My Life of Crime with Erin Moriarty

Michael Politte was 14 years old when he was charged with murdering his own mother, Rita Politte, and spent over 20 years in prison. But new evidence has put his conviction into question. Erin Moriarty sits down with Michael Politte in this preview of a brand new 48 Hours episode, “The Case Against Michael Politte”, premiering Saturday, November 26th on CBS.

Melissa Calusinski has been in prison for over 10 years after she says she falsely confessed to killing an 18-month-old baby at a daycare center. Marty Tankleff spent 17 years in prison after falsely “confessing” to murdering his parents. Why would someone admit to something they didn’t do? Host Erin Moriarty interviews Dr. Saul Kassin, distinguished professor of psychology at John Jay College of...

Doug Detrie and Nicole VanderHeyden go out for the evening to a rock concert in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They later end up at separate bars, with Doug not answering Nicole’s calls. Nicole vanishes and is found dead in a nearby field the next day. Though the situation first suggests Doug may be the killer, evidence across the street from Doug’s house including a clump of hair and a phone cord, and the...

Erin Moriarty sits down face-to-face with killer Mario Garcia in prison after he is charged and convicted for the murder of Christie Wilson. Even with a unanimous jury convicting him, he still insists on his innocence. Mario answers directly to pieces of the story that don’t make sense, like why Christie’s DNA was in his car, how he got a black eye after that night, and why his wife, Jean Garcia,...

27-year-old Christie Wilson walks out of a California casino one October evening and disappears. She's last seen with Mario Garcia, a 53-year-old married father of two, who has a history of "stormy" relationships. Erin Moriarty takes you deeper into the 48 Hours episode, "The Search for Christie Wilson” through the lens of Garcia’s relationship history — including Wendy Ward, who faced his physica...

“48 Hours” correspondent Erin Moriarty returns for season 3 of taking you inside true-crime investigations like no one else, facing killers and those accused of crimes. Hear from convicted murderers and the families and friends they took from like never before. There are no boundaries as Erin investigates cases like a Baptist preacher accused of staging his wife’s suicide, the mysterious death of...

A woman somehow hits her ex-husband with a car right after he escaped from their burning house. He was already suffering severe burns, and died shortly after. Then, she's accused of arson. So what really happened?

Whenever someone dies, forensic pathologists are the medical experts tasked with determining the specific causes of death. Their determinations are key to criminal investigations, insurance payments, emotional closure, and more.

(This episode features content from a previous episode of My Life of Crime.) How murder, mayhem and a not so average mom shaped the life of Hollywood filmmaker Nicholas Musurca. Nick’s specialty is horror films. His childhood revolved around his mother’s unusual occupation- TV crime reporter for 48 Hours. He grew up on tales of abducted children, eerie crime scenes and serial killers. One of those...

Crosley Green was arrested, charged, and sentenced to death for murder in 1990. A judge overturned his conviction in 2018 and, two years later, he is still sitting in prison for a crime he says he did not commit.

Attorneys, criminal investigators, and a full jury retry the case of Lizzie Borden, who was acquitted of murdering her father and step-mother in their home in 1892.

Carole Baskin. Don Lewis. Joe Exotic. 48 Hours' Erin Moriarty and her colleague Richard Schlesinger discuss his reporting and investigation regarding the disappearance of Don Lewis.

A mother-of-three found dead at home. Police suspect her husband, who claims he was helping their oldest daughter move into a college dorm. Which he was, until he wasn't...

A woman shoots and kills her ex-boyfriend at home, lies to police that she thought he was an intruder, and then claims it was self-defense. So what really happened?

A harsh, yet beloved doctor found murdered in her own home. Her husband is the first suspect, except he was hundreds of miles away. And then, authorities link what seems to be a doppelganger of the husband to the case...

An online romance, a fast-moving marriage, then murder. And then the journey begins...ten years to justice.

A sex and family therapist dedicated to helping others with their personal struggles and relationships is killed. The main suspect? Her ex-boyfriend.

A mother with her throat slit. Her ex-husband claims she tried to commit suicide. She says he slit her throat. Who's telling the truth? And then, police uncover a nefarious plot...

A young man goes missing in New York City after a night out. Police are close to a major breakthrough in the case.

A young man is spending a night out with friends in New York City, and then he disappears. The last place he was seen? Apartment 4C.

An elderly couple is stabbed to death in their own homes, with no evidence left behind. But months later, cops receive a phone call that places suspicion squarely on a former local hero.

A young man commits suicide in his truck. But after investigators look through his text messages, the suicide investigation becomes something else altogether.

48 Hours correspondent Erin Moriarty returns with another season of immersive and intimate true-crime investigations. From the legal battle over whether someone can be convicted of manslaughter with text messages to a journey overseas to find the accused killer of a U.S. military pilot, here's a preview of what to expect from this season of My Life of Crime.

Erin Moriarty has spent years investigating what really happened to legendary actress Natalie Wood. Her drowning death in November of 1981 stunned the world. She was just 43 years old and at the height of her fame. Her death was ruled an accident. For years there where whispers: was it really an accident, or was there foul play? No one has searched harder for the truth than Natalie’s younger siste...

Just an hour north of New York City, Bedford Hills is home to some of New York’s most notorious murderers. We spent time getting to know some of them in an unusual setting: music class. The crimes were violent and heinous. Kim Brown is serving time for the death of her last music teacher. Ivié De Molina was involved in the murders of two people. And you remember Pam Smart; her murder trial made na...