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1.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
What Happened to the Perfect Child?
(2021)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
After a young girl is adopted from Russia, her American parents come to believe she is capable of murder and return her.
Stars: Maureen Maher, Erin Moriarty, Troy Roberts, Richard Schlesinger
Votes: 37
2.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
Serial Confessions
(2017)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary, Crime
The shocking confessions of Todd Kohlhepp -- a real estate agent-turned-serial killer and the stunning rescue video of a woman he held hostage in a shipping container. David Begnaud and Peter Van Sant report.
Stars: David Begnaud, Kala Brown, Chuck Carver, Bryant Durham
Votes: 10
3.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
Who Killed Rachael DelTondo?
(2021)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
Nearly three years after a popular teacher is murdered outside of her family home in Pennsylvania, the search for the person who killed her continues.
Stars: Maureen Maher, Erin Moriarty, Richard Schlesinger, Tracy Smith
Votes: 8
4.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
The Yogurt Shop Murders
(2022)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
Correspondent Erin Moriarty looks at how advances in DNA technology might help solve one of the nation's most heartbreaking cold cases: The Yogurt Shop Murders in Austin, Texas. On Dec. 6, ... See full summary »
Stars: John Jones, Maureen Maher, CeCe Moore, Erin Moriarty
Votes: 22
5.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
#LindasStory
(2021)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
48 Hours investigates the 1973 murder of 11-year-old Linda O'Keefe. For nearly 45 years, the case remained unsolved until an innovative Twitter campaign helped in the quest to find Linda O'Keefe's killer.
Stars: Maureen Maher, CeCe Moore, Erin Moriarty, James Alan Neal
Votes: 16
6.
48 Hours on ID (2010– )
Episode:
Mandy Stavik: The Case No One Could Forget
(2020)
Documentary
Stars: Kyra, Mandy Stavik, Mary Stavik, Peter Van Sant
Votes: 6
7.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
The Ring: The Murder of Patrick De La Cerda
(2021)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
The investigation of the murder of Patrick De La Cerda reveals a meticulous murder plan that investigators say was crafted by a man jealous of De La Cerda's relationship with his fiancee.
Stars: Gregory Bender, Max De La Cerda, Patrick De La Cerda, Jessica Devnani
Votes: 19
8.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
Death Hits Home: The Hargan Killings
(2022)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
48 Hours correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates the case against Megan Hargan who was suspected of killing her mother Pam Hargan and her sister Helen Hargan. When investigators entered ... See full summary »
Star: Peter Van Sant
Votes: 18
9.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
The Case of the Poison Cheesecake
(2023)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
Stylist Olga Tsvyk falls ill after client Viktoria Nasyrova gives her poisoned cheesecake. Nasyrova who resembles Tsvyk steals her identity documents. Nasyrova gets convicted for attempted murder and identity theft, sentenced to 21 years.
Star: Peter Van Sant
Votes: 9
10. Beslan: Three Days in September (2006)
TV-14 | 75 min | Documentary
In September 2004, Chechen rebels occupied a school in the small Russian city of Beslan, taking some 1,200 people-most of them children-hostage. At the end of three days, over 330 were dead.
Director: Joe Halderman | Stars: Ruslan Aushev, Shamil Basayev, Dmitry Beliakov, Dariya Fadeeva
Votes: 386
11.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
The Corn Rake Murder
(2020)
TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary, Crime
A farmer says he found his wife impaled by a corn rake. The rake has just four tines - so why does she have six puncture wounds? CBS News chief investigative and senior national correspondent Jim Axelrod reports for "48 Hours."
Stars: Maureen Maher, Erin Moriarty, Richard Schlesinger, Tracy Smith
Votes: 14
12.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
The Station Nightclub Fire: Who's Responsible?
(2021)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
The owners of The Station, the Rhode Island nightclub that caught fire, leaving 100 dead and more than 200 injured, open up about the incident.
Stars: Jim Axelrod, Phil Barr, Jeffrey Derderian, Michael Derderian
Votes: 18
13.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
Chasing Catherine Shelton (Part 2)
(2022)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
Controversial Texas attorney Catherine Shelton, now disbarred, talks about her checkered past and the mysterious circumstances surrounding the deaths of various men in her life.
Stars: Maureen Maher, Erin Moriarty, Richard Schlesinger, Tracy Smith
Votes: 7
14.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
The Dark Side of Paradise
(2012)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
Don North disappears without a trace from his sailboat, the Windancer, near Panama in January 2011, and his nephew Ezra North and investigator Don Winner search for him.
Stars: Garrett Paul, Jessica Stout, Peter Van Sant
Votes: 12
15.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
A Man with a Past
(2022)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
48 Hours correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates the 2006 disappearance of a recent college graduate, Lori Ann Slesinski in Auburn, Alabama, and the case against her killer, Rick Ennis. ... See full summary »
Star: Peter Van Sant
Votes: 23
16. 48 Hours on ID (2010– )
60 min | Documentary
Investigative news episodic show. Based on 48 hours This is the ID (Investigation Discovery) version of it.
