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 (33)
1. Killer App
Aired 24 September 2016 • 43 min
A teenage girl was lured to her death using a smartphone app.
2. The Mortician, the Murder, the Movie
Aired 1 October 2016 • 43 min
An investigation into the 1996 murder of a Texas widow that inspired the Jack Black movie "Bernie." At the heart of the probe is whether a mortician killed her and froze her body in order to live off her millions or to end years of abuse.
3. Killer Performance
Aired 8 October 2016 • 43 min
A young woman is murdered, police thought her killer was on the run ... or was he? Correspondent Tracy Smith investigates.
4. Driven to Extremes
Aired 15 October 2016 • 43 min
A Texas-sized case of love, infidelity, road rage and possibly murder. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates.
5. Death After Midnight
Aired 22 October 2016 • 43 min
A Colorado mom of three shot dead in her bedroom -- was it murder or suicide? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
6. Bad Boy
Aired 29 October 2016 • 43 min
A young mom vanishes after visiting her ex-husband -- could his accidental "butt dial" to 911 hold clues to what happened? CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller investigates.
7. Buried Truth
Aired 12 November 2016 • 43 min
Real estate broker Todd Kohlhepp kept a woman chained for two months; now he says he killed seven people -- "48 Hours" unravels the twisted life of an alleged serial killer.
8. Live to Tell: Sophia's Secret
Aired 19 November 2016 • 43 min
"48 Hours" Live to Tell: A teen attacked by her abusive ex-boyfriend -- held at knifepoint, her room set on fire -- reveals her emotional story of survival to Tracy Smith.
9. Hunted
Aired 19 November 2016 • 43 min
"48 Hours" goes inside the mind of a serial rapist hunting his victims while two detectives were hunting him. Correspondent Maureen Maher investigates.
10. Live to Tell: The Long Road Home
Aired 26 November 2016 • 43 min
"48 Hours" Live to Tell: A father and basketball star is caught in a terror attack. Sebastien Bellin's remarkable story of recovery. CBS News correspondent Vladimir Duthiers reports.
11. The Psychiatrist and the Selfie
Aired 3 December 2016 • 43 min
Jacob Nolan, who claims his psychiatrist programmed him to kill her ex-lover, speaks out for the first time to "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant.
12. The Fight for Melissa
Aired 17 December 2016 • 43 min
A day care worker says she loved kids, yet she's in prison for killing one. If she didn't do it, why did she confess? "48 Hours"' Erin Moriarty has the latest in the Melissa Calusinski case.
13. Crime and Punishment
Aired 7 January 2017 • 43 min
A stepfather sits in prison for killing his wife. Her daughters vow to keep him there. Does he deserve parole? Correspondent Tracy Smith investigates.
14. Innocence Lost
Aired 21 January 2017 • 43 min
The murder of four young girls leads to two murder convictions -- but then everything fell apart; 25 years later, there's new DNA evidence. "48 Hours"' Erin Moriarty has the latest on the case she says she can't forget.
15. Solve This Case: Who Killed Kay Wenal?
Aired 28 January 2017 • 43 min
Help solve a murder case: a former model brutally killed in her Georgia home. Someone out there knows something ... is it you? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
16. Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Aired 4 February 2017 • 43 min
Two friends convicted of rape claim neither did it. Their families stuck by them. Now, more than 20 years later, a new DNA test will change everything. "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher investigates.
17. Murder in Beverly Hills
Aired 11 February 2017 • 43 min
Who killed a Las Vegas mob boss's daughter? Could the answers be in an unprecedented interview with millionaire Robert Durst? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
18. The Strange Life of Dr. Schwartz
Aired 11 February 2017 • 43 min
A wealthy doctor is violently murdered in his Florida mansion -- could a dark secret from his past provide a clue to his killer? Correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates.
19. Eleven Hundred Miles to Murder
Aired 18 February 2017 • 43 min
A Florida doctor is brutally murdered. Her husband has an airtight alibi, but police travel 1,100 miles for a suspect that looks exactly like him. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
20. Stalked (Part 1)
Aired 25 February 2017 • 43 min
Singer Christina Grimmie was killed by a stalker and Ivanka Trump has been stalked, too; now, an "NCIS" star is trying to change stalking laws. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
21. Stalked (Part 2)
Aired 25 February 2017 • 43 min
22. Live to Tell: Afraid of the Dark
Aired 11 March 2017 • 43 min
A kidnapper tried to kill an 8-year-old girl, but he could not silence her. One woman's lifelong search for answers. Correspondent Michelle Miller reports.
23. Death on Valentine's Day
Aired 18 March 2017 • 43 min
Tried twice for allegedly killing his wife, former hard-charging prosecutor Curtis Lovelace speaks out about the case that made national headlines. "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher investigates.
24. The Alternate Suspects
Aired 25 March 2017 • 43 min
A popular football coach convicted of murder gets a chance at freedom -- can evidence withheld from his trial prove him innocent? "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger investigates.
25. Death and the Dentist
Aired 1 April 2017 • 43 min
In his only TV interview, a New York dentist vows that he didn't kill his lover's husband, who happens to be his best friend. Richard Schlesinger investigates.
26. The DNA of a Killer
Aired 15 April 2017 • 43 min
Police have DNA evidence in a brutal murder but can't match a killer -- so how did a public DNA database lead police to suspect a filmmaker of murder? Anne-Marie Green investigates.
27. The Golden State Killer
Aired 22 April 2017 • 43 min
Comedian Patton Oswalt discusses his late wife's obession with finding the so-called "Golden State Killer," before she suddenly died on April 21, 2016.
28. The Family: A Cult Revealed
1.0Aired 29 April 2017 • 43 min
Allegations of stolen children, drugs, abuse and a leader who claimed to be the second coming of Jesus Christ -- "48 Hours" follows the trail of a cult that began in Australia and led the FBI to New York.
29. Resident Evil
Aired 6 May 2017 • 45 min
Two double murders five years apart in quiet Omaha neighborhoods -- the trail would lead police to a local hospital and an unlikely suspect.
30. Murder in the Mansion
Aired 13 May 2017 • 45 min
It was one of the most notorious cases in Texas history -- an ambush in a mansion that killed two and wounded two others -- and to this day, no one has been held accountable. Correspondent Maureen Maher investigates
31. Murder by Design
Aired 20 May 2017 • 45 min
Did fashion icon Gianni Versace know his killer? A "48 Hours" investigation into the killing spree that ended his life in Miami 20 years ago. Richard Schlesinger reports.
32. Death by Text
Aired 16 June 2017
A verdict in a groundbreaking case and a mom speaks out about the friend charged with leading her son to suicide through text messages
33. Serial Confessions
Aired 24 June 2017 • 45 min
The shocking confession of a real estate agent-turned-serial killer and stunning rescue video of a woman he held hostage in a shipping container. David Begnaud and Peter Van Sant investigate.