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First Aired: January 19th, 1988

Genre: News, Mystery, Crime, Documentary

Network: CBS

Summary: 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.

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Season 2016

Episode 1: Killer App

Air Date: September 24th, 2016

Summary: A teenage girl was lured to her death using a smartphone app.

Episode 2: The Mortician, the Murder, the Movie

Air Date: October 1st, 2016

Summary: An investigation into the 1996 murder of a Texas widow that inspired the Jack Black movie "Bernie." At the heart of the probe is whether a mortician killed her and froze her body in order to live off her millions or to end years of abuse.

Episode 3: Killer Performance

Air Date: October 8th, 2016

Summary: A young woman is murdered, police thought her killer was on the run ... or was he? Correspondent Tracy Smith investigates.

Episode 4: Driven to Extremes

Air Date: October 15th, 2016

Summary: A Texas-sized case of love, infidelity, road rage and possibly murder. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates.

Episode 5: Death After Midnight

Air Date: October 22nd, 2016

Summary: A Colorado mom of three shot dead in her bedroom -- was it murder or suicide? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.

Episode 6: Bad Boy

Air Date: October 29th, 2016

Summary: A young mom vanishes after visiting her ex-husband -- could his accidental "butt dial" to 911 hold clues to what happened? CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller investigates.

Episode 7: Buried Truth

Air Date: November 12nd, 2016

Summary: Real estate broker Todd Kohlhepp kept a woman chained for two months; now he says he killed seven people -- "48 Hours" unravels the twisted life of an alleged serial killer.

Episode 8: Live to Tell - Sophia's Secret

Air Date: November 19th, 2016

Summary: "48 Hours" Live to Tell - A teen attacked by her abusive ex-boyfriend -- held at knifepoint, her room set on fire -- reveals her emotional story of survival to Tracy Smith.

Episode 9: Hunted

Air Date: November 19th, 2016

Summary: "48 Hours" goes inside the mind of a serial rapist hunting his victims while two detectives were hunting him. Correspondent Maureen Maher investigates.

Episode 10: Live to Tell - The Long Road Home

Air Date: November 26th, 2016

Summary: "48 Hours" Live to Tell - A father and basketball star is caught in a terror attack. Sebastien Bellin's remarkable story of recovery. CBS News correspondent Vladimir Duthiers reports.

Episode 11: The Psychiatrist and the Selfie

Air Date: December 3rd, 2016

Summary: Jacob Nolan, who claims his psychiatrist programmed him to kill her ex-lover, speaks out for the first time to "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant.

Episode 12: The Fight for Melissa

Air Date: December 17th, 2016

Summary: A day care worker says she loved kids, yet she's in prison for killing one. If she didn't do it, why did she confess? "48 Hours"' Erin Moriarty has the latest in the Melissa Calusinski case.

Episode 13: Crime and Punishment

Air Date: January 7th, 2017

Summary: A stepfather sits in prison for killing his wife. Her daughters vow to keep him there. Does he deserve parole? Correspondent Tracy Smith investigates.

Episode 14: Solve This Case - Who Killed Kay Wenal?

Air Date: January 28th, 2017

Summary: Help solve a murder case - a former model brutally killed in her Georgia home. Someone out there knows something ... is it you? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.

Episode 15: Guilty Until Proven Innocent

Air Date: February 4th, 2017

Summary: Two friends convicted of rape claim neither did it. Their families stuck by them. Now, more than 20 years later, a new DNA test will change everything. "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher investigates.

Episode 16: Murder in Beverly Hills

Air Date: February 11st, 2017

Summary: Who killed a Las Vegas mob boss's daughter? Could the answers be in an unprecedented interview with millionaire Robert Durst? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.

Episode 17: The Strange Life of Dr. Schwartz

Air Date: February 11st, 2017

Summary: A wealthy doctor is violently murdered in his Florida mansion -- could a dark secret from his past provide a clue to his killer? Correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates.

Episode 18: Eleven Hundred Miles to Murder

Air Date: February 18th, 2017

Summary: A Florida doctor is brutally murdered. Her husband has an airtight alibi, but police travel 1,100 miles for a suspect that looks exactly like him. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.

Episode 19: Stalked (Part 1)

Air Date: February 25th, 2017

Summary: Singer Christina Grimmie was killed by a stalker and Ivanka Trump has been stalked, too; now, an "NCIS" star is trying to change stalking laws. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.

Episode 20: Stalked (Part 2)

Air Date: February 25th, 2017

Episode 21: Live to Tell - Afraid of the Dark

Air Date: March 11st, 2017

Summary: A kidnapper tried to kill an 8-year-old girl, but he could not silence her. One woman's lifelong search for answers. Correspondent Michelle Miller reports.

Episode 22: Death on Valentine's Day

Air Date: March 18th, 2017

Summary: Tried twice for allegedly killing his wife, former hard-charging prosecutor Curtis Lovelace speaks out about the case that made national headlines. "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher investigates.

Episode 23: The Alternate Suspects

Air Date: March 25th, 2017

Summary: A popular football coach convicted of murder gets a chance at freedom -- can evidence withheld from his trial prove him innocent? "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger investigates.

Episode 24: Death and the Dentist

Air Date: September 17th, 2016

Summary: In his only TV interview, a New York dentist vows that he didn't kill his lover's husband, who happens to be his best friend. Richard Schlesinger investigates.

Episode 25: The DNA of a Killer

Air Date: April 15th, 2017

Summary: Police have DNA evidence in a brutal murder but can't match a killer -- so how did a public DNA database lead police to suspect a filmmaker of murder? Anne-Marie Green investigates.

Episode 26: The Golden State Killer

Air Date: April 22nd, 2017

Summary: Comedian Patton Oswalt discusses his late wife's obession with finding the so-called "Golden State Killer," before she suddenly died on April 21, 2016.

Episode 27: The Family - A Cult Revealed

Air Date: April 29th, 2017

Summary: Allegations of stolen children, drugs, abuse and a leader who claimed to be the second coming of Jesus Christ -- "48 Hours" follows the trail of a cult that began in Australia and led the FBI to New York

Episode 28: Resident Evil

Air Date: May 6th, 2017

Summary: Two double murders five years apart in quiet Omaha neighborhoods -- the trail would lead police to a local hospital and an unlikely suspect.

Episode 29: Murder in the Mansion

Air Date: May 13rd, 2017

Summary: It was one of the most notorious cases in Texas history -- an ambush in a mansion that killed two and wounded two others -- and to this day, no one has been held accountable. Correspondent Maureen Maher investigates

Episode 30: Murder by Design

Air Date: May 20th, 2017

Summary: Did fashion icon Gianni Versace know his killer? A "48 Hours" investigation into the killing spree that ended his life in Miami 20 years ago. Richard Schlesinger reports.

Episode 31: Death by Text

Air Date: June 16th, 2017

Summary: A verdict in a groundbreaking case and a mom speaks out about the friend charged with leading her son to suicide through text messages

Episode 32: Serial Confessions

Air Date: June 24th, 2017

Summary: 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.

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