Mountain

Episode: 14x20 | Airdate: Mar 8, 2002

Reasonable Doubt

Episode: 14x21 | Airdate: Mar 27, 2002

To Hell and Back

Episode: 14x22 | Airdate: Apr 3, 2002

Tracking a Killer I

Episode: 14x23 | Airdate: Apr 10, 2002

Spencer's Journey

Episode: 14x24 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2002

Spring Break Exposed

Episode: 14x25 | Airdate: Apr 17, 2002

A Cop Behind Bars

Episode: 14x26 | Airdate: Apr 19, 2002

Trouble Next Door II

Episode: 14x27 | Airdate: Apr 29, 2002

Teen Idol

Episode: 14x28 | Airdate: May 1, 2002

Perfect

Episode: 14x29 | Airdate: May 3, 2002

Millionaire Boys Club

Episode: 14x30 | Airdate: May 8, 2002

Legends

Episode: 14x31 | Airdate: May 10, 2002

Murder in the Fast Lane

Episode: 14x32 | Airdate: May 20, 2002

Truth and Consequences

Episode: 14x33 | Airdate: May 31, 2002

It's All in Your Head

Episode: 14x34 | Airdate: Jun 14, 2002

End of the Road

Episode: 14x35 | Airdate: Jun 17, 2002

Jackpot!

Episode: 14x36 | Airdate: Jun 21, 2002

Death in the Desert

Episode: 14x37 | Airdate: Jun 28, 2002

Idol Maker

Episode: 14x38 | Airdate: Jul 10, 2002

Sin City Exposed

Episode: 14x39 | Airdate: Jul 12, 2002

Murder Without Justice

Episode: 14x40 | Airdate: Jul 15, 2002

Til Death Do Us Part

Episode: 14x41 | Airdate: Aug 2, 2002

A Question of Guilt: The Bakley Murder

Episode: 14x42 | Airdate: Aug 5, 2002

A Family Accused - Revisited

Episode: 14x43 | Airdate: Aug 7, 2002

Middletown, U.S.A.

Episode: 14x44 | Airdate: Aug 23, 2002

Season 15

Silent Killers II

Episode: 15x01 | Airdate: Sep 20, 2002

A Crime of the Mind

Episode: 15x02 | Airdate: Sep 27, 2002

Searching for a Killer

Episode: 15x03 | Airdate: Oct 4, 2002

The Alibi: Disturbing the Peace I

Episode: 15x04 | Airdate: Oct 11, 2002

The Alibi: Reasonable Doubt I

Episode: 15x05 | Airdate: Oct 11, 2002

Addictions on All Sides

Episode: 15x06 | Airdate: Oct 18, 2002

The Investigators

Episode: 15x07 | Airdate: Oct 25, 2002

Where is Janet March?

Episode: 15x08 | Airdate: Nov 1, 2002

Scammed!

Episode: 15x09 | Airdate: Nov 8, 2002

Burden of Proof

Episode: 15x10 | Airdate: Nov 22, 2002

Cold Turkey

Episode: 15x11 | Airdate: Nov 29, 2002

Family Secrets

Episode: 15x12 | Airdate: Dec 6, 2002

Tracking a Killer II

Episode: 15x13 | Airdate: Dec 6, 2002

Searching for Elizabeth

Episode: 15x14 | Airdate: Jan 10, 2003

Invitation to a Murder

Episode: 15x15 | Airdate: Jan 15, 2003

To Hell and Back II

Episode: 15x16 | Airdate: Jan 31, 2003

Elizabeth's Road Home

Episode: 15x17 | Airdate: Feb 5, 2003

Murder in Monaco

Episode: 15x18 | Airdate: Feb 5, 2003

Mystery in Room 813

Episode: 15x19 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2003

Lust, Lies and Videotape aka The Secret Tapes

Episode: 15x20 | Airdate: Feb 19, 2003

Chambers Speaks aka Justice Served?

Episode: 15x21 | Airdate: Feb 26, 2003

The Negotiators aka Desperate Call

Episode: 15x22 | Airdate: Mar 5, 2003

The Tale of the Tape

Episode: 15x23 | Airdate: Mar 7, 2003

The Babysitter's Story

Episode: 15x24 | Airdate: Mar 14, 2003

One on One with Powell

Episode: 15x25 | Airdate: Mar 25, 2003

How Long a War?

