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This classic episode of “48 Hours" reports on Catherine Woods, an aspiring dancer, who moved to New York in 2002 in search of fame and fortune. She became involved with fitness instructor Paul Cortez. On Thanksgiving weekend in 2005, Catherine was savagely murdered.  Cortez became a suspect in her murder. “48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports. This "48 Hours" episode last aired on 6/7/200...

On a cold December morning in 1991, Sarah Yarborough was murdered at her high school campus. Despite DNA evidence left at the crime scene and two eyewitnesses, Sarah’s case went cold. Correspondent Natalie Morales along with producers Chris Young Ritzen and Lauren Clark discuss how a man who’d been in and out of prison for crimes against women was able to slip through the cracks for decades, and t...

A high school student on her way to drill team practice is found murdered on campus. What it took to close the case after 30 years. "48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales reports.

This classic episode of “48 Hours" reports on the 1970 murders of U.S. Army Doctor Jeffrey MacDonald’s pregnant wife and two young daughters. MacDonald has maintained that a group of crazed, drug-fueled hippies broke into his apartment and murdered his wife Collette and daughters. It took the U.S. government nine years to make its case against him, but in 1979, a jury convicted MacDonald of three...

In 2019, college professor and renowned entomologist, Marianne Shockley, was found unresponsive in a hot tub after a night of partying. Georgia police were called to the scene for an alleged drowning, but when they arrived they found Shockley covered in blood. Something wasn’t adding up, and the last two people to see her alive – her boyfriend, Marcus Lillard, and their friend, Clark Heindel – tol...

College professor and renowned entomologist Marianne Shockley went swimming with her boyfriend Marcus Lillard and their friend Clark Heindel, who got together in a small Georgia town one spring night. By morning, she and Clark were dead. Only her boyfriend, Marcus, lived to tell what happened that night. This encore episode of "48 Hours" last aired on 6/17/2023.

This classic episode of “48 Hours" reports on 25-year-old U.S. Army Specialist Richard Davis who served in Iraq in 2003. After celebrating his homecoming with four Army buddies in Columbus, Georgia, he disappeared and was listed by the Army as AWOL. The Army opened an official investigation and a tip led to the discovery of his body. Nearly four months later, the four soldiers who were last with h...

From the outside, Amanda Perrault and her husband Seth, a police officer, seemed like a picture-perfect family. They had a beautiful home in Georgia and were raising a young daughter together. But behind closed doors, Amanda alleged she saw a different, and abusive, side of Seth. What happens when a toxic relationship turns deadly, especially at the hands of someone who is supposed to serve and pr...

Officer Seth Perrault said his 44-year-old wife, Amanda, shot herself right in front of him. The unusual position of her body, however, didn't add up with Seth's story of what happened. Suspicions arose further when Seth's abusive history was uncovered. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 1/29/2023.

This classic episode of “48 Hours" explores the death of 50-year-old Kathy Augustine, a career politician from Nevada. Questions arose about the cause of her death after police received a tip from her husband’s co-worker that she may have been poisoned, and toxicology reports further confirmed the presence of the powerful paralytic drug Succinylcholine. "48 Hours" correspondent Troy Roberts report...

Was a clown costume the perfect disguise to get away with murder? Correspondent Peter Van Sant and Producer Ruth Chenetz discuss the bizarre murder case that took investigators nearly 30 years to make an arrest. We’ll hear what it was like for Peter to stop by Mike Warren’s house for an interview, where the neighborhood dog decided to participate in the discussion. Plus, they talk about evidence t...

How a killer dressed like a clown murdered a mom and almost got away with it. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

This classic episode of “48 Hours" explores the October 2004 murders of former beauty queen Leslie Mazzara and her roommate, Adriane Insogna, in the upstairs bedrooms of their Napa, California home. After almost a yearlonginvestigation, one clue led to Eric Copple, the husband of Insogna’s best friend, Lily Prudhomme. "48 Hours" correspondent Bill Lagattuta reports. This "48 Hours" episode last ai...

Bryan Miller seemed like a real-life comic book character as his persona of the “Zombie Hunter.” But was this man behind two murders that terrorized an Arizona community? Correspondent Peter Van Sant and Producer Paul La Rosa discuss what actually went into how investigators recovered the smoking gun evidence from a Chili’s and how Bryan’s defense team’s “dissociative amnesia” argument held up at...

How police connected the murders of two young women to a man known as a zombie-fighting comic book hero. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports. 

This classic episode of “48 Hours" explores the investigation of ex-cop turned private eye Chris Butler who staffed his San Francisco Bay area firm with local soccer moms. Butler and his firm of private investigator moms became media sensations — Lifetime Television started a reality show based on the P.I. moms. Reporter Pete Crooks was invited to write about the real-life “Charlie’s Angels,” but...

Did Jade Janks, stepdaughter and prime suspect in the death of Tom Merriman, kill her stepfather or was his death an accident? Correspondent Tracy Smith and Producer Sarah Prior discuss the hundreds of nude photos of Jade found on her stepfather’s computer, the so-called “fixer” Jade reached out to for help, and the text messages from Jade that tell a bizarre story about what might’ve actually hap...

A woman discovers explicit photos of herself on her stepfather’s computer. Soon after, he’s found dead. Jade is a likely suspect, but did she do it? "48 Hours" correspondent Tracy Smith reports. Don't let ads get in the way of the investigation. Listen to 48 Hours podcasts ad-free with a 48 Hours+ subscription on Apple Podcasts: https://lnk.to/48hourspods .

This classic episode of “48 Hours" explores a report on 25-year-old Toni Dykstra of Los Angeles, who met and married Carlo Ventre, a successful 46-year-old Italian businessman, in 1994. After Toni gave birth to their child, Santina, the couple’s relationship soured. Despite a court custody order, Carlo fled to Italy with Santina in January 1998. Toni went to Italy where an Italian court ordered th...

What would you do if you saw someone shoot a stranger in broad daylight? Longtime correspondent Erin Moriarty and host Anne-Marie Green discuss the case of the crime scene investigator, Nicki Lenway, who found herself in the center of her own attempted murder plot. Erin and Anne-Marie talk about Colleen Larson, the young woman who pulled the trigger, and Tim Amacher, the taekwondo instructor in th...

A crime scene investigator is gunned down in broad daylight. The harrowing scene is captured on surveillance video. Who pulled the trigger? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

This classic episode of "48 Hours" explores the report of 11-year-old Shawn Hornbeck who was kidnapped in October 2002 while riding his bicycle in Richwoods, Missouri. Over the course of the next four-and-a-half years, he was held captive and sexually abused by his abductor, Michael Devlin. In January 2007, Devlin abducted another youth, Ben Ownby. With the help of a witness to that abduction, the...

Correspondent Erin Moriarty and producer Stephanie Slifer discuss covering the case of former “Family Feud” contestant Tim Bliefnick, who was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his estranged wife, Becky Bliefnick. Hear never before told stories about how a fitness tracker helped investigators narrow in on their suspect and how the 48 Hours team got their exclusive interview with the con...

When Becky Bliefnick was murdered, an answer her husband gave on "Family Feud" years earlier raised eyebrows."48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

This classic episode of “48 Hours" explores the mysterious 2008 disappearance of Robert Wiles, the son of millionaire business owner Tom Wiles. On April 3, Tom opened an e-mail from his son Robert containing a ransom demand signed, “Group X”, and asked for Tom to put $750,000 in Robert’s office if he ever wanted to see his son alive again. Tom involved the FBI with the ransom note and they set up...