48 Hours
48 Hours is television's most popular true-crime series, investigating shocking cases and compelling real-life dramas with journalistic integrity and cutting-edge style.
- 1988-2026
- 40 seasons
- CBS
- Documentary, Suspense, News
- TV-14
48 Hours is television's most popular true-crime series, investigating shocking cases and compelling real-life dramas with journalistic integrity and cutting-edge style.
Season 31 Episode Guide
34 Episodes 2017 - 2018
Episode 1
O.J. Simpson: Endgame
Sat, Sep 30, 2017 43 mins
48 HOURS kicks off its 30th anniversary season with a Saturday night double feature of all new back-to-back editions, Sept. 30, on the CBS Television Network. At 10:00 PM, Erin Moriarty investigates the case against Raynella Leath, a Tennessee woman with two dead husbands -who both died under strange circumstances - and the stunning outcome, in the season premiere of 48 HOURS, "The Widow on Solway Road." Leading into the season premiere, CBS News Special Correspondent James Brown tackles the impact of the O.J Simpson murder trial and how it reverberates throughout the country today, in "O.J. Simpson: Endgame".
Episode 2
The Widow on Solway Road
Sat, Sep 30, 2017 44 mins
One woman, two husbands dead under strange circumstances - could she be that unlucky? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
Episode 3
Moment of Truth
Sat, Oct 7, 2017 43 mins
A daughter hears her father's last words - can she help convict his killer?
Episode 4
Operation Murder
Sat, Oct 14, 2017 43 mins
When two Texas doctors meet, it seems like true love -- but police say the couple had some unfinished business with their former partners.
Episode 5
Red Notice for Murder
Sat, Oct 21, 2017 42 mins
A Brooklyn woman turns to a New York private eye for help tracking down a Russian beauty she believes robbed and killed her mother. Can they find her?
Episode 6
Storm of Suspicion
Sat, Oct 28, 2017 43 mins
Texas mother Crystal McDowell vanished just before Hurricane Harvey hit the Houston area. "48 Hours" followed investigators on their search for the missing mom.
Episode 7
Reality Kills
Sat, Nov 11, 2017 42 mins
Was an Atlanta detective's investigation into an alleged rape and shooting death case influenced by cameras following her for a TV reality show? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
Episode 8
Murder on the Cape (Update)
Sat, Nov 18, 2017
Nearly 16 years after A-list fashion writer Christa Worthington was murdered in her Cape Cod home, the man convicted of killing her is seeking a new trial. Update to an episode first shown in 2007.
Episode 9
Taken Away
Sat, Nov 18, 2017 42 mins
Jessie Bardwell Case: A father dreams his daughter's been killed, then later she disappears. What does her boyfriend know and could the dad's nightmare have been real? Maureen Maher investigates.
Episode 10
A Brother's Mission
Sat, Nov 25, 2017 43 mins
Karl Hoerig murder: Correspondent Erin Moriarty tracks down the accused killer of a decorated military pilot in Brazil -- will the United States get her sent back to face a jury?
Episode 11
The Psychiatrist and the Selfie: Update
Sat, Dec 2, 2017
An update in the case of Pamela Buchbinder, prosecutors charge the Manhattan psychiatrist in connection with a brutal, near fatal, attack against her husband, Michael Weiss, during a bitter custody battle over their son.
Episode 12
Guilty Until Proven Innocent (Update)
Sat, Dec 9, 2017
An update to the episode "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" from January 2017. 48 Hours examines how DNA technology, along with a law professor and her students, helped to clear two men accused of a brutal rape.
Episode 13
The DNA of a Killer (Update)
Sat, Dec 16, 2017
An update to the episode "The DNA of a Killer" from April 2017.
Episode 14
The Evidence Room
Sat, Dec 23, 2017 83 mins
Accused of murder, a young woman's life hangs in the balance. "48 Hours" goes behind the scenes with her defense team and a forensic animator as they strategize how to present their theory of what happened - will a jury believe them?
Episode 15
Secrets of Waco
Fri, Dec 29, 2017 43 mins
Larry Gilbreath, A retired UPS driver reveals new details about cult leader David Koresh and what led up to the deadly 1993 standoff with law enforcement in Waco, Texas.