Episode: 15x26 | Airdate: Mar 29, 2003

Waiting on Women Warriors: Jessica Lynch

Episode: 15x27 | Airdate: Mar 30, 2003

Hidden Dangers of Ambush Alley

Episode: 15x28 | Airdate: Apr 4, 2003

A Widow's Tale

Episode: 15x29 | Airdate: Apr 4, 2003

Battling Gulf War Syndrome

Episode: 15x30 | Airdate: Apr 9, 2003

Hong Kong: Crowded City of Fear

Episode: 15x31 | Airdate: Apr 9, 2003

Fog of War: Facing Friendly Fire

Episode: 15x32 | Airdate: Apr 11, 2003

Ghosts of Greenwich

Episode: 15x33 | Airdate: Apr 16, 2003

To Catch a Stalker

Episode: 15x34 | Airdate: Apr 23, 2003

Extremely Perfect

Episode: 15x35 | Airdate: Apr 30, 2003

For Love or Money

Episode: 15x36 | Airdate: May 14, 2003

The Canal Street Brothel

Episode: 15x37 | Airdate: May 23, 2003

Rich Kids

Episode: 15x38 | Airdate: Jun 11, 2003

Baby Hope

Episode: 15x39 | Airdate: Jul 12, 2003

Tribute to Bob Hope

Episode: 15x40 | Airdate: Jul 28, 2003

Star Witness

Episode: 15x41 | Airdate: Aug 27, 2003

The Profiler

Episode: 15x42 | Airdate: Sep 20, 2002

Season 16

Tacoma Confidential

Episode: 16x01 | Airdate: Sep 27, 2003

Kobe Bryant: Full Court Press

Episode: 16x02 | Airdate: Oct 4, 2003

What's Love Got to Do with It?

Episode: 16x03 | Airdate: Oct 11, 2003

The Law and Mrs. Shelton

Episode: 16x04 | Airdate: Oct 29, 2003

It's a Big Country

Episode: 16x05 | Airdate: Nov 1, 2003

The Secret Life of Eric Wright

Episode: 16x06 | Airdate: Nov 8, 2003

Robert Blake's Real Life Drama

Episode: 16x07 | Airdate: Nov 12, 2003

Twist of Fate

Episode: 16x08 | Airdate: Nov 15, 2003

Heavy Burden: Eat It Raw

Episode: 16x09 | Airdate: Nov 22, 2003

Dangerous Extremes

Episode: 16x10 | Airdate: Nov 29, 2003

Missing Molly

Episode: 16x11 | Airdate: Dec 3, 2003

The Homecoming

Episode: 16x12 | Airdate: Dec 10, 2003

Without Warning, Chaos

Episode: 16x13 | Airdate: Dec 17, 2003

Air Sunshine: Flying Into Danger

Episode: 16x14 | Airdate: Dec 17, 2003

The Other Woman

Episode: 16x15 | Airdate: Jan 7, 2004

Prime Suspect: Billy Fox

Episode: 16x16 | Airdate: Jan 14, 2004

It's Just Sex

Episode: 16x17 | Airdate: Jan 21, 2004

Who Killed the Prosecutor?

Episode: 16x18 | Airdate: Jan 28, 2004

Murder in the Hamptons

Episode: 16x19 | Airdate: Feb 11, 2004

Trapped

Episode: 16x20 | Airdate: Feb 25, 2004

Searching for Angela Shelton

Episode: 16x21 | Airdate: Mar 10, 2004

Mystery in Paradise

Episode: 16x22 | Airdate: Mar 12, 2004

The Mystery of Robert Durst

Episode: 16x23 | Airdate: Mar 17, 2004

Caged Kids

Episode: 16x24 | Airdate: Mar 31, 2004

Prime Suspect: Marty Tankleff

Episode: 16x25 | Airdate: Apr 7, 2004

Dangerous Minds

Episode: 16x26 | Airdate: Apr 14, 2004

Diana's Secrets

Episode: 16x27 | Airdate: Apr 21, 2004

Right or Wrong

Episode: 16x28 | Airdate: Apr 24, 2004

Driven to Extremes

Episode: 16x29 | Airdate: Apr 28, 2004

Who Murdered the Rock Star?

Episode: 16x30 | Airdate: May 15, 2004

Six Miracles for Christmas

Episode: 16x31 | Airdate: May 19, 2004

Legal Challenges in the Spotlight

Episode: 16x32 | Airdate: Jun 2, 2004

Young, Rich and Powerful II

Episode: 16x33 | Airdate: Jun 4, 2004

Cold Cases Get Hot

Episode: 16x34 | Airdate: Jul 10, 2004

Going to Extremes

Episode: 16x35 | Airdate: Aug 6, 2004

Season 17

Written in Blood

Episode: 17x01 | Airdate: Sep 25, 2004

Atif Rafay and Sebastian Burns, two brilliant best friends who once wrote a screenplay about two boys wrongfully accused of murder, are now caught up in a real-life murder mystery. They are accused of murdering Rafay's family, from the upper middle-class community of Bellevue, Wash., near Seattle. The brutal murders took place in July 1994. Correspondent Peter Van Sant reports on this 10-year mystery that led investigators to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and involved secret videotaped operations by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).

