48 Hours

In 1994, three teenagers known as the “West Memphis 3” were convicted for the brutal murders of three young boys in Arkansas. Damien Echols received the death penalty, while Jason Baldwin and Jesse Misskelly were sentenced to life in prison. In 2010, the Arkansas Supreme Court ordered a lower court judge to consider newly analyzed DNA evidence, which would result in a stunning turn of events. “48...

In 1998, gaming tycoon Ted Binion, was found dead in his Las Vegas home. Paranoid about his wealth, he stashed millions of dollars worth of silver in a hidden vault in Pahrump, Nevada. Prior to his death, he became involved with Sandy Murphy, and it was she who told police in September 1998 that she had found him dead of an apparent drug overdose. However Binion’s sister, Becky Binion Behnen, insi...

In September 2004, Florida Keys residents Carl “Charlie” Brandt and his wife Teri sought refuge from Hurricane Ivan in the Orlando home of Teri’s niece, Michelle Jones. A few days after the Brandts’ arrival, police discovered their bodies. Teri had been stabbed to death; Michelle had been brutally dismembered; and Charlie had hanged himself in the garage. Brandt’s older sister Angela revealed to l...

For the first time the former ballerina dubbed ‘The Black Swan” tells her story of why she shot and killed her estranged husband. Jim Axelrod reports.

A former ballerina shoots her husband. Did she kill to save herself or was it out of spite? Jim Axelrod reports.

Marti Hill did not show up for work one day in September 2010, and her co-workers grew concerned. Police were summoned after Hill’s boss drove to her home and found her car still in the driveway. She was found by police, at the bottom of the basement steps, barely breathing and covered in blood. Hill’s mother alerted police towards Brian Pennington, a construction worker whom both she and Marti ha...

On September 4, 2006, Kathy Wangler, wife of anesthesiologist Dr. Mark Wangler, died from carbon monoxide poisoning in their home in Lima, Ohio. Their thirty-year marriage had been falling apart; three years later, in 2009, investigators came to the conclusion that Dr. Wangler had murdered his wife. Kathy’s mother and sisters felt that since Mark was familiar with gasses that he was able to plan a...

A report on the September 3, 2006 disappearance of Nina Reiser, a Russian doctor who had married Hans Reiser. The couple had two children, but their marriage began to fall apart and Nina began an affair with Sean Sturgeon, Hans’ best friend. Embroiled in a nasty custody fight, Nina dropped off the children at Hans’ house on Labor Day weekend and then mysteriously vanished. “48 Hours" correspondent...

How a yellow hammer nailed a suspect in the case of a missing businesswoman. Peter Van Sant reports.

When a woman vanishes and misses a hair appointment, her hairdresser becomes the driving force to find out -- did she leave her husband or is she dead? Peter Van Sant reports.

Three Texas housewives, Tammye Markle, Joni Shannon and Tina Wiley, used the internet to try to find their friend Lisa Stone, who disappeared from her Dallas home in June 2010. The four women kept in touch with each other via Facebook, but her friends became worried when she abruptly stopped posting. One evening Joni noticed Sherry Henry, Lisa's former partner, throw Lisa's belongings into a dumps...

When his parents disappear, Chandler Halderson’s social media helps investigators unravel the case. Erin Moriarty reports.

Inside the mind of murderer Mark Twitchell. Letters from the man police say wanted to be like fictional serial killer Dexter. Troy Roberts reports.

A further examination of the story of Laura Hall, who was convicted and sent to prison for the crime of dismembering the body of Jennifer Cave in 2005. Laura admitted to going to the apartment of her boyfriend Colton Pitonyak, at his request, and was confronted with the body of Cave. Put on trial for this crime, and for helping Pitonyak escape, she was found guilty and sentenced to five years in p...

A frantic 911 call captures the sound of a gunshot as a couple reports a break-in. How did the intruder disappear? Jamie Yuccas reports.

When a man goes missing, his friends turn to social media to track his final hours. What they learn is horrific. Erin Moriarty reports.

A June 1, 1998 car accident on Slide Mountain, near Reno, Nev., led to the death of Rinette Riella Bergna and left the driver, Rinette’s husband Peter, with only minor injuries. Bergna, who said he loved his wife despite marital difficulties, claimed that he had struggled to control the vehicle and remembered nothing of the accident. But Rinette’s family and the Nevada police had doubts about Berg...

A father goes hunting in a Florida lake and vanishes. Many thought he was eaten by alligators - not his mother. Seventeen years later, stunning courtroom revelations: it was murder. "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger reports.

An investigation into the real-life murder mystery that inspired true crime author Jim Schutze of Dallas, TX to write "By Two and Two." Twin sisters Betty Wilson and Peggy Lowe were charged with first-degree murder for allegedly hiring a hitman, James Dennison White, to kill Betty’s husband, Jack Wilson. They were tried separately. One would be convicted and the other set free. “48 Hours" correspo...

New evidence discovered after Murdaugh murders reignites a cold case. "48 Hours" obtains findings of independent forensic experts. Nikki Battiste reports.

Help solve a murder case: a former model brutally killed in her Georgia home. Someone out there knows something...is it you? Erin Moriarty reports.

On March 18, 2010, Jamie Laiaddee vanished from her home in a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona. Her live-in boyfriend Bryan Stewart told everyone she had moved to Denver, Colorado to take a new job. When detectives started searching for Jamie, they discovered Bryan was a con man, and suspected he was also her killer. “48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last ai...

Did a Florida man hire a look-alike to kill his wife? A GPS leads police right to the hitman’s door. Erin Moriarty reports.

A young mother is dead and identical twin brothers are the suspects. Did studying TV crime shows help them come close to pulling off the perfect crime? Erin Moriarty reports.

The McDonough family recounts their harrowing encounter with serial killer, Adam Leroy Lane. On July 29, 2007, Shea McDonough of Chelmsford, Mass., returned home and left the back door open for her brother, not knowing he was spending the night at a friend’s house. Hours later, her parents were startled by a sound coming from her room. When her father went to Shea's room to check on her, he saw a...