Season 1
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 19, 2013
Revisiting stories from the popular newsmagazine mixing investigative reports with human-interest and celebrity features. First up: A 7-year-old child is kidnapped during a family camping trip in Montana.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 19, 2013
A young woman is murdered while studying overseas in South Korea, and her travel partner is accused of the crime.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Sep 19, 2013
Examining actions to take when a child is kidnapped.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Sep 26, 2013
A woman uncovers a startling secret during a search for her missing sister.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Sep 26, 2013
A murder plot involving spouses is investigated.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Sep 26, 2013
A hairdresser learns about her husband's mysterious past.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Oct 3, 2013
Profiles of women who survived traumatic events. Included: a woman who was brutally attacked on a biking trip in 1977; a teenage surfer who survived a shark attack.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Oct 3, 2013
A pair of teenage cousins are abducted and sold into the sex-slave industry.
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Oct 3, 2013
A guy hires a hit man to kill his sister.
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Oct 10, 2013
An examination of the January 1998 disappearance of Tom and Eileen Lonergan, who mysteriously vanished off the coast of Australia while scuba diving with a charter group.
Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Oct 10, 2013
In this "Primetime Live" Special Edition, Diane Sawyer looks at the trial of Clara Harris who was accused of killing her husband David Lynn Harris by running him over repeatedly with her car after she discovered he was having an affair. The lawyers prepare a recreation of the crime in order to show that she didn't know she ran him over repeatedly, but the recreation is ruled inadmissible. She is convicted and sent to prison for twenty years.
Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Oct 10, 2013
A report on Ethan, an Alabama child who was rescued after being held hostage for six days.
Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Oct 17, 2013
Examining suspicious deaths within marriages. Included: a woman who was shot while on the beach at night with her husband.
Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Oct 17, 2013
Two seemingly unrelated college students vanish mysteriously.
Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Oct 17, 2013
An extensive look at a sexual-assault case in Steubenville, Ohio, in which two high-school football players were found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl.
Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2013
Profiling Dalia Dippolito, who was convicted in a murder-for-hire scheme against her husband.
Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2013
An interview with Amanda Knox, the American exchange student in Italy whose conviction for the 2007 murder of her roommate was overturned on Oct. 3, 2011.
Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2013
A woman faces manslaughter charges after a fatal car crash in which alcohol was a factor.
Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2013
Linda Lusk, a former mayor who was accused of having sexual contact with a 14-year-old boy, is profiled.
Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2013
The assault and rape case of Trisha Meili, also known as the Central Park jogger, is examined.
Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2013
Elaborate lies, schemes and secret lives are exposed. Included: a young man who posed as a physician's assistant and, later, a police officer.
Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2013
A television anchor recalls being stalked by a viewer.
Episode: 1x23 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2013
A report on the disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit, a popular Mason City, Iowa, anchorwoman who vanished in the early hours of June 27, 1995.
Episode: 1x24 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2013
The 2004 murder of 3-year-old Riley Fox is investigated.
Season 2
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Feb 27, 2014
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Feb 27, 2014
An obsessed teen posts footage of the girl he's stalking on the Internet
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Mar 6, 2014
A teen's mother is stabbed to death.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Mar 6, 2014
Exploring the case of Utah doctor Martin MacNeill, who was accused of drugging and drowning his wife in their bathtub in April 2007.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Mar 13, 2014
The case of a teen who stabbed a man and claimed she acted in self-defense is reviewed.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Mar 20, 2014
A report on the case of a teenage girl suspected of killing her parents because they didn't approve of her boyfriend.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Mar 27, 2014
A woman stands trial for her husband's murder.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Apr 10, 2014
A man fakes his own death; a wife shoots her husband.
Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Apr 17, 2014
The case of a man who fled his Boston home for London after the shocking murder of his wife and child is investigated.
Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: May 1, 2014
A murderer's story of infidelity reveals that he might have had an accomplice.
Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: May 8, 2014
Tales of women, violence and revenge are explored.
Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: May 15, 2014
An investigation into a woman's unexplained death soon paints a terrifying picture of her unhappy marriage.
Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: May 22, 2014
A woman accused of killing her adopted four-year-old son is spotlighted.
Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Aug 14, 2014
An abused woman tries to leave, so her husband tries to kill her.
Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Aug 18, 2014
A harrowing investigation of events that may have led to death.
Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Aug 28, 2014
A woman tries to free her incarcerated cousins after admitting she had them falsely accused of sexual abuse.
Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Sep 4, 2014
Interview with death row inmate Bart Whitaker, who was convicted of masterminding the murder of his parents and brother.
Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Sep 11, 2014
Two teens victimized in a small New England town are discussed.
Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Sep 18, 2014
A newly married woman discovers her husband's dark side.
Episode: 2x20 | Airdate: Sep 25, 2014
A beloved stepfather is murdered.
Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: Oct 2, 2014
A local news anchor is murdered.
Episode: 2x22 | Airdate: Oct 9, 2014
A young star succumbs to drugs.
Episode: 2x23 | Airdate: Oct 16, 2014
An 11 year old girl's disappearance is investigated.
Episode: 2x24 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2014
A college student leaves her boyfriend's home for snacks but never comes back. Her disappearance is investigated.
Episode: 2x25 | Airdate: Oct 30, 2014
A teacher is the victim of a hit and run, or so it seems.
Episode: 2x26 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2014
A teen disappears and a letter is found, indicating that she left for California.
Episode: 2x27 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2014
A father may have killed his wife while sleepwalking.
Episode: 2x28 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2014
A husband's mental health deteriorates.
Episode: 2x29 | Airdate: Nov 27, 2014
Teens begin a secret organization.
Episode: 2x30 | Airdate: Dec 4, 2014
A revenge plot takes place in Miami.
Episode: 2x31 | Airdate: Dec 11, 2014
An affluent family's life comes apart.
Episode: 2x32 | Airdate: Dec 18, 2014
Family disappearances are discussed.
Season 3
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Jan 22, 2015
The investigation into the 2003 murders of four recent high-school graduates in a quiet Texas suburb.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Jan 29, 2015
The investigation into the abduction-murder of a 7-year-old girl in Orange Park, Fla., is related.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Feb 5, 2015
The case of Aaron Vargas, who was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter for the 2009 slaying of a man he claimed sexually abused him as a child.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2015
The story of Brittney Bergeron, who survived a vicious assault at age 10 that left her a paraplegic.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2015
The investigation into the 2006 disappearance of Nina Reiser, a Russian doctor who had married American computer engineer Hans Reiser in 1999, is recounted. At the time that she vanished, the two were in the midst of a bitter divorce and custody battle.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Feb 19, 2015
The case of Ramon Salcido, who went on a murderous rampage in Sonoma County, Cal., in 1989. He wounded two and killed seven, including his wife and two of his three daughters.
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Feb 26, 2015
The Faylene Grant case is detailed. The Arizona woman, who drowned in her bathtub in 2001, seemingly predicted her premature death. Her husband Doug, initially charged with first-degree murder, was convicted of manslaughter in 2009 and sentenced to five years in prison.
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Mar 5, 2015
The cases of three Western women who disappeared while in Japan.
Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Mar 12, 2015
Part 1 of 2. The case of so-called "black widow" Stacey Castor, whose first husband died of an apparent heart attack and second husband seemingly killed himself.
Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Mar 19, 2015
Conclusion. The case of so-called "black widow" Stacey Castor, whose first husband died of an apparent heart attack and second husband seemingly killed himself.
Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Mar 26, 2015
The case of fashion designer Anand Jon, who was convicted of sexual assaulting would-be models, is detailed.
Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Apr 1, 2015
The case of a chiropractor whose fifth wife died from a blunt-force head injury in 2010.
Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Apr 2, 2015
The story of Katie Piper, a British model and TV host who was disfigured in March 2008 when a man hired by a former boyfriend threw sulfuric acid in her face.
Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2015
A feud between neighbors results in murder.
Episode: 3x15 | Airdate: Apr 9, 2015
The story of Terri Jendusa-Nicolai, who survived a vicious assault by her former husband. He attacked her with a baseball bat, bound her and stuffed her in a garbage can, which he left in a storage unit.