The Ghosts of El Segundo

Episode: 17x02 | Airdate: Oct 2, 2004

In July 1957 two young police officers on a routine traffic stop in El Segundo, Calif., a Los Angeles suburb, were gunned down and murdered by a man who the police did not know had just committed robbery and rape at a nearby lover's lane. The gunman fled, triggering one of the largest manhunts in California's history. It would take detectives and modern science close to half a century to bring this case to a startling conclusion.

Dark Side of the Mesa

Episode: 17x03 | Airdate: Oct 9, 2004

Jennifer Blagg and her six-year-old daughter, Amy, suddenly disappear in Nov. 2001 and their close-knit community of Grand Junction, Colo., doesn't know what to think. Michael Blagg, husband and father, comes home from work to find a bloody bed and an empty jewel box, but no Jennifer and Amy. And, although the Blaggs' marriage seems to be perfect, authorities find out otherwise. Many suspicions and allegations surround Blagg, but only a few facts point to his possible involvement in their disappearance and/or murder.

Who Killed Stephanie Crowe?

Episode: 17x04 | Airdate: Oct 16, 2004

Fourteen-year-old Michael Crowe of Escondido, Calif. confessed to murdering his 12-year-old sister, Stephanie, in her bedroom in January 1998. But was he telling the truth or was it another man, a drifter named Richard Tuite, who stabbed Stephanie while she slept? 48 HOURS

American Taboo

Episode: 17x05 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2004

Deborah Gardner, a beautiful young American Peace Corps volunteer from Tacoma, Wash., was murdered while on assignment in the South Pacific island nation of Tonga. Dennis Priven, a 24-year-old fellow Peace Corps worker from Brooklyn, N.Y., who friends say was obsessed with Gardner, was charged with her murder by Tongan police. But in a bizarre turn of events, Priven avoided going to prison for Gardner's murder and received a clean record from the Peace Corps. Many today are left wondering if justice was served and if the Peace Corps was trying to protect the murderer.

On the Verge of a Verdict

Episode: 17x06 | Airdate: Oct 30, 2004

Amber Frey's father, Ron, tells contributor Maureen Maher, "A part of Scott was great in her mind. For that five-week window, that was the greatest thing that ever happened in [Amber's] life."

The Right to Kill

Episode: 17x07 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2004

Cherry Hammock of Crawford County, Ga. says she killed her husband, Jay, in self-defense in September 2001, but prosecutors say it was murder.

Vanished

Episode: 17x08 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2004

Maria Cruz, a successful, 35-year-old New York City financial analyst, disappeared on the afternoon of April 13, 2003. For 10 months, police were unable to find Cruz, but the trail of evidence finally pointed to a man named Dean Faiello, who posed as a doctor and is believed to have treated Cruz for a mouth infection the day she went missing. In February 2004, acting on a tip from Faiello's former lover, Greg Bach, authorities found Cruz's body stuffed in a suitcase and buried in the cement in the garage of Faiello's former home in Newark, N. J. Just one month later -- 11 months after Maria Cruz was reported missing -- Dean Faiello was under arrest for Cruz's murder in Costa Rica.

Eye of the Beholder

Episode: 17x09 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2004

It happened in the summer of 2002 during a wild July 4th weekend of partying in the wealthy community of Newport Beach, Calif. When it was over, three teenage boys would be accused of rape and face the prospect of spending life in prison. The critical evidence was a videotape the defendants made themselves. Correspondent Bill Lagattuta has the first network television interviews with the three defendants -- Greg Haidl, Keith Spann and Kyle Nachreiner -- and the alleged victim, "Jane Doe,"

Black Dahlia Confidential

Episode: 17x10 | Airdate: Nov 27, 2004

48 HOURS MYSTERY has new clues in Los Angeles' most famous unsolved murder, the 57-year-old Black Dahlia case. The brutal murder of Elizabeth Short, a young, beautiful, struggling actress whose body was discovered in a vacant lot in January 1947, has baffled the Los Angeles Police Department for decades.

Why Did Eric Kill

Episode: 17x11 | Airdate: Dec 11, 2004

In August 1993, 13-year-old Eric Smith made national headlines as a red-haired, freckle-faced killer. Smith's looks and age were so completely at odds with the horrific crime -- he was convicted of murdering four-year-old Derrick Robie -- that he nearly got away it. Until now, Smith has never explained why he killed Robie. Police investigators and veteran prosecutors found it difficult to comprehend that this child could kill another child in such a brutal way. CBS News' Dan Rather reported on this story 11 years ago and revisits it as Smith becomes eligible for parole and speaks out for the first times about the crime.

JonBenet: Prime Suspects

Episode: 17x12 | Airdate: Dec 18, 2004

New evidence that investigators hope will lead to a break in the almost eight-year-old unsolved murder case of JonBenet Ramsey is reported by correspondent Erin Moriarty for 48 HOURS MYSTERY.

