City Confidential
Narrated by actor Mike Colter, "City Confidential" tells the story of one crime, the ensuing investigation, and the ripple effect it had on a community. Speaking with family, friends, detectives, journalists, and others close to the case, the series weaves together firsthand accounts and archival footage to explore the crime and its outcome.
- 1998-2025
- 14 seasons
- A+E Networks
- Suspense, Documentary
- TV-14
Narrated by actor Mike Colter, "City Confidential" tells the story of one crime, the ensuing investigation, and the ripple effect it had on a community. Speaking with family, friends, detectives, journalists, and others close to the case, the series weaves together firsthand accounts and archival footage to explore the crime and its outcome.
Season 2 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 1999 - 2000
Episode 1
Hermosa Beach: Missing in Paradise
Wed, Aug 18, 1999 46 mins
In 1995, Charles Rathburn, a freelance photographer, invited Linda Sobek, an aspiring model, on a photo shoot. Sobek never returned and the camera was turned on Rathburn after it was discovered that he was the one who killed her.
Episode 2
Bermuda: Death on the Rock
Wed, Aug 18, 1999
In 1996, Rebecca Middleton is found stabbed 16 times with her throat cut. The police find out that two young men, Kirk Mundy and Justis Smith, were the last to see her, and they are charged with her murder. Unfortunately, they only receive light sentences for their crime.
Episode 3
Gibsonton: The Last Side Show
Wed, Aug 18, 1999 46 mins
Grady Stiles, a circus act named "Lobster Boy",was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head in 1992. The police found out that his ex-wife Mary Theresa Herzog, her son Glenn Newman, Jr., and his friend Chris Wyant all plotted to kill Stiles for his alcoholism and abusive ways.
Episode 4
San Francisco: Betrayal by the Bay
Tue, Aug 10, 1999 45 mins
During an evening in 1991, Artie Mitchell was shot with a high-powered rifle by his brother Jim. The Mitchells were the kings of the porn empire in San Francisco, and Jim said he killed Artie because he as taking his lifestyle too far.
Episode 5
Soho: The Art of Murder
Wed, Aug 18, 1999 21 mins
In 1985, artist Ana Mendieta fell from a building while she and her husband fellow artist, Carl Andre, were fighting. Andre was arrested for the murder after it is discovered she had a desperate fear of heights and a bellman heard her pleading for her life.
Episode 6
Virginia City: Showdown at the Mustang Ranch
Mon, Mar 20, 2000
The owner of the infamous Mustang Ranch, Joe Conforte, evades the IRS with the help of three local officials, Peter Perry, Bob Del Carlo, and Shirley Colleti, until the government catches on.
Episode 7
Fairbanks: Mining for Murder
Wed, Aug 18, 1999 46 mins
In 1993, Joe Vogler, a legendary, but eccentric independent politician and former gubernatorial candidate, is murdered and buried in a shallow grave by a fellow militia-minded Alaskan, Manfield West, who was selling him explosives.
Episode 8
Greenwich: Who Killed Martha Moxley?
Wed, Oct 20, 1999
In 1975, a Greenwich teenager, Martha Moxley, is killed the night before Halloween and the main suspect is her neighbor, Kennedy cousin Tommy Skakel, who strangely escapes conviction for more than 25 years.
Episode 9
Middleburg: Pistols, Ponies, and Foul Play
Mon, Jan 3, 2000
In 1997, an heiress, Susan Cummings, shoots her Argentine polo player boyfriend, Roberto Villegas, yet spends only 60 days in jail after claiming physical abuse.
Episode 10
Skidmore: Frontier Justice
Wed, Aug 18, 1999
In 1981, Skidmore's local bully, Ken McElroy, is murdered in the middle of town in broad daylight, bu the the small town conspires to cover up the identity of the "heroic" citizen who killed him.
Episode 11
Scottsboro: Foul Play in the Bible Belt
Mon, Feb 21, 2000 46 mins
In 1994, a quiet southern town is rocked by the brutal murder of a local senator's daughter, Vickie Lander Beckham, and even more disturbed to learn that the killer was her husband, Stephen Beckham, the son of a prominent bishop.
Episode 12
Newberry: Small Town Justice
Mon, Jan 17, 2000 45 mins
A peaceful South Carolina town is shocked when the death of a woman turns into a sordid murder case involving her drug-dealing husband, a strip-club bouncer, a prominent politician, a Catholic bishop, and key witnesses from all walks of Southern society.