Episode: 3x16 | Airdate: Apr 15, 2015
Ordinary people who helped solve crimes. Included: a daughter exposes a dark family secret; a woman who strives to learn how her husband really died; and four women who put their lying lover in jail.
Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Apr 16, 2015
Two men join forces in an effort to find their missing daughters.
Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: Apr 22, 2015
A kindly man hits the lottery for millions but is unfortunately oblivious to a swindler who is conspiring to take his money—and possibly his life. Also: after a series of arsons in a small town the residents are shocked to find out who was behind them.
Episode: 3x19 | Airdate: Apr 23, 2015
The story of Rebecca Babcock, whose mother shot three of Rebecca's siblings in 1983, killing one of them.
Episode: 3x20 | Airdate: Apr 29, 2015
The story of 16-year-old Skylar Neece, who was killed by her two best friends in 2012.
Episode: 3x21 | Airdate: Apr 30, 2015
A tumultuous romance leads to fiery passion and, in time, murder.
Episode: 3x22 | Airdate: May 6, 2015
The crimes of Philippe Padieu, who was convicted for knowingly exposing his unsuspecting lovers to HIV.
Episode: 3x23 | Airdate: May 6, 2015
The Trayvon Martin case is examined. Also: the escape of three women held for years by Ariel Castro in Cleveland.
Episode: 3x24 | Airdate: May 7, 2015
An Internet prank turns deadly on Long Island.
Episode: 3x25 | Airdate: May 13, 2015
A report on two separate murder cases that investigators suspect were inspired by the TV drama "Dexter."
Episode: 3x26 | Airdate: May 14, 2015
The case of a Nashville woman who was convicted of strangling her husband to death in 2010.
Episode: 3x27 | Airdate: May 20, 2015
Two stories of love, betrayal and murder.
Episode: 3x28 | Airdate: May 21, 2015
The ordeal of a high-school teacher who was kidnapped—along with her daughter—by a deranged former student is detailed.
Episode: 3x29 | Airdate: May 27, 2015
The case of Etan Patz, a 6-year-old boy who went missing in New York City in 1979.
Episode: 3x30 | Airdate: May 28, 2015
The drowning death of a young girl may not have been an accident. Also: a spurned suitor turns violent.
Episode: 3x31 | Airdate: Jun 3, 2015
The crimes of Marcus Wesson, who controlled his family like a cult before their bloody demise, are detailed.
Episode: 3x32 | Airdate: Jun 4, 2015
A boy becomes the center of a rivalry between two teenage girls.
Episode: 3x33 | Airdate: Jun 10, 2015
A minister's wife is found dead in her home. Police question whether it was suicide or murder, and the minister's mistress could be the key to solving the mystery.
Episode: 3x34 | Airdate: Jun 11, 2015
The murder of 15-year-old Leah Freeman, who was slain in Coquille, Ore., in 2000, is investigated.
Episode: 3x35 | Airdate: Jun 17, 2015
The story of a young man whose estranged father stole his identity and ruined his credit and reputation; and the case of an 18-year-old woman who killed her father.
Episode: 3x36 | Airdate: Jun 18, 2015
The April 17, 2006, murders of Wayne and Sharmon Stock in Murdoch, Neb., is investigated.
Episode: 3x37 | Airdate: Jun 24, 2015
The investigation into a 1985 triple homicide on the outskirts of Fayetteville, N.C, is chronicled. The victims were a military wife and two of her young daughters.
Episode: 3x38 | Airdate: Jun 25, 2015
An alleged murder-for-hire plot in the Houston area is detailed.
Episode: 3x39 | Airdate: Jul 1, 2015
A report on the murder trial of a suburban-Atlanta engineer charged with killing the husband of a coworker with whom he was allegedly having an affair. His defense of the shooting that took place outside a day-care center: insanity.
Episode: 3x40 | Airdate: Jul 2, 2015
A report on a battle over a widow's will: Mary Ellen Bendtsen of Dallas gave her house to two antiques dealers—not her family—shortly before her death in 2005. Also: a look at the facts (and the mystery) behind the 2006 movie "The Night Listener," including an interview with Armistead Maupin, who cowrote the screenplay.