A Shot in the Dark

Episode: 17x13 | Airdate: Jan 8, 2005

Where's Our Baby

Episode: 17x14 | Airdate: Jan 15, 2005

When Marlene and Steve Aisenberg awoke in their home outside Tampa, Fla., on a November morning in 1997, their five-month-old daughter, Sabrina, was missing from her crib. Immediately, the Aisenbergs reported their child missing and the police began to search for the baby. But soon, the investigation began to focus on themselves as authorities became convinced that the parents knew much more about their baby's disappearance than they were saying.

Hostage

Episode: 17x15 | Airdate: Jan 22, 2005

48 HOURS has obtained never-before-seen videotape shot by the terrorists who took 1,200 people hostage on Sept. 1, 2004 for three days at a school in Beslan, Russia. Roughly half of the hostages are believed to have been children. Correspondent Peter Van Sant speaks to the hostage negotiator, Ruslan Aushev, who is seen in the new video negotiating with the terrorists' leader. The footage also captures the dramatic moment when the terrorists let mothers leave captivity with their babies, some of whom were forced to leave their older children behind.

Michael Jackson: Critical Stage

Episode: 17x16 | Airdate: Jan 29, 2005

Joe Jackson, father of superstar Michael Jackson, believes racism is a motivational factor in the case against his son. 48 HOURS MYSTERY has obtained the rights to an exclusive interview with Jackson's parents, Joe and Katherine Jackson, on the eve of their son's trial. Jackson's parents weigh in on the accusations against their son.

Postmarked for Murder

Episode: 17x17 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2005

Texas multimillionaire Herb Vest is searching for who killed his father almost 60 years ago. Twenty-five-year-old Harold "Buddy" Vest was found hanging in his cabinet shop in June 1946 in the small town of Gainesville, Texas, and although the police ruled his death a suicide at the time, Herb always thought there was more to it. Now, he has launched his own investigation - hiring a team of experts to search for the truth. Vest receives a mysterious letter that claims that someone who was on the Gainesville police force was responsible for Buddy's death. Will Vest find his father's supposed killer?

Chamber of Secrets

Episode: 17x18 | Airdate: Feb 19, 2005

Frieda Hanimov was a woman in desperate fear of losing custody of her kids because she believed the judge ruling on her case was corrupt. Panicked and pregnant, she told authorities of her suspicions and agreed to go undercover. Wearing a wire, she went alone into a warehouse to try to prove that New York State Supreme Court Judge Gerald Garson was corrupt.

Rescued from the Shadows

Episode: 17x19 | Airdate: Feb 26, 2005

CBS News' 48 HOURS investigates the shadowy underworld of human sex slaves and rescues a young woman. Correspondent Peter Van Sant infiltrates the billion dollar business of human trafficking to reveal how easy it is in the 21st century to purchase a human being -- not for an hour, but forever -- and bring her to the United States. 48 HOURS MYSTERY.

Secrets of the Well aka Cold Case Clay

Episode: 17x20 | Airdate: Mar 5, 2005

Prime Suspect: Marty Tankleff Revisited

Episode: 17x21 | Airdate: Mar 12, 2005

A Question of Murder

Episode: 17x22 | Airdate: Mar 26, 2005

John Maloney, a Green Bay, Wis. police officer, was convicted of murdering his estranged wife, Sandy, in 1999, though he has always maintained his innocence. But after Maloney's conviction, the story took an unexpected turn when the prosecutor in his case, Joe Paulus, pled guilty to accepting bribes to fix more than 20 cases. This question now is, did Maloney get a fair trial, and, if not, should he get a new one?

Blood Feud

Episode: 17x23 | Airdate: Apr 9, 2005

Nancy Seaman, a suburban Detroit elementary school teacher, killed her husband, Bob, with a hatchet in May 2004. Nancy says she killed him in self-defense and that she had been abused for more than 30 years. At Nancy's murder trial, the couple's youngest son testified on behalf of his mother, while the other son says his mother was never abused and that she simply 'snapped.' k.

Prescription for Murder

Episode: 17x24 | Airdate: Apr 16, 2005

Chris Pittman shot his grandparents, Joe and Joy Pittman, at close range and then set their house on fire. According to family members, Chris, a well-mannered and shy 12-year-old, who lived with his grandparents, loved them more than anything. So, why would Chris kill them? Is the anti-depressant, Zoloft, which he was prescribed shortly before the murders, really to blame, as his lawyers claim?

Terror at the Morgue

Episode: 17x25 | Airdate: Apr 23, 2005

Dr. O.C. Smith, a popular medical examiner in Memphis, Tenn., was apparently attacked on June 1, 2002, as he was leaving work. He was found wrapped head-to-toe in barbed wire with a bomb strapped to his neck. Dr. Smith survived, but he lives in fear that his assailant is waiting to attack again. Who wants to harm the city's medical examiner?

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Episode: 17x26 | Airdate: Apr 30, 2005

American journalist Paul Klebnikov was shot nine times on July 9, 2004 in a contract killing as he left Forbes magazine's Moscow headquarters. Klebnikov, as editor-in-chief, wanted to expose the corruption in Russia's new economy, where the rich and powerful often operate beyond the law. As Klebnikov searched for the truth, did the secrets he uncovered cost him his life?