Stars: Maureen Maher, Erin Moriarty, Peter Van Sant, Richard Schlesinger
Votes: 67
17.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
Seven Days of Rage
(2009)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
Featuring Dow's exclusive interviews with Alcala's ex-girlfriend, girls Alcala had approached, investigators, and victims' family members, season premiere will be presented by Harold's nephew, Jay Dow.
Director: Rob Klug | Stars: Richard Schlesinger, Peter Van Sant
Votes: 9
18.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
The Plot to Kill Jamie Faith
(2022)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
The death of Jamie Faith and the investigation into his murder.
Director: Matthew DeVoe | Stars: Chrissy Clark, James Holland, Steve Pickett, Peter Van Sant
Votes: 16
19.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
The Dog Trainer, the Heiress and the Bodyguard: Part 1
(2011)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
A celebrity dog trainer is murdered. Now, exclusive interviews reveal the truth behind the crime. "48 Hours Mystery" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
Star: Peter Van Sant
Votes: 12
20.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
"The Dexter Killer"
(2022)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
Investigative author and journalist Steve Lillebuen provides a rare look inside the mind of convicted murderer Mark Twitchell, through letters he exchanged with Twitchell over a period of three years.
Stars: Maureen Maher, Erin Moriarty, Richard Schlesinger, Tracy Smith
Votes: 15
21.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
The Tree That Helped Solve a Murder
(2022)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
Young wife and mother Mengqi Ji Elledge, age 28, was a Chinese foreign exchange student at University of Missouri. She went missing in October 2019. Her husband, Joseph Elledge of Columbia,... See full summary »
Stars: Joseph Elledge, Mengqi Ji Elledge, Dan Knight, Yao Li
Votes: 19
22.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
Paris Under Attack
(2015)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
48 Hours offers a special report on the recent ISIS terrorist attacks in Paris, France. It goes to Paris for a live report and talks to witnesses to the attacks. It also talks to ... See full summary »
Directors: Rob Klug, James McGrath | Stars: Norah O'Donnell, Scott Pelley, Elizabeth Palmer, Peter Van Sant
Votes: 7
23. 48 Hours (1988– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Crime
One of television's most popular true-crime series, investigating shocking cases and compelling real-life dramas with journalistic integrity and cutting-edge style.
Stars: Peter Van Sant, Erin Moriarty, Maureen Maher, Richard Schlesinger
Votes: 2,341
24. 60 Minutes (1968– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, News
The classic long-running prime time TV investigative news magazine.
Stars: Andrew Rooney, Lesley Stahl, Steve Kroft, Morley Safer
Votes: 4,333
25.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
Operation Murder
(2017)
TV-Y | 43 min | Documentary, Crime
When two Texas doctors meet, it seems like true love -- but police say the couple had some unfinished business with their former partners.
Stars: Moataz Azzeh, Cody Bernard, Greg Holloway, Leon Jacob
Votes: 13
26.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
The COVID Cover-Up: Searching for Gretchen Anthony
(2021)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
When friends and family of a Florida mother began receiving texts revealing she had a serious case of COVID-19, they grew worried. Was she really sending the text messages? Was someone using COVID-19 to cover up her disappearance?
Stars: Maureen Maher, Erin Moriarty, Richard Schlesinger, Tracy Smith
Votes: 22
27.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
The Tara Grinstead Mystery
(2020)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate disappearance of Suzanne Morphew, case against her husband Barry Morphew, and incredible twists story takes in "The Suzanne Morphew Case: Nothing Is What It Seems.
Star: Peter Van Sant
Votes: 9
28.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
Fatal Choice
(2011)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
A woman calls the police after her husband is violent towards her, but it is him who ends up dead.
Star: Peter Van Sant
Votes: 10
29.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
The Dog Trainer, the Heiress and the Bodyguard: Part 2
(2011)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
A celebrity dog trainer is murdered. Now, conclusion as exclusive interviews reveal truth behind crime.
Star: Peter Van Sant
Votes: 11
30.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
The "Unsolvable" Murder of Roxanne Wood
(2022)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
This cold case rape/murder crime did indeed seem unsolvable for 34 years, until genetic genealogist Gabriella Vargas was able to pinpoint the possible suspect, Patrick Wayne Gilham, in four... See full summary »
Star: Peter Van Sant
Votes: 16
31.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
Secrets of the River
(2012)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
48 Hours examines the murder of young dancer Mackenzie Cowell in Wenatchee, Washington. The police investigation leads to one of Mackenzie's classmates Chris Wilson a brooding young man ... See full summary »
Director: Rob Klug | Stars: Peter Van Sant, Mackenzie Cowell, Sandy Francis, Reid Cowell
Votes: 22
32.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
What Angelina Saw
(2023)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
Worcester, Massachusetts, May 2014: An 11-year-old girl, Angelina Fernandes, woke up to the sound of her screaming mother. Young Angelina peeked out of her bedroom to see blood on the floor... See full summary »
Star: Peter Van Sant
Votes: 14
33.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
The Night of the Idaho Student Murders
(2023)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
New information about the case against suspected murderer Bryan Kohberger for the November 13, 2022, deaths of four University of Idaho students.
