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 — 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.
Episodes (30)
1. Written in Blood
Aired 25 September 2004 • 60 min
An investigation into whether a screenplay about a murder written by two boys is fact or fiction. Lesley Stahl is the host.
2. The Ghosts of El Segundo
Aired 2 October 2004 • 60 min
3. Dark Side of the Mesa
Aired 9 October 2004 • 60 min
In the high desert, on the Rockies western slope, the Mesas tower over the town of Grand Junction, Colo., protected from the outside world. But on June 4, 2002, Grand Junction saw the unearthing of a shocking secret at the local landfill. The decomposed body of 34-year-old Jennifer Blagg was found wrapped in a red and black plastic tent. Jennifer and her six-year-old daughter, Abby, had been missing for seven months. Correspondent Susan Spencer reports.
4. Who Killed Stephanie Crowe?
Aired 16 October 2004 • 60 min
5. American Taboo
Aired 23 October 2004 • 60 min
6. The Canal Street Brothel; On the Verge of a Verdict
Aired 30 October 2004 • 60 min
7. Right to Kill
Aired 6 November 2004 • 60 min
8. Vanished
Aired 13 November 2004 • 60 min
9. Eye of the Beholder
Aired 20 November 2004 • 60 min
10. Black Dahlia Confidential
Aired 27 November 2004 • 60 min
11. Why Did Eric Kill
Aired 11 December 2004 • 60 min
12. JonBenet: Prime Suspects
Aired 18 December 2004 • 60 min
13. A Shot in the Dark
Aired 8 January 2005 • 60 min
14. Where's Our Baby
Aired 15 January 2005 • 60 min
15. Hostage
Aired 22 January 2005 • 60 min
16. Michael Jackson: Critical Stage
Aired 29 January 2005 • 60 min
17. Postmarked For Murder
Aired 12 February 2005 • 60 min
19. Rescued From the Shadows
Aired 26 February 2005 • 60 min
20. Secrets of the Well aka Cold Case Clay
Aired 5 March 2005 • 60 min
21. Prime Suspects
Aired 12 March 2005 • 60 min
22. A Question of Murder
Aired 26 March 2005 • 60 min
23. Blood Feud
Aired 9 April 2005 • 60 min
An investigation into the 2004 Michigan murder of Bob Seaman in which his wife, Nancy, a fourth-grade teacher, is charged. Maureen Maher is the correspondent.
24. A Prescription For Murder?
Aired 16 April 2005 • 60 min
Chris Pittman shoots his grandparents at a close range and sets their house on fire.
25. Terror at the Morgue
Aired 23 April 2005 • 60 min
26. The Man Who Knew Too Much
Aired 30 April 2005 • 60 min
27. Secrets From the Grave
Aired 7 May 2005 • 60 min
28. A Mind for Murder
Aired 14 May 2005 • 60 min
29. Two Wigs, a Gun and a Murder
Aired 21 May 2005 • 60 min
30. The Pretender
Aired 31 May 2005 • 60 min
31. Perfectly Executed
Aired 6 August 2005 • 60 min