Secrets from the Grave

Episode: 17x27 | Airdate: May 7, 2005

A Mind for Murder

Episode: 17x28 | Airdate: May 14, 2005

Professor Thomas Murray of Kansas State University is a very smart man, but is he smart enough to get away with the murder of his ex-wife?

Two Wigs, a Gun and a Murder

Episode: 17x29 | Airdate: May 21, 2005

When Fred Jablin, a beloved Richmond University professor and devoted father, goes out to retrieve the morning newspaper on Oct. 30, 2004 and is gunned down in his driveway, his ex-wife, Piper Rountree, is the prime suspect. But, before investigators in Richmond, Va. can make their case, they must deal with a trail of confusing clues and an unusual relationship between Rountree and her sister, Tina Rountree.

The Pretender

Episode: 17x30 | Airdate: May 31, 2005

A man wanted for murder pretends to be a New York Times reporter.

Perfectly Executed

Episode: 17x31 | Airdate: Aug 6, 2005

Season 18

Back from the Dead

Episode: 18x01 | Airdate: Sep 24, 2005

It's never happened in 48 HOURS MYSTERY history -- and maybe not ever -- but a serial killer's presumed victim shows up at the killer's trial .

BTK: Out of the Shadows

Episode: 18x02 | Airdate: Oct 1, 2005

Strange Truth

Episode: 18x03 | Airdate: Oct 8, 2005

In the early morning hours of March 21, 2003, Ramona "Mona" Krotine left an office party just outside Cleveland, Ohio and was never seen alive again. Nearly 24 hours later, she was found in the trunk of her car, beaten and shot to death. At first, police suspected a botched robbery because Mona was carrying the cash receipts from working at a concession earlier that day. But then, Mona's husband, Jeffrey, started behaving suspiciously, according to police, and the focus of the investigation shifted from a carjacking and robbery to a domestic murder.

Defending Your Life

Episode: 18x04 | Airdate: Oct 15, 2005

For nearly 17 years, sisters Kim and Beth Jones of Snohomish, Wash., have been trying to prove that their father, Jerry Jones, Jr., is innocent of charges that he stabbed their mother, Lee, to death. 48 HOURS has followed this story since 1999 when Jones was released from prison after an appeals court overturned his murder conviction. But that release was only the beginning of an extraordinary legal drama that would include two more trials. At his third trial, for which Jones will represent himself, will the jury find him guilty, or will they set him free?

Secrets & Lies on Grapevine Lake

Episode: 18x05 | Airdate: Oct 22, 2005

A successful real estate agent, David Nixon of Grapevine, Texas, lived what friends say was a life on the edge. According to his live-in girlfriend, Tracy Frame, he spent money extravagantly, gambled, hired prostitutes and owed the IRS and others large sums of money. In April 2002, his brutally murdered body was discovered in a storm drain in a nearby town. He had been shot in the heart and his remains burned beyond recognition. So, who wanted Nixon dead?

Scared to Death

Episode: 18x06 | Airdate: Oct 29, 2005

Jim and Vickie Barton seemed to be living out their dreams just outside Springboro, Ohio. The couple owned and lived on a horse farm. Jim was a lieutenant with the Springboro police department, with aspirations of becoming police chief, and Vickie was a head nurse at the local hospital. In April 1995, however, Jim came home from work and found Vickie had been shot to death. Vickie was well-liked by everyone, so who wanted her dead? For three years there were virtually no leads in the case and no arrests, but then in 1998 came a stunning confession from an unlikely source.

Jeffrey McDonald: Time for Truth

Episode: 18x07 | Airdate: Nov 5, 2005

Sex, Lies and the Doctor's Wife

Episode: 18x08 | Airdate: Nov 12, 2005

When a prominent doctor's wife is murdered, is it a crime of passion or a murder for hire? Correspondent is Erin Moriarty.

Nightmare in Napa

Episode: 18x09 | Airdate: Nov 19, 2005

It's a real-life Halloween shocker in idyllic Napa, Calif. when two young women are brutally murdered in 2004. Just hours after the last trick-or-treater left their home, former beauty queen Leslie Mazzara and her roommate, Adriane Insogna, were found stabbed to death in their upstairs bedrooms. A third roommate, sleeping downstairs, was not harmed and was the only witness. Who wanted these young women dead? After almost a year of heavy investigating, one clue turns this case inside out and leads to an unlikely suspect who was overlooked by investigators.

Deadly Ride

Episode: 18x10 | Airdate: Nov 26, 2005

Jane Mixer had it all. One of a handful of female students at the University of Michigan Law School in 1969, she was also in love. She had just agreed to get married and had arranged a ride home to tell her parents the happy news. But she never made it home. Her body was found in a small, rural cemetery just miles from her dorm. Mixer had been shot twice in the head and strangled. Thirty-six years later, the police believe they have finally solved the case. But do they have the right man?