Episode 16
Grapes of Wrath
Sat, Jan 6, 2018 43 mins
Ambition, greed and gunshots at a Napa Valley winery -- how did a bag with $800,000 in cash lead to murder in a vineyard?
Episode 17
All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez
Sat, Jan 20, 2018 43 mins
What made NFL star Aaron Hernandez kill and kill himself? Best-selling author and "48 Hours" contributor James Patterson unravels Hernandez's complicated and troubling story.
Episode 18
Sins of the Father
Sat, Jan 27, 2018 43 mins
After 57 years, a former priest is on trial for murdering a young woman who had gone to him for confession -- did the church conspire with authorities to cover it up?
Episode 19
Natalie Wood: Death in Dark Water
Sat, Feb 3, 2018 43 mins
Nearly four decades after the unexplained drowning death of Hollywood star Natalie Wood, Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators speak for the first time and tell 48 HOURS that her then-husband, actor Robert Wagner, is now a person of interest.
Episode 20
Paradise Lost (Update)
Sat, Feb 10, 2018
Did a Wall Street millionaire shoot himself, or was he murdered in his 50,000-square-foot home in Costa Rica? A 48 Hours update to the case examined in an episode in 2014.
Episode 21
Rodney Alcala: The Killing Game (2018 Update)
Sat, Feb 17, 2018 43 mins
Rodney Alcala worked as a photographer and a typesetter and was once a contestant on "The Dating Game." However, police say he was also a chameleon and a serial killer, perhaps the deadliest in the country's history, and investigators are unsure if they will ever know how many victims he left behind.
Episode 22
The Good Girl
Sat, Mar 3, 2018 43 mins
She was 19 with an allegedly abusive boyfriend - did he make her an unwitting accomplice to murder?
Episode 23
Who Killed Fabio?
Sat, Mar 10, 2018 41 mins
A famed Los Angeles hairstylist is killed in his backyard - was it a robbery gone wrong by thugs called the knock-knock burglars or a twisted plot no one could believe?
Episode 24
Mystery at Eagle Creek
Sat, Mar 17, 2018 43 mins
Did a young model jump off a mountain cliff or was she pushed? Her fiancé, accused of killing her, reveals the shocking final moments of her life in an interview with 48 Hours.
Episode 25
The Fitbit Alibi
Sat, Mar 24, 2018 44 mins
A suspect in a murder swears he didn't do it - can his Fitbit prove he's innocent?
Episode 26
Live to Tell: Trafficked
Sat, Mar 31, 2018 43 mins
Alyssa Beck was a 15-year-old Jacksonville, Fla., runaway looking for a way out of her family home. She ran right into the hands of a violent sex trafficking group. Beck reveals her fight for survival and the horrors she faced.
Episode 27
Missing Marsha
Sat, Apr 7, 2018 43 mins
When a woman vanishes and misses a hair appointment, her hairdresser becomes the driving force to find out -- did she leave her husband or is she dead?
Episode 28
The Lost Boy
Sat, Apr 14, 2018 43 mins
More than three decades after 6-year-old Etan Patz went missing, police found a surprising suspect. "48 Hours" and correspondent Richard Schlesinger go inside the investigation. Is the haunting case finally over?
Episode 29
The Clown Did It
Sat, Apr 21, 2018 42 mins
Two witnesses who watched a woman gunned down in her Florida home by someone in a clown costume speak out for the first time on network television.
Episode 30
The Last Ride Home
Sat, Apr 28, 2018 42 mins
A wealthy labor lawyer shoots his high profile wife from the backseat of a car -- was it an accident or just plain murder?
Episode 31
Don't Scream
Sat, May 5, 2018 43 mins
A young mom calls 911 claiming she cut her own throat in front of her estranged husband and her child-- doctors say there's no way she did it to herself. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
Episode 32
Lorenzen Wright: No Defense
Sat, May 12, 2018 43 mins
Seven years after professional basketball player Lorenzen Wright was gunned down in the woods, police get a tip that reignites the investigation.
Episode 33
Murder on Red River
Sat, May 19, 2018 60 mins
A filmmaker and a former Marije work to find a woman's killer.
Episode 34
Death on the Hudson (Second Update)
Sat, Aug 18, 2018
48 Hours provides a further update (following episodes in 2015 and 2017) on the case of Angelika Graswald, who was charged with killing her fiancé, Vincent Viafore, during a kayaking trip.
