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. The Hollywood Ripper
Aired 14 September 2019 • 43 min
Part 1: Four young women attacked, only one survivor. "48 Hours"' Maureen Maher has been on the trail of serial killer Michael Gargiulo for more than a decade. How "48 Hours" helped crack one of the cases.
2. The Hollywood Ripper on Trial
Aired 14 September 2019 • 43 min
Part 2: Four young women attacked, only one survivor. "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher has been on the trail of serial killer Michael Gargiulo for more than a decade. How "48 Hours" helped crack one of the cases.
3. The Case Against Brooke Skylar Richardson
Aired 28 September 2019 • 43 min
The parents of Brooke Skylar Richardson speak out -- the real story behind the international headlines in the case of an alleged unthinkable crime. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
4. The Murder of Kelsey Berreth
Aired 5 October 2019 • 43 min
A mom vanishes and now her fiancé is in jail awaiting trial for her murder. His former rodeo queen girlfriend says she knows what really happened. CBS News correspondent Nikki Battiste reports.
5. Live to Tell: The Chowchilla Kidnapping
Aired 12 October 2019 • 43 min
Abducted by masked gunmen and buried alive in a truck trailer, survivors relive the horrifying time they spent underground and their journey to escape.
6. Good Cop/Bad Cop: Solving the Murder of Heather Bogle
Aired 19 October 2019 • 43 min
An Ohio mother is brutally murdered. A detective pursues the wrong suspects, while the real killer walked free. It would take a dedicated sheriff to find a real suspect. Were there other victims? CBS News' Jim Axelrod reports.
7. Who Wanted Howard Pilmar Dead?
Aired 26 October 2019 • 43 min
The wife of a NYC businessman is suspected of murdering him with help from her brother -- why would she want him dead and why did it take more than two decades to crack the case? "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger reports.
8. The Disappearance of Kelly Dwyer
Aired 2 November 2019 • 43 min
A young woman vanished after a night out in Milwaukee in October 2013. Did a meeting set up on a dating app lead to the disappearance or was it someone she knew? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
9. The Twisted Case of Angie Dodge
Aired 9 November 2019 • 43 min
A brutal murder and police have DNA evidence — could a discarded cigarette lead investigators to a possible killer and close a case two decades later? CBS News correspondent Anne-Marie Green reports.
10. Maria Spencer's Vow to Kill
Aired 16 November 2019 • 43 min
A woman repeatedly threatened to kill her ex. She enlisted her father to help make good on her promise. Why couldn’t anyone stop her? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
11. Justice for Kelsey Berreth
Aired 23 November 2019 • 43 min
An inside look at the startling evidence that helped convict against Colorado man Patrick Frazee for the murder of his fianceé. CBS News correspondent Nikki Battiste reports.
12. Mandy Stavik: The Case No One Could Forget
Aired 30 November 2019 • 43 min
How a bakery worker’s secret plan to recover DNA from a discarded Coke can helped investigators solve the cold case of a college student murdered over Thanksgiving weekend. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
13. The Killing of Officer Green
Aired 7 December 2019 • 43 min
A California police officer shot dead in his home -- his ex-wife admits she pulled the trigger. Did a photo posted on social media lead to the officer’s death? 48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
14. Live to Tell: Standoff at Trader Joe's
Aired 14 December 2019 • 43 min
Hostages chillingly reveal the terrifying three hours they spent held captive by a gunman inside a California supermarket. CBS News' Jim Axelrod reports.
15. Chacey Poynter: Witness to Murder
Aired 18 January 2020 • 43 min
Hear for the first time from the woman at the center of a case prosecutors said was all about ”sex, lies, money and murder.” "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
16. “48 Hours Live to Tell”: Murder on Prom Night
Aired 25 January 2020 • 43 min
A survivor deals with the trauma after her stepbrother is convicted of killing her family in order to go to the prom. CBS News' Jim Axelrod reports.
17. The Death of Todd Stermer
Aired 1 February 2020 • 43 min
A woman accused of setting her house on fire and then intentionally running over her husband as he escaped the flames speaks out for the first time. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
18. The Case Against Ezra McCandless
Aired 8 February 2020 • 43 min
A young woman claims she was attacked by an ex-boyfriend who carved the word boy into her arm. But the crime scene tells a different story. CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas reports.
19. The Plot to Kill Dr. Sievers
Aired 15 February 2020 • 43 min
Did a Florida man hire a look-a-like to kill his wife? A GPS leads police right to the hitman’s door. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
20. The Life and Death of Amie Harwick
Aired 22 February 2020 • 43 min
An investigation into the death of a Hollywood therapist. Did the system do enough to protect her from alleged killer Gareth Pursehouse? Her former fiancé Drew Carey calls for updated laws. "48 Hours" Erin Moriarty reports.
21. The Tara Grinstead Mystery
Aired 29 February 2020 • 43 min
A former beauty queen vanishes. One man said he had answers. Why didn’t anyone listen?. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
22. The Case Against Sandra Garner
Aired 7 March 2020 • 43 min
A rare look inside a murder case where virtually everything from the first moments of the investigation through the verdict are captured on camera. Correspondent Richard Schlesinger reports.
23. Broken Hearts
Aired 14 March 2020 • 43 min
A story of tragedy and triumph -- the murder of a young woman and how her killer's heart saves the life of a dying woman.
24. The Troubling Case Against Kevin Cooper
Aired 21 March 2020 • 43 min
A man on death row says his blood was planted at the crime scene. Will an empty vial help his case?
25. Lizzie Borden Took an Axe...
Aired 28 March 2020 • 43 min
Did Lizzie Borden really hack her parents to death? A surprising answer and an inside look at the haunting crime scene. Erin Moriarty reports.
26. Reuschel vs. Reuschel
Aired 4 April 2020 • 43 min
When police are called to an upscale Gainesville, Fla., home to a find a couple stabbed and bleeding, the husband says an intruder attacked them; when the wife regains consciousness, she has a very different story.
27. Live to Tell: Surviving Ted Bundy
Aired 11 April 2020 • 43 min
Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy targeted three young Florida women in one of his final attacks. They survived and share their terrifying ordeal and long road to recovery. CBS News correspondent Tracy Smith reports.
28. Crosley Green's Hard Time
Aired 18 April 2020 • 43 min
A Florida man remains in prison two years after his 1990 murder conviction -- which his lawyers call a "racial hoax" -- is overturned by a federal judge.
29. The Murder of Haley Anderson
Aired 25 April 2020 • 43 min
A college student goes missing -- the “Find My Friends” app leads to her body as her suspected killer flees the country. Will he get away with murder? CBS News contributor Maria Elena Salinas reports.
30. What Ever Happened to Mary Day?
Aired 2 May 2020 • 43 min
Detectives believe a 13-year-old girl who vanished from her California home in 1981 was murdered; more than 20 years after the disappearance, a traffic stop in Arizona turns up a woman claiming to be the missing girl.
31. Tracking the Murders of Israel Keyes
Aired 9 May 2020 • 45 min
The FBI believes skulls drawn in blood are the number of victims murdered by a prolific serial killer. Inside the FBI's search to identify them. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
32. The Missing Children of Lori Vallow Daybell
Aired 16 May 2020
Two children vanish and an Idaho mother won’t say where they are. In their first network TV interview, her mother and sister say she’d never harm her children. So where are the kids? CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
33. The Golden State Killer
Aired 22 August 2020
After 40 years, police arrest the man they think committed at least 50 rapes and 12 murders.