48 Hours: Hard Evidence
A version of the award-winning CBS true-crime series delves into investigations of murder, gambling, missing persons and other incidents, with "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher introducing reports.
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A version of the award-winning CBS true-crime series delves into investigations of murder, gambling, missing persons and other incidents, with "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher introducing reports.
Season 18 Episode Guide
59 Episodes 2026
Episode 1
The Hunt for Sarah Yarborough's Killer
Sun, Jan 4, 2026
When a high school student on her way to drill team practice is found dead on campus, it takes nearly 30 years to catch her killer.
Episode 2
Who Wanted Nicki Lenway Dead?
Sun, Jan 4, 2026
A crime scene investigator for the Minneapolis Police Department who was gunned down in broad daylight and left for dead in a parking lot tells her story.
Episode 3
The Kidnapping of Schanda Handley
Wed, Jan 7, 2026
On August 6, 2017, Schanda Handley was kidnapped at gunpoint from her home in Lafayette, Louisiana, by two men posing as delivery personnel.
Episode 4
Capturing Moriah Wilson's Killer
Sun, Jan 11, 2026
When Moriah "Mo" Wilson, a promising young gravel cyclist is murdered, her suspected killer disappears, sparking an international manhunt.
Episode 5
Unmasking the Zombie Hunter
Sun, Jan 11, 2026
The murders of two young women of Phoenix, Arizona, killed 10 months apart in 1992 and 1993, go unsolved for more than two decades; thanks to time and new technology, police find a person of interest.
Episode 6
Stephen Smith: A Death in Murdaugh Country
Sun, Jan 11, 2026
New evidence discovered after the Murdaugh murders reignites the cold case of Stephen Smith, which has remained unsolved since his body was found on a rural road in 2015. Was his death intentional or an accident?
Episode 7
Jade Janks and the Secret Photos
Sun, Jan 18, 2026
A woman discovers explicit photos of herself on her stepfather's computer. Soon after, he's found dead. Jade is a likely suspect, but did she do it?
Episode 8
Death at the Front Door: Who Shot Heidi Firkus?
Sun, Jan 18, 2026
When a Minnesota woman is shot and killed in her home, a 911 call and an eyewitness tell the story of a burglary, but evidence at the scene points to a different killer.
Episode 9
The Idaho Student Murders
Wed, Jan 21, 2026
The brutal murders of four University of Idaho students, which occurred on November 13, 2022, in an off-campus home, shook the small town of Moscow, Idaho.
Episode 10
Kassanndra's Secret
Wed, Jan 21, 2026
Three days after a Washington woman's disappearance, surveillance footage of a mysterious man in a fedora leaving her car is discovered.
Episode 11
Justice for Aime Harwick
Sun, Jan 25, 2026
The roommate of Hollywood family therapist Amie Harwick shares details for the first time about how he tried to save her the night she was murdered.
Episode 12
For the Love of Cayley Mandadi
Sun, Feb 1, 2026
When a beloved college student dies with unusual bruising, her parents go to extreme lengths to prove her death was no accident.
Episode 13
The Assassination of Jeff German
Sun, Feb 1, 2026
Las Vegas investigative reporter Jeff German was shot and killed execution style in his own driveway in broad daylight in a murder that shocked the town. Security camera footage showed a mysterious person in a big hat running away.
Episode 14
The Strange Death of Professor Shockley
Sun, Feb 1, 2026
Marianne Shockley, a University of Georgia entomology professor, died in May 2019 following a night of partying in a hot tub. He While initially reported as a drowning, an autopsy revealed she was strangled.
Episode 15
The Suspicious Death of Megan Parra
Sun, Feb 8, 2026
In Louisiana, Megan Parra's parents find the kindergarten teacher at home with a gunshot wound to her head; authorities rule her death a suicide, but her family alleges foul play at the hands of her husband.
Episode 16
The People v. Kouri Richins
Sun, Feb 8, 2026
When her husband is found dead of an apparent overdose, Kouri Richins writes a children's book about grief.
Episode 17
Shootout at the Shaughnessys'
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
On March 2, 2018, intruders shoot wealthy jeweler Ted Shaughnessy at his home in Austin, Texas. Investigators wonder if it was a random attack or a robbery gone wrong. However, as they dig deeper, police suspect it wasn't a stranger killing at all.
Episode 18
The Menendez Brothers' Fight for Freedom
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
Lyle and Erik Menendez have spent nearly 34 years behind bars for gunning down their parents in 1989. Now, they await a judge's decision on whether new evidence can support their claim that they killed in self-defense.
Episode 19
The Monica Sementilli Affair
Sun, Feb 22, 2026
After the murder of a celebrity hairstylist, investigators look to his wife and ask if her alleged affair with her racquetball coach could be a motive for murder
Episode 20
The Troubled Case Against Jane Dorotik
Sun, Feb 22, 2026
In 2001, a California mother and wife, Jane Dorotik, was convicted of murdering her husband, but she always maintained her innocence. Will the court overturn her conviction, or will she remain in prison?
