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 (31)
1. The Online Life & Death of Bianca Devins
Aired 18 September 2021 • 43 min
How did images of a 17-year-old girl’s murder go viral? CBS News' Jericka Duncan reports.
2. What Happened to Gabby Petito?
Aired 25 September 2021 • 43 min
Gabby Petito documented her road trip cross-country with her fiance before she was reported missing on September 11th. Now her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, is a person of interest in the case. CBS News national correspondent Jericka Duncan investigates.
3. Jasmine Hartin's Shot in the Dark
Aired 2 October 2021 • 43 min
Socialite Jasmine Hartin admits killing a top police official in Belize. For the first time, she tells her detailed story of what happened to "48 Hours." Correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
4. #LindasStory
Aired 16 October 2021 • 43 min
The "voice" of 11-year-old Linda O'Keefe goes viral in the search for her killer. CBS News correspondent Tracy Smith reports.
5. The Station Nightclub Fire: Who's Responsible?
Aired 23 October 2021 • 43 min
Club owners open up for the first time after deadly fire kills 100. "48 Hours" contributor Jim Axelrod reports.
6. The Murdaugh Mysteries
Aired 30 October 2021 • 43 min
Five deaths with a connection to one family. "48 Hours" contributor Nikki Battiste investigates.
7. The Diary of Martha Moxley
Aired 6 November 2021 • 43 min
A 15-year-old girl beaten to death with a golf club in a wealthy Connecticut neighborhood. Does her diary hold clues to the killer? 48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
8. The Ring: The Murder of Patrick De La Cerda
Aired 13 November 2021 • 43 min
An undelivered engagement ring leads to murder. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
9. A Killer in the Family Tree
Aired 20 November 2021 • 43 min
When a woman uploads her DNA to a genealogy website, authorities show up at her door. Is there a double murderer in her family tree? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
10. A Promise to Ahmaud
Aired 27 November 2021 • 43 min
When Ahmaud Arbery was chased by three White men and shot in the street, his mother laid him to rest promising to get him justice. The promise is fulfilled when the men are found guilty. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports.
11. What Happened to the Perfect Child?
Aired 4 December 2021 • 43 min
After a young girl is adopted from Russia, her American parents come to believe she is capable of murder and return her. Years later, "48 Hours" contributor Troy Roberts learns her surprising story.
12. Who Killed Rachael DelTondo?
Aired 11 December 2021 • 43 min
A man on police radar for the shooting death of a school teacher is convicted of murder in a different case. Both times the victims had been out for ice cream. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
13. The Life and Death of Nikki Kuhnhausen
Aired 18 December 2021
A young woman disappears after a Snapchat rendezvous. Her murder inspired a new law. "48 Hours" contributor Jamie Yuccas reports.
14. The Missing Millionaire: A ‘Tiger King' Mystery
Aired 1 January 2022 • 41 min
A new look into the disappearance of Carole Baskin’s husband. Famed lawyer investigates “meat grinder” theory. "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger reports.
15. Who Killed Jonelle Matthews?
Aired 8 January 2022 • 43 min
A former candidate for governor is accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl. Does his decades-long fascination with the case mean he’s a true-crime junkie or a murderer? "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger reports.
16. The Suzanne Morphew Case: Nothing Is What It Seems
Aired 22 January 2022 • 43 min
After a mother of two vanishes on Mother’s Day, bizarre clues emerge— a chipmunk alibi, a tranquilizer gun and a spy pen. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
17. Mystery on County Road M
Aired 29 January 2022 • 43 min
Todd Kendhammer says his wife was killed in an accident -- a pipe flew off a truck and crashed into their car. Authorities say the scene was staged. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
18. The Yogurt Shop Murders
Aired 5 February 2022 • 43 min
The brutal murders of four teenage girls have haunted Austin, Texas, for 30 years. Could new information lead to a killer? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty has reported on the case from the beginning and has the latest on the search for answers.
19. The Final Hours of Amie Harwick
Aired 12 February 2022 • 43 min
Drew Carey opens up about the violent death of his onetime fiancée, Hollywood therapist Amie Harwick. Why Valentine’s Day will never be the same for CBS’ “The Price is Right” host. “48 Hours” correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
20. Searching for Maya Millete
Aired 19 February 2022 • 43 min
A young mother disappears. Investigators say her husband contacted spellcasters to put a hex on his wife so she wouldn’t leave him. “48 Hours” contributor Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
21. Katrina Brownlee: The Good Cop
Aired 26 February 2022 • 43 min
Her ex-fiancé — an officer with a badge — nearly killed her. She says police failed to protect her, so she got her own badge. “CBS Saturday Morning” co-host Michelle Miller reports.
22. What Ally Kostial Didn't Know
Aired 5 March 2022 • 43 min
A college student's troubling text messages lead investigators to her killer. “CBS Saturday Morning” co-host Michelle Miller reports.
23. The Poisonous Wife
Aired 12 March 2022 • 43 min
A star snake breeder is murdered. Turns out the human closest to him was more cold-blooded than any snake. “48 Hours” correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
24. Eric Smith: Gambling on a Killer
Aired 26 March 2022 • 43 min
When he was 13 years old, he committed an unthinkable crime. 28 years later, Smith is out on parole. What’s next for him?
25. Who Shot the Tech Exec?
Aired 2 April 2022 • 43 min
A tech exec and cannabis entrepreneur’s kidnapping is caught on surveillance video. “48 Hours” contributor Tracy Smith reports.
26. The Plot to Kill Jamie Faith
Aired 9 April 2022 • 43 min
An airline manager is shot dead while walking his dog. Who was the puppet master plotting his murder? “48 Hours” correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
27. Death on Safari
Aired 16 April 2022 • 43 min
An American woman dies by gunshot on a safari trip. Was it murder or an accident? “48 Hours” contributor Debora Patta reports.
28. The Dexter Killer
Aired 23 April 2022 • 43 min
Inside the mind of murderer Mark Twitchell. Newly revealed letters from the man police say wanted to be like fictional serial killer Dexter. “48 Hours” contributor Troy Roberts reports.
29. Chasing Catherine Shelton (1)
Aired 30 April 2022 • 43 min
A journalist finds herself in a game of cat and mouse with a skilled former attorney dogged by mayhem and suspicions of murder. Why do bad things happen to the men in Catherine Shelton’s life? “48 Hours” contributor Jenna Jackson reports.
30. Chasing Catherine Shelton (2)
Aired 7 May 2022 • 41 min
A journalist finds herself in a game of cat and mouse with a skilled former attorney dogged by mayhem and suspicions of murder. Why do bad things happen to the men in Catherine Shelton’s life? Follow “48 Hours” contributor Jenna Jackson’s quest for answers.
31. Please Don't Tell
Aired 21 May 2022 • 42 min
Twin sisters say they were attacked by a Black man. Are they telling the truth or hiding a family secret? "48 Hours" contributor David Begnaud reports.