Love, Lies, Murder? aka The Mystery of Janet March

Episode: 18x11 | Airdate: Dec 10, 2005

Who Murdered the Newlyweds

Episode: 18x12 | Airdate: Dec 17, 2005

The Mystery of Christmas

Episode: 18x13 | Airdate: Dec 20, 2005

Correspondent Maureen Maher journeys to the Holy Land to investigate one of the most powerful and controversial stories ever -- the birth of Jesus. 48 HOURS searches for archaeological proof of the Biblical accounts, decodes the messages hidden in the scriptures and examines starkly different versions of Christmas, including some that never made it into the New Testament. The questions about what really happened, Maher explains, are explored with curiosity and respect.

The Girl Next Door

Episode: 18x14 | Airdate: Jan 7, 2006

On the night of May 1, 2003, a teenage girl's body is found in a trash bag left behind a restaurant in peaceful Castro Valley, Calif. The gruesome discovery became one detective's obsession and touched the entire community, which came to call the young girl "Castro Valley's Jane Doe." When no one claimed Jane, the chances of tracking down her killer were very slim. But can modern-day forensic reconstruction help solve this mystery and bring a killer to justice?

The Phone Call

Episode: 18x15 | Airdate: Jan 21, 2006

When Shannon Melendi, an ambitious 19-year-old sophomore at Emory University in Atlanta, disappeared in March 1994, authorities believed she had run away. Police even thought it might be a college prank. Nearly two weeks later, a mysterious phone call changed the course of the investigation.

Rage on the Run

Episode: 18x16 | Airdate: Jan 28, 2006

Once the golden child of his Ft. Myers, Fla. high school, David Bieber -- with his good looks, athletic abilities and nice car -- developed a love for bodybuilding and, with it, an appetite for steroids. A combination of steroids and a love triangle involving Bieber would lead to murder and ultimately turn Bieber into a wanted man on two continents.

Blaming the Babysitter

Episode: 18x17 | Airdate: Feb 4, 2006

Ashley Howes loves kids and she was excited about her first real babysitting job. But what happened that led the 13-year-old to be charged with second-degree murder for the death of 19-month-old Freya Garden?

Dream Killer

Episode: 18x18 | Airdate: Feb 18, 2006

Kent Heitholt, the popular sports editor of The Daily Tribune in Columbia, Mo., was found bludgeoned and strangled near his car on Halloween night 2001. Two years later, police received the tip they longed for in the notorious unsolved case: 19-year-old Charles "Chuck" Erickson was overheard admitting that he and his friend committed the crime. A close friend says Erickson told him he had a dream about the crime and his involvement. Did they really do it, or did Erickson just have a bad dream?

What They Did for Love

Episode: 18x19 | Airdate: Feb 25, 2006

In 1994, 25-year-old Toni Dykstra of Los Angeles thought she had met Prince Charming in Carlo Ventre, a successful 46-year-old Italian who treated Toni and her young daughters as though they were his family. But, after Toni gave birth to their child, Santina, the relationship soured. Despite a court custody order, Carlo fled to Italy with Santina in January 1998. Even though Carlo had threatened her life, Toni went to Italy to get her baby. An Italian court ordered the baby returned to the U.S., but the day before she was to return home, Toni ended up dead in Carlo's apartment. Carlo claims he acted in self-defense when Toni attacked him, but did he kill her to keep his daughter?

The Highest Stakes aka The Biggest Gamble

Episode: 18x20 | Airdate: Mar 4, 2006

Texas Confidential

Episode: 18x21 | Airdate: Mar 11, 2006

By all appearances, Bob and Doris Angleton led a charmed life with their beautiful 12-year-old twin daughters in one of Houston's most affluent neighborhoods. Bob was a multi-millionaire and Doris a beloved, doting mother. But on an April evening in 1997, Bob and his daughters came home from a softball game and discovered Doris dead on the kitchen floor: shot 12 times in the head and chest. Police would soon learn that this was a family full of secrets -- illegal gambling, love affairs, incriminating tapes and a violent feud between brothers.

Natalee Holloway: New Clues in Paradise

Episode: 18x22 | Airdate: Mar 25, 2006

Gerold Dompig, deputy chief of police in Aruba and the man leading the investigation into the disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, says he feels strongly that Holloway was not murdered, but probably died from complications involving alcohol and, possibly, drugs as well. D

Love Lost

Episode: 18x23 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2006

Ever since honeymooner George Smith vanished under mysterious circumstances from the cruise ship Brilliance of the Seas, suspicion has been focused on four young men seen with Smith in the hours before he disappeared. Now, the father of one of those men -- Dr. Jerry Askin, father of Josh Askin, a college student from California -- is breaking his silence on the case in an exclusive interview with 48 HOURS MYSTERY. Dr. Askin was an eyewitness as his son and the others were interrogated by Turkish authorities. He shares details of his family's strange and frightening ordeal in an interview on 48 HOURS MYSTERY.