Episode 21
The Conspiracy to Murder Jennifer Dulos
Sun, Mar 1, 2026
Jennifer Dulos, a mother of five, vanished in May 2019 during a bitter divorce from Fotis Dulos. As investigators probed her disappearance, disturbing evidence and a web of secrets and lies began to surface.
Episode 22
Who Poisoned Angela Craig?
Sun, Mar 1, 2026
In 2023, Angela Craig reports feeling sick and dies at the hospital; the autopsy reveals poison in her system.
Episode 23
The Disappearance of Maddi Kingsbury
Sun, Mar 8, 2026
When Maddi Kingsbury, a 26-year-old mother of two from Winona, Minnesota, goes missing, her devastated sister takes to social media to implore the public to help find her.
Episode 24
Kristen Trickle Autopsy of the Mind
Sun, Mar 8, 2026
The 2019 death of Kristen Trickle in Kansas was first ruled a suicide but later investigated as a homicide. Prosecutors used a "psychological autopsy" to examine her mindset as conflicting evidence emerged.
Episode 25
The Detective's Wife
Sun, Mar 15, 2026
Brian Fanion calls 911 to report that his wife Amy shot herself. However, authorities do not believe his story because the gunshot wound is not consistent with a self-inflicted wound. Did Amy commit suicide, or did an argument spin wildly out of control?
Episode 26
The Day My Mother Vanished
Sun, Mar 15, 2026
A young mother, Tammy Myers, goes missing in December 2006 near Houston, Texas; the man she lives with, William Greer turns up drunk by the side of the road; he tells the police that he accidentally shot Tammy; then he disappears, for years.
Episode 27
The Puzzling Death of Susann Sills
Sun, Mar 22, 2026
Police find the wife of a California fertility doctor dead at the bottom of a staircase in their San Clemente home. Did her dogs play some role in her death or was the scene staged to cover up a murder?
Episode 28
The Search for JonBenet's Killer
Sun, Mar 22, 2026
There can be some hope to solve the murder of JonBenét Ramsey; her father claims there's a way.
Episode 29
The Unending Search for Sara Anne Wood
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
In 1993, 12-year-old Sara Anne Wood disappears on her way home from church in Sauquoit, New York. Her convicted killer, Lewis Lent, a former handyman and movie theater janitor, sits in prison but refuses to tell investigators where he put her body.
Episode 30
The Depraved Heart Murder
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
The investigation into Sarah Harris' death raises questions about the relationship between a doctor and his much younger girlfriend, and the case results in a particular kind of murder charge that many may find unfamiliar.
Episode 31
The Bathtub Murder of Kendy Howard
Sun, Apr 5, 2026
Kendy Howard turns up dead in her bathtub. While dispatched as a suicide, clues at the scene make Investigators suspicious.
Episode 32
The Life and Death of Blaze Bernstein
Sun, Apr 5, 2026
In 2018, a former classmate kills promising Ivy League college student Blaze Bernstein. Inside the trial of the secret neo-Nazi prosecutors say stabbed Blaze to death because he was gay and Jewish.
Episode 33
Fatal First Date
Sun, Apr 12, 2026
In 2021, Chris Smith and Leslie Reeves find each other online and decide to meet the day before Thanksgiving, but their short time together ends in unspeakable horror when an intruder interrupts their first date.
Episode 34
Who Killed Aileen Seiden in Room 15?
Sun, Apr 12, 2026
In April 2018, in the Florida town of Eastpoint, police receive a call about a brutally beaten body dumped near a highway. Authorities connect the body with a second crime scene at a local motel, where three people checked in.
Episode 35
The "No Body" Case of Dee Warner
Sun, Apr 19, 2026
In 2021, Rikkell Bock visits her family farm in Lenawee County, Michigan, and finds her mother, Dee Warner, missing. Dee's husband, Dale, says he saw her that morning. Three years later, police find Dee's body in a fertilizer tank.
Episode 36
Where is Jermain Charlo?
Sun, Apr 19, 2026
In 2018, Jermain Charlo of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes vanished from the Flathead Reservation in Montana. Her unsolved case highlights the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women nationwide.
Episode 37
Cati Blauvelt: Death of a Soldier's Wife
Sun, Apr 26, 2026
In 2016, the body of 22-year-old Cati Blauvelt was found in an abandoned farmhouse in Simpsonville, South Carolina. Her estranged husband John Blauvelt becomes the main suspect, but he then vanishes, and a manhunt begins.
Episode 38
The Plot to Eliminate Alyssa Burkett
Sun, Apr 26, 2026
After the murder of a Texas woman, investigators discover that finding a suspect is only a part of this complex story.
Episode 39
The Strange Shooting of Alex Pennig
Sun, May 3, 2026
Officers arrive at a nurse's apartment to find her lying dead in the bathroom. A security camera captures her coming home for the last time. Can authorities piece together the evidence to determine if this was suicide or murder?
Episode 40
Unraveling the Case Against Melissa
Sun, May 3, 2026
After a toddler dies at daycare, police arrest a young worker. She confesses, but years later, questions still swirl. Was her statement reliable? Did key evidence mislead the jury? Investigators revisit a case that refuses to rest.
