The best episodes of 48 Hours
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What turned a sweet, soft spoken wife and teacher into a killer?.
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Comedian Patton Oswalt opens up in his first television interview about his late wife's quest to find the elusive criminal who terrorized Californians by committing 50 rapes and a dozen murders.
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A family man targeted for death lives to climb out of his own "grave." Who wanted him dead? "48 Hours" goes inside the sting that took down a hit man-for-hire scheme. Correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates.
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Chacey Poynter: Witness to Murder
Chacey Poynter, a Texas woman convicted in the 2016 murder of her husband, University Park Fire Department Captain Robert Poynter, tells her story for the first time about what happened the night he died, in an interview with Peter Van Sant.
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Live to Tell: Murder on Prom Night
Jessi Toronjo was just 9 years old when she returned from a sleepover at a friend's house to find out her mother, stepfather and two sisters were murdered. More than three decades later, Toronjo shares her emotional story of the search for her family's killer and putting her life back together.
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Did a Florida man hire a look-a-like to kill his wife? A GPS leads police right to the hitman's door. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
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The Life and Death of Amie Harwick
Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS go inside the investigation of what happened leading up to Harwick's death, and talk with those who were closest to her in the final weeks of her life.
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Diana Duve was 26 when she vanished one night in 2014 in Vero Beach, Fla. She was last seen alive leaving a bar with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Michael Jones. To witnesses, the couple seemed to be having a good time, though they told police that at one point it looked like Duve was upset. She never returned home. Her mother knew something was wrong when her daughter didn't call her, something she did every day. Contributor Michelle Miller and 48 HOURS report on what happened that night.
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A young woman mourns her uncle's murder and questions whether the convicted killer was the only one involved.
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Closing The Cold Case Of Robin Lawrence
A gifted artist is murdered in her home; decades later, her killer reveals what drove him. Her toddler is left at the crime scene to fend for herself.
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Did she really try to kill herself, or did her husband want her dead? Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS investigate that fateful night, Mead's road to recovery and the police search into what happened.
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48 HOURS launches its 38th season with the case of 17-year-old Benjamin Elliott, who stabbed his twin sister - a crime with no known motive. His defense team says he was sleepwalking when he killed her.
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The murders of a beloved doctor, his wife and their young daughter leave their Santa Barbara, Calif., community reeling; a manhunt leads to the arrest of a suspect who prosecutors say is a conman.
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When a young mother goes missing, trained tracker and detective Dakota Black launches an investigation that locates the murdered woman.
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The Setup Murder of Kristil Krug
A stalker sends menacing messages to a young mother before she is murdered. The investigation reveals a sinister setup. In this week's 48 HOURS, correspondent Peter Van Sant reports on how law enforcement unraveled the case, including why a person of interest believes the spirit of the victim gave him "the urge" to buy a sweatshirt that ultimately helped clear his name.
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Murder at the Mall: The Michelle Martinko Case
Jamie Yuccas and 48 HOURS investigate what happened that night and take viewers inside the unrelenting efforts by police to solve the case.
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Family members believe a young man's fascination with the a notorious Menendez brothers murder case led him to allegedly shoot his parents.
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Rodney Alcala: The Killing Game
A photographer who was on "The Dating Game" became one of the nation's deadliest serial killers -- eight years after "48 Hours"' first report, new victims emerge.
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