About this season
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 â and resolution â 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.
Episodes (52)
1. Stickup!
Aired 11 September 1997
2. Road Rage
Aired 18 September 1997
3. Man Hunt
Aired 25 September 1997
4. Episode #11.4
Aired 2 October 1997
5. Episode #11.5
Aired 9 October 1997
6. In the Line of Fire
Aired 16 October 1997
7. Episode #11.7
Aired 23 October 1997
8. Who Killed Jane?
Aired 6 November 1997
9. Afterlife
Aired 20 November 1997
10. Cheating Death
Aired 9 December 1997
11. Vegas Stripped
Aired 18 December 1997
12. Lotto Town
Aired 8 January 1998
13. Episode #11.13
Aired 15 January 1998
14. Special - White House Under Fire
Aired 22 January 1998
15. True or False: Teenagers Mean Trouble
Aired 29 January 1998
16. Episode #11.16
Aired 5 February 1998
17. Dying to Be Thin
Aired 26 February 1998
18. Fatal Mistake
Aired 5 March 1998
19. Episode #11.19
Aired 17 March 1998
20. Special - Orders to Kill?
Aired 24 March 1998
21. Nature's Fury: El Nino
Aired 26 March 1998
22. To Stop a Stalker
Aired 2 April 1998
23. Nowhere to Hide
Aired 9 April 1998
24. Teacher's Pet (I)
Aired 16 April 1998
25. Children Who Kill
Aired 21 April 1998
26. Chance of a Lifetime
Aired 23 April 1998
27. Never Forget (I)
Aired 30 April 1998
28. Revenge
Aired 7 May 1998
29. Who's My Mommy?
Aired 14 May 1998
30. Special - Sinatra: Living with the Legend
Aired 21 May 1998
31. Uproar In Wenatchee (Update)
Aired 28 May 1998
32. Princess Diana: Investigating Tragedy
Aired 4 June 1998
33. An American Tragedy (Update)
Aired 11 June 1998
34. Class of 2000: Dare to Learn
Aired 18 June 1998
35. Free to Kill (Update)
Aired 25 June 1998
36. Vegas Stripped (Update)
Aired 2 July 1998
37. Who Killed Jane? (Update)
Aired 6 July 1998
38. Eyewitness
Aired 9 July 1998
39. The Journey Home (Update)
Aired 13 July 1998
40. Making It
Aired 16 July 1998
41. A Teacher's Touch (Update)
Aired 27 July 1998
42. Confronting the Inevitable
Aired 30 July 1998
43. Fatal Mistake (Update)
Aired 3 August 1998
44. Is There An Afterlife?
Aired 6 August 1998
45. A Killer Walks Free (Update)
Aired 10 August 1998
46. Trouble Next Door
Aired 13 August 1998
47. Princess Diana: Fatal Decisions
Aired 31 August 1998
48. Step by Step (Update)
Aired 3 September 1998
49. Cheating Death (Update)
Aired 7 September 1998
50. Who's My Mommy? (Update)
Aired 10 September 1998
51. Special - White House Under Fire (II)
Aired 11 September 1998
52. Deadly Encounter
Aired 14 September 1998
48 Hours covers the unsolved murder of four teenage girls in a yogurt shop in Austin, Texas. Plus, the unusual case of a man convicted of abetting a suicide after a friend begged him to shoot him.