Episode 41
It's About Danni
Sun, May 10, 2026
In 1996, 15-year-old Danni Houchins vanishes after a walk by a Montana river; hours later, searchers find her dead; her family demands answers for years; decades later, new evidence revives the mystery;
Episode 42
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
Sun, May 10, 2026
DNA and genealogy help to solve the 1995 cold case murder of school teacher Mary Catherine Edwards in Beaumont, Texas; uncovering the killer's identity reveals a twist.
Episode 43
The Firefighters Secret
Sun, May 17, 2026
On Thanksgiving Eve in 2020 in Illinois, inside the burning home of Melissa Lamesch, firefighters discover her lifeless body on the kitchen floor; did the fire kill her, or was it a cover-up for murder?
Episode 44
The "Batman" Intruder
Sun, May 17, 2026
On New Year's 2021 in her Canton, Georgia, home, Morgan Metzer finds herself confronting an intruder; Metzer's ordeal takes a surprising turn when her ex-husband comes to her rescue, but is he a hero or something more sinister?
Episode 45
The Blackout Murder of Livye Lewis
Sun, May 24, 2026
In a small Texas town, Darci Bass receives devastating news someone shot her daughter, Livye Lewis, in her car. Investigators find Lewis' ex- boyfriend bloodied and disoriented. He insists he has no recollection of what happened.
Episode 46
Deputy Spivey on Trial
Sun, May 24, 2026
TV bailiff Renard Spivey calls 911, claiming he accidentally shot his wife. Police arrive to find multiple gunshots and strange details. Now, Spivey speaks with Natalie Morales for the first time on television.
Episode 47
The Ivy League Murder
Sun, May 31, 2026
A gunman murders a Yale grad student in New Haven; as police investigate, they uncover signs of obsession and premeditation, revealing a plan masked as chance; what begins as a quick attack unravels into something far more personal and calculated.
Episode 48
Facing a Monster
Sun, Jun 7, 2026
An woman rebuilds her life after surviving a brutal attack by ex-boyfriend, Shawn Doyle; years later, she summons the courage to testify against him after he murders a young mother, sharing her journey of survival and strength.
Episode 49
The Footprint
Sun, Jun 7, 2026
Police follow a bloody footprint to solve a Minneapolis murder; for decades, the case stays cold until DNA and forensic genealogy reveal a shocking suspect living an ordinary life, finally bringing justice to a forgotten victim.
Episode 50
My Mother's Murder Trials, Part 1
Sun, Jun 14, 2026
Detectives reopen a double murder case that tears apart a family; a daughter suspects her mom, an ex- wife obsessed with the past; years later, courtroom twists raise haunting questions about guilt, justice and truth itself.
Episode 51
My Mother's Murder Trials, Part 2
Sun, Jun 14, 2026
Decades after a brutal double murder, a woman accused of killing her ex-husband and his fiancée defends herself in court; her daughter takes the stand once more, torn between loyalty and truth as a final verdict looms over them both.
Episode 52
Justines Voice
Sun, Jul 5, 2026
In 2003, a devious murder plot ends the life of 17-year-old Justine Vanderschoot. Decades later, her shattered family fights to keep the killers behind bars as a new law creates a loophole that could free one of them.
Episode 53
Could Angela Prichard Have Been Saved?
Sun, Jul 5, 2026
Angela Prichard calls police as her husband stalks her. Courts issue orders, but allow him to keep guns, which he uses to kill her. Her family demands answers and asks if anyone could have stopped the deadly outcome.
Episode 54
The Hit-and-Run Homicide of Davis McClendon
Sun, Jul 12, 2026
South Carolina police find Davis McClendon dead on the side of the road near his wrecked car, and immediately suspect a random hit-and-run incident. However, a trail of oil takes them in another direction.
Episode 55
Dead Girls Don't Talk
Sun, Jul 12, 2026
Masked men abandon two women outside L.A. hospitals, sparking a hunt for the predator behind their deaths. Detectives trace a web of lies, drugs and violence that spans years, as survivors break their silence to seek justice.
Episode 56
The Day My Mother Never Came Home
Sun, Jul 19, 2026
At age 6, Reggie unknowingly gave his father an alibi. Decades on, he confronts shocking revelations about his mother's murder, his father's role and the painful legacy left behind as he searches for the truth about his family.
Episode 57
The Boy Across the Street
Sun, Jul 19, 2026
A college student loses her life, and her family wages a decades-long fight to keep Steven Burns, her killer, in prison. They attend every hearing and reshape victims' rights in California through their relentless push for justice.
Episode 58
First Love, Then Murder
Sun, Jul 26, 2026
Detectives search for a missing father and daughter in Oregon and uncover a secret teen romance that spirals into betrayal and murder. As a witness breaks her silence, police reveal a twisted plot fueled by rebellion and lies.
Episode 59
The Farris Wheel
Sun, Aug 2, 2026
Detectives find a man's remains on a Georgia farm and uncover a family consumed by tension, money and blame; a wife swears she's innocent and points to her son, igniting a courtroom showdown that tears the family apart.