A Knock on the Door

Episode: 18x24 | Airdate: Apr 15, 2006

The Marilyn Tapes

Episode: 18x25 | Airdate: Apr 22, 2006

Deadly Proposal

Episode: 18x26 | Airdate: Apr 29, 2006

When Louisiana Tech University professor Stephanie Pepper Sims vanished in early January 2003, what did her husband David and her lover, Wayne Guidry, Jr., know about her disappearance?

The Last Dance

Episode: 18x27 | Airdate: May 6, 2006

A young dancer dreams of fame on Broadway. She becomes front page news when she's murdered. Correspondent is Erin Moriarty.

Cheatin' Heart

Episode: 18x28 | Airdate: May 13, 2006

Randy Hardison was on the road to country music stardom, writing hit songs for big names such as Lee Ann Womack, Garth Brooks and Darryl Worley. But, as Hardison's star was rising, he was found lying in a pool of blood outside his Nashville apartment on June 1, 2002. Hardison had been assaulted and his skull had been fractured; three days later, he died. Who wanted to hurt or even kill Hardison?

Duty, Death, Dishonor

Episode: 18x29 | Airdate: May 20, 2006

Twenty-five-year-old Army Specialist Richard Davis survived the war in Iraq, only to vanish the day after he returned to the U.S. The Army listed Davis as absent without leave -- or AWOL -- but his father refused to believe it.

Deadly Obsession

Episode: 18x30 | Airdate: May 30, 2006

Carl "Charlie" Brandt was a mild-mannered man who lived what seemed to be a normal life in Big Pine Key, Fla. He was devoted to his wife of 17 years, Teri, and close to her family. So, when Hurricane Ivan threatened the Florida Keys in September 2004, the Brandts headed to the Orlando home of Teri's niece, Michelle Jones, a successful television executive at the Golf Channel. But, a few days after the Brandt's arrival, police made a horrific discovery at Michelle's home: Teri, stabbed repeatedly, was dead; Michelle was also dead and brutally dismembered; and Charlie had hanged himself in the garage.

Season 19

Dark Voyage: Ashley's Tale

Episode: 19x01 | Airdate: Sep 23, 2006

The Informer

Episode: 19x02 | Airdate: Sep 30, 2006

On October 13, 2002, 18-year-old Jim Morel was entrusted with a horrific secret -- one that could send his best friends to prison for life. He shares his story of murder, morality and betrayal with correspondent Susan Spencer on 48 HOURS MYSTERY.

Millionaire Manhunt

Episode: 19x03 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2006

For years after his wife's murder in 1987, millionaire Jim Sullivan lived the good life. He was a social climber, romanced gorgeous women worldwide, and lived a life of luxury. Though authorities suspected Sullivan was involved in his wife's death, it seemed he was untouchable and that no one would be held accountable for the point-blank shooting of Lita Sullivan. That is, until 11 years later, in 1998, when a young woman came forward with shocking new information that would link Jim Sullivan to the crime.

Dangerous Liaisons

Episode: 19x04 | Airdate: Oct 14, 2006

On July 5, 2003, 37-year-old Sandra Rozzo of Pinnellas Park, Fla. was shot eight times at point-blank range while she sat defenseless in her car. According to police, Timothy "Tracy" Humphrey's name was the first to come up as a possible suspect. Humphrey proclaimed his innocence, but evidence would lead investigators to discover a twisted plot involving seduction, manipulation and murder on 48 HOURS MYSTERY.

Nashville Blues

Episode: 19x05 | Airdate: Oct 21, 2006

Scientology: A Question of Faith

Episode: 19x06 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2006

Why would a 28-year-old man, described as sweet, kind and gentle, take a knife to his mother one morning in 2003 and stab her over 70 times? Jeremy Perkins, who had been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, came to believe that his mother, Elli, was evil and out to get him. Experts say the brutal murder might never have occurred had he received proper treatment to control his psychotic delusions. But Jeremy's parents were devout Scientologists -- a religion that strongly opposes psychiatric treatment. Did Elli Perkins' faith contribute to her death?

Memory of Murder

Episode: 19x07 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2006

When Peter Porco, a popular 52-year-old lawyer from a sleepy American town, didn't show up for work on a Monday morning in November 2004, a court officer went to his upscale home to investigate. What the officer found was a bloodbath in the kitchen, the bathroom, and the family room. At the foot of the stairs was Porco's bludgeoned body -- the victim of a brutal murder.

Exposed

Episode: 19x08 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2006

An actress on CSI Miami crosses paths with a real life serial killer.

Blood and Money

Episode: 19x09 | Airdate: Nov 18, 2006

Two wealthy brothers -- two separate murders - one family's tragedy.