Episode: 3x41 | Airdate: Jul 8, 2015
The case of James Arthur Ray, a self-help guru and motivational speaker whose 2009 "Spiritual Warrior" retreat in Arizona resulted in the deaths of three people in a sweat-lodge exercise gone wrong.
Episode: 3x42 | Airdate: Jul 15, 2015
The case of Josh Powell, who was suspected in the 2009 disappearance of his wife; and then killed himself and his two sons in 2012. Also: the story of an Arkansas businessman who reportedly fell into the Little Red River during a family vacation in 2008; and resurfaced six months later in South Dakota, where he was using a different name.
Episode: 3x43 | Airdate: Jul 22, 2015
The investigation into an attack on a Maine couple while they were asleep in bed is recounted. The husband, management consultant Jeffrey Dolloff, was beaten with a baseball bat; and the wife, yoga instructor Linda Dolloff, was shot.
Episode: 3x44 | Airdate: Jul 29, 2015
A report on the 2001 murder of millionaire Ted Ammon in his East Hampton, N.Y., mansion includes a conversation with his convicted killer, Daniel Pelosi.
Episode: 3x45 | Airdate: Aug 5, 2015
The case of Gabe Watson, whose wife Tina died while scuba diving in 2003 Australia. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Australia and served 18 months. He was also charged with murder in their native Alabama, but was acquitted.
Episode: 3x46 | Airdate: Aug 12, 2015
A report on a 2007 NASA love triangle that almost turned tragic; and an interview with parents upset by online photos of the car accident that killed their daughter.
Episode: 3x47 | Airdate: Aug 19, 2015
Autistic therapy turns a child against her parents; a father struggles to protect his daughter from his ex-wife.
Episode: 3x48 | Airdate: Aug 26, 2015
A teenage love story gone tragically awry is detailed.
Episode: 3x49 | Airdate: Sep 2, 2015
The Steve Nunn case is examined. The son of a former Kentucky governor, he seemed to have a bright political future. That changed in 2009, however, when he was charged with murdering his former fiancée, Amanda Ross. Two years later, he pleaded guilty in a deal to avoid the death penalty.
Episode: 3x50 | Airdate: Sep 9, 2015
The case of a serial rapist who found his victims through a popular dating Web site.
Episode: 3x51 | Airdate: Sep 16, 2015
Interrogation tactics employed by the police are examined.
Episode: 3x52 | Airdate: Sep 23, 2015
A true-life "War of the Roses" marital horror story about a Connecticut advertising executive who kidnapped his ex-wife in 2009 and held her hostage in the home they had shared. He also burned down their beach house.
Episode: 3x53 | Airdate: Sep 30, 2015
An eighth-grader's brutal crime against a fellow classmate; a teenager's role in a grisly Internet scheme.
Episode: 3x54 | Airdate: Oct 14, 2015
An interview with Dharun Ravi, a former Rutgers University student convicted of invasion of privacy and bias intimidation following his roommate's suicide in 2010. Also: a report on a Web site created to bring news to small-town America.
Episode: 3x55 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2015
A look at murder-for-hire plots foiled by federal agents who went undercover as hit men. Included: a man who wanted to off his wife; a soccer mom who was gunning for a romantic rival; and a drug dealer who sought to kill an informant.
Episode: 3x56 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2015
A family man mysteriously vanishes, only to re-appear years later; a high school honors student's sexual relationship with a fellow schoolmate lands her in jail.
Episode: 3x57 | Airdate: Nov 18, 2015
The story of Tyler Hadley, a Florida teen who threw a house party after killing his parents. Also: an intoxicated teen in Virginia is fatally shot by a home owner when he mistakes a neighboring house for his own.
Episode: 3x58 | Airdate: Dec 2, 2015
Part 1 of 2. An interview with California kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard, who was abducted in 1991 by Phillip and Nancy Garrido and held for 18 years.
Episode: 3x59 | Airdate: Dec 2, 2015
Conclusion. An interview with California kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard, who was abducted in 1991 by Phillip and Nancy Garrido and held for 18 years.