Director: Matthew DeVoe | Stars: Ethan Chapin, Bryanna Fox, Kaylee Goncalves, Kristi Goncalves
Votes: 15
34.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
A Vision of Murder
(2015)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
48 Hours goes to Florida examines the February 2010 murder of Kelly Brennan whose battered body was discovered in a field by a police helicopter pilot. A friend Sheila Trott claims to have ... See full summary »
Stars: Peter Van Sant, Samantha Barrett, Alison Bartlett, Kelly Brennan
Votes: 10
35.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
Sugar Land: Life or Death
(2019)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary, Crime
A Texas father targeted by a hit man fights for the life of the person who ordered the murder -- his son. "48 Hours"' Peter Van Sant has the latest in the case.
Star: Peter Van Sant
Votes: 9
36.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
What Happened to Gabby Petito?
(2021)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
An inside examination of the disappearance of Gabby Petito and the intense hunt for her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie.
Stars: Jericka Duncan, Brian Laundrie, Maureen Maher, Erin Moriarty
Votes: 24
37.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
The Murdaugh Mysteries
(2021)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
The deaths of a mother and son, a young woman's fatal boating crash, and two other mysterious deaths all connect to the family of disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh.
Stars: Nikki Battiste, Mallory Beach, Renee Beach, Eric Bland
Votes: 26
38.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
Playing with Fire
(2011)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
In the early morning hours of Sept. 2, 2002, two young men were found executed in a burning Mercedes SUV.
Star: Peter Van Sant
Votes: 9
39.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
The Country Club Murders
(2012)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
Ernest and Charlene Scherer are found bludgeoned to death on 14 March 2008 in their Castlewood Country Club home in Pleasanton, California. Detectives find circumstantial evidence tying a family member to the crime.
Star: Peter Van Sant
Votes: 14
40.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
Highway of Tears
(2012)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
48 Hours examines the he Highway of Tears murders a series of unsolved murders and disappearances of young women along the 500 mile section of Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince ... See full summary »
Director: Rob Klug | Stars: Peter Van Sant, Bob Friel, Wayne Clary, Madison Scott
Votes: 20
41.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
Chacey Poynter: Witness to Murder
(2020)
TV-PG | 41 min | Documentary, Crime
Chacey Poynter, a Texas woman convicted in the 2016 murder of her husband, tells her story about what happened the night he died.
Director: Matthew DeVoe | Stars: Peter Van Sant, Jeff Kovach, Mark McAdams, Robert Louis Poynter
Votes: 7
42.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
Catch Her If You Can
(2009)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
In her exclusive first interview, con artist Esther Reed reveals how she scammed her way into Ivy League, outsmarted feds.
Stars: Jon Campbell, Peter Van Sant
Votes: 8
43.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
Searching for Maya Millete
(2022)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
Maya Millete's a Filipino American woman who disappeared on January 7, 2021 in Chula Vista, California. The search for her's ongoing.
Stars: Maureen Maher, Erin Moriarty, Richard Schlesinger, Tracy Smith
Votes: 15
44.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
What Ally Kostial Didn't Know
(2022)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
After Kostial was found dead at a lake 45 minutes from campus, investigators couldn't find her cell phone in her apartment. They did find her Apple Watch, allowing them to piece together the puzzle through her troubling text messages.
Stars: Maureen Maher, Erin Moriarty, Richard Schlesinger, Tracy Smith
Votes: 17
45.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
Chasing Catherine Shelton (Part 1)
(2022)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
Controversial Texas attorney Catherine Shelton, now disbarred, talks about her chequered past and the mysterious circumstances surrounding the deaths of various men in her life.
Stars: Maureen Maher, Erin Moriarty, Richard Schlesinger, Catherine Shelton
Votes: 13
46.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
Desperate Measures
(2013)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
48 Hours investigates the murder of Dennis and Merna Koula in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Their bodies were found shot in their home by their son Eric Koula. Police initially suspect that an ... See full summary »
Director: Rob Klug | Stars: Peter Van Sant, John Christophersen, Dennis Koula, Merna Koula
Votes: 8
47.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
Perfectly Executed
(2005)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
Stars: Carole Burns, David Burns, Glen Sebastian Burns, Tiffany Burns
Votes: 6
48.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
Devil's Island
(2014)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime
An ex-Marine, a secret life and a missing girlfriend -- was it murder? Peter Van Sant Investigates.
Stars: Yvonne Baldelli, Brian Brimager, Mark Conover, Joan Crabtree
Votes: 17
49.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
Click for a Killer Part 1
(2018)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary, Crime
A "48 Hours" investigation into one murder leads into the dark web and to the disruption of four potential murder-for-hire plots. Correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates.
Stars: Eileen Ormsby, Peter Van Sant
Votes: 7
50.
48 Hours (1988– )
Episode:
The Disappearance of Kelly Dwyer
(2019)
TV-PG | 41 min | Documentary, Crime
An investigation into the disappearance of Kelly Dwyer raises questions about the potential dangers of online dating.
Director: Matthew DeVoe | Stars: Peter Van Sant, Ryan Hater
Votes: 9