Decade of Mystery

Episode: 19x10 | Airdate: Nov 25, 2006

Murder on Lockhart Road

Episode: 19x11 | Airdate: Dec 9, 2006

Endgame

Episode: 19x12 | Airdate: Jan 6, 2007

Perry March had the perfect life -- a successful lawyer living in the lap of luxury in sunny Mexico with his second wife, in a peaceful home, complete with a swimming pool where the kids liked to do cannonballs. March had only one problem - a determined cold case unit that wanted to know what happened to Janet March, Perry's first wife, who was reported missing in the summer of 1996, in their hometown of Nashville.

Murder on His Mind

Episode: 19x13 | Airdate: Jan 13, 2007

A golden boy becomes a killer -- a brain defect may be the reason.

Taylor Behl: Searching for Secrets

Episode: 19x14 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2007

The Sweetheart Murders

Episode: 19x15 | Airdate: Jan 27, 2007

Sabrina Gonsalves and John Riggins were both 18 years old in the summer of 1980, about to start college and in love. On Dec. 20 of that same year, the couple was brutally murdered, both with their throats cut, on a foggy night in their hometown of Davis, Calif., on their way to Gonsalves' sister's birthday party. Now, more than 25 years later, the birthday gift the couple had with them may help identify the killer.

Secrets in the Sand

Episode: 19x16 | Airdate: Jan 30, 2007

Love and Lies

Episode: 19x17 | Airdate: Feb 3, 2007

Jennifer and Bart Corbin had a seemingly perfect life. Bart's successful dental practice afforded the couple a beautiful home in the Atlanta suburbs where they raised their two little boys. But one December morning in 2004, seven-year-old Dalton Corbin woke up to a living nightmare. He ran to his neighbor's house in his pajamas and told them his mother was dead. Correspondent Peter Van Sant examines how a suburban mom suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head and investigates her husband, a man who may have had something deadly to hide from his apparent charmed past. Van Sant also speaks exclusively to Jennifer's online lover - a person concealing a double identity.

Murder Comes Knocking

Episode: 19x18 | Airdate: Feb 10, 2007

Jarrod Davidson and Kelee Jones were college sweethearts. Within a year of meeting in chemistry class, they were moving in together, having a first baby, and planning a wedding. But the seemingly happy relationship ended in a bitter divorce and a nasty custody battle over the couple's daughter. On a July night in 2004, Jarrod was shot to death outside his Santa Barbara, Calif. apartment complex. Correspondent Maureen Maher follows the story as sheriff's deputies unravel a plot so bizarre that it puts three members of one family in prison - all in connection with a single murder.

The Biggest Gamble

Episode: 19x19 | Airdate: Feb 17, 2007

Christie Wilson was a beautiful 27-year-old woman beloved by her family and friends. One October night in 2005, she spent six hours in a California casino gambling at the blackjack tables with a man she'd just met. Wilson left the casino that night with him and was never seen again. But the casino itself is outfitted with 700 cameras capturing movements of gamblers everywhere. Correspondent Erin Moriarty follows the story and examines the never publicly seen before videotape that may identify a killer.

Caught in the Crossfire aka Courting Disaster

Episode: 19x20 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2007

To Catch a Killer: Nelson Serrano

Episode: 19x21 | Airdate: Mar 3, 2007

Murder on the Cape

Episode: 19x22 | Airdate: Mar 6, 2007

Christa Worthington was a powerhouse in her fashion reporter career, even at the age of 26 when she landed an interview with industry icon Yves Saint Laurent. She later decided to slow down the pace of her life and settled on Cape Cod, where she happily became a single mom. So how did Worthington wind up stabbed to death in her kitchen on the all-American Cape while her two-year-old was in the house?

Dangerous Reunion

Episode: 19x23 | Airdate: Mar 10, 2007

The Ghost of David Coffin

Episode: 19x24 | Airdate: Apr 7, 2007

On December 10, 1996, fire raged through a home in an upscale Atlanta neighborhood. When firefighters extinguished the blaze, they found the body of 41-year-old David Coffin. Coffin's friends and family were grief-stricken, but their pain only deepened when authorities revealed that he was likely killed before the fire started. Correspondent Maureen Maher reports on the peculiar events surrounding Coffin's murder.

The Puppet Master

Episode: 19x25 | Airdate: Apr 14, 2007

Newlyweds Heather and John Grossman were driving to lunch 10 years ago on a sunny Florida day when bullets suddenly pierced their vehicle. John survived the shooting but a bullet ripped a fist-sized hole in Heather's neck, severing her spinal cord leaving her a quadriplegic. Investigators found the shooter, Roger Runyon, who detailed how he used a long rifle to fire at the Grossmans. But investigators also uncovered three other men who allegedly conspired with Runyon. Yet investigators soon realized that the case against the group was missing one big piece -- the puppet master -- the person investigators believed to be responsible for planning the crime.