Episode: 3x60 | Airdate: Dec 9, 2015
Part 1 of 2. The discovery of an unconscious, brutally beaten woman in an empty Florida cul-de-sac is investigated.
Episode: 3x61 | Airdate: Dec 9, 2015
Conclusion. The discovery of a brutally beaten woman in an empty Florida cul-de-sac is investigated.
Episode: 3x62 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2015
Cleveland kidnapping survivors Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus discuss the decade they were held captive by Ariel Castro.
Season 4
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Mar 3, 2016
A botched burglary leaves a teen dead and his friends serving 45-year sentences. Also: A homeowner shoots an intruder; and football players are accused of rape.
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Mar 10, 2016
A father recruits his kids to help him rob banks; and a boss gives a long-suffering employee a "special" job.
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Mar 17, 2016
An apparent random shooting isn't what it seems; a woman uncovers a secret while digging into her family history; and a bank employee is a pawn in a robbery—or, perhaps, the queen.
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Mar 24, 2016
The case of Washington, D.C., power broker John Michael Farren, who was convicted of attempting to murder his wife Mary Margaret in 2010 after she served him with divorce papers. In 2014, after being found guilty, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Mar 31, 2016
Friend vs. friend results from a confession; a Little League rivalry leads to a family fearing for their lives; and a woman who enjoys the high life turns out to be her friends' worst enemy.
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Apr 7, 2016
Diane Sawyer reports on women behind bars and the families they left behind. Other stories examine the duel between inmates and officers over prison contraband; and what life is like for mentally ill offenders serving time.
Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Apr 14, 2016
The case of Shelby Wilkie, a North Carolina woman and new mother whose husband Michael reported her missing on Jan. 2, 2012.
Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Jun 16, 2016
The police investigate an odd case in which a man claims his girlfriend was abducted by an intruder in a wet suit.
Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Jun 16, 2016
The case of a baby stolen from a hospital a day after his birth in 1964 Chicago. The FBI believed it found the child a year later and returned him to the parents, but 50 years later a DNA test showed that he was not their biological offspring.
Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Jun 16, 2016
Taya Kyle discusses the life of her husband, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle (1974-2013), whose life and military career was portrayed in the film "American Sniper."
Season 5
Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Sep 29, 2016
A supposed psychic orchestrates a decade-long swindle that rooks a millionaire.
Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Oct 6, 2016
Unrequited love twists into online taunts that somehow lead to murder; clues lead to a shadowy figure convincing unlikely assassins to do his bidding.
Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Oct 13, 2016
When two journalists are murdered on air, a story emerges of a reporter whose career spiraled into disappointment, rage and delusion.
Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Oct 20, 2016
A surgeon shares his plan to off his wife with his girlfriend, who—unbeknownst to him—records the conversation on her phone. The question, however, is whether the plot was real or a dark fantasy.
Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2016
Examining an incident in which the crew member of a film shooting on a railroad bridge died when a train suddenly appeared. Also: the mother of a dying child reaches out to celebrities, but questions about her story are raised.
Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Nov 3, 2016
A report on the polygamist community of the FLDS church. Included: the efforts of three former members to extract their children from what they say is a life of abuse.
Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Feb 2, 2017
Examining if a bitter divorce and custody battle drove two teenage sisters to disappear from their Minnesota home for more than two years.
Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Feb 9, 2017
Examining a case of road rage that that led to the shooting death of a mother of four in her Las Vegas cul-de-sac after giving her 15-year-old daughter a driving lesson.
Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Feb 16, 2017
The May 2015 murders of a prominent Washington, D.C., family and their housekeeper are investigated.
Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: Feb 23, 2017
The story of a woman who left her husband and family to marry a convicted serial killer.
Episode: 5x11 | Airdate: Mar 2, 2017
The case of Ethan Couch, who killed four people in a drunken-driving accident. His trial made headlines when his lawyers claimed he suffered from "afflluenza" in an attempt to keep him out of prison.
Episode: 5x12 | Airdate: Mar 16, 2017
Mexican actress Kate del Castillo describes her encounter with drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.