48 Hours

Season 36

TV-14
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.

33 Episodes

  • Gabby Petito: The Untold Story
    E1
    Gabby Petito: The Untold Story“48 Hours” explores Gabby Petito’s final days and the missed warning signs that might have saved her. "48 Hours" contributor Jericka Duncan reports.
  • The Shooting of Lauren Kanarek
    E2
    The Shooting of Lauren KanarekDid social media posts drive an Olympic horseman to shoot his own student? "48 Hours" contributor Nikki Battiste reports.
  • A Man With a Past
    E3
    A Man With a PastA young woman vanishes. The prime suspect has a criminal past — he murdered his parents when he was a child. Did he kill again? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
  • Death Hits Home: The Hargan Killings
    E4
    Death Hits Home: The Hargan KillingsMegan Hargan was suspected of killing her mother and sister. Her defense had an unusual theory: her sister was the one who pulled the trigger – with her toe. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
  • The Strange Death of Professor Shockley
    E5
    The Strange Death of Professor ShockleyA respected professor dies in a hot tub. Two friends are at the scene. Only one survives to tell the tale. "48 Hours" contributor Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
  • The Kidnapping of Schanda Handley
    E6
    The Kidnapping of Schanda HandleyA daughter watches in horror as her mother is kidnapped from their home by intruders posing as deliverymen. "CBS Mornings" lead national correspondent David Begnaud reports.
  • The Snapchat Clue
    E7
    The Snapchat ClueBart and Krista Halderson vanished in July 2021 from their Windsor, Wisconsin home. With two adult sons, their disappearance shocked the community. Social media evidence guided investigators to uncover the truth behind their fate.
  • The "Unsolvable" Murder of Roxanne Wood
    E8
    The "Unsolvable" Murder of Roxanne WoodHow a DNA “detective,” an undercover cop and a cast-off cigarette butt helped catch a killer. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
  • Last Seen in Breckenridge
    E9
    Last Seen in BreckenridgeIn 1982 the bodies of Annette Schnee and Bobbie Jo Oberholtzer were found outside a luxe ski town. A man rescued from a snowdrift the night of the murders turned out to be their killer. "48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales reports.
  • The Case Against Michael Politte
    E10
    The Case Against Michael PolitteCharged with killing his mother when Michael Politte was just 14 years old, this Missouri man who is out on parole after 23 years behind bars fights to clear his name, claiming the real killer is still out there.
  • The Betrayal of Linda Slaten
    E11
    The Betrayal of Linda SlatenAfter a young mother is murdered, her son unknowingly hangs the killer's photo on his wall. "48 Hours" contributor Jim Axelrod reports.
  • The Tree that Helped Solve a Murder
    E12
    The Tree that Helped Solve a MurderWhen a young mother disappears, DNA from a tree helps lead to her killer. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
  • The Idaho Student Murders
    E13
    The Idaho Student MurdersFour college students are found stabbed to death in their home. Police say the suspect had studied the criminal mind. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
  • Melissa Turner's Closing Act
    E14
    Melissa Turner's Closing ActA cosplay actor finds herself in the spotlight when she's accused of murdering her boyfriend. Can she convince a jury it was self-defense? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
  • The Daughters Who Disappeared
    E15
    The Daughters Who DisappearedIn 1997 four families are shattered when their daughters go missing. As they grieve, one man claims to have answers. Can he be trusted? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports on the final chapter of a case she started covering more than two decades ago.
  • The Death of an Officer’s Wife
    E16
    The Death of an Officer’s WifeAmanda Perrault died of a gunshot wound to the head. The unusual position of her body raised questions about who pulled the trigger. "48 Hours" contributor Anne-Marie Green reports.
  • The Kidnapping of Michelle and Breea Renee
    E17
    The Kidnapping of Michelle and Breea ReneeA mother is forced to rob a bank to save her daughter’s life, then her abductor falsely claims the mother was in on the crime. "48 Hours" contributor Tracy Smith reports.
  • The Brighton Ax Murder
    E18
    The Brighton Ax MurderA young mother is killed in her bed, her toddler unharmed. Unsolved for 40 years, how the unusual crime scene helped close the case. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
  • The Trial of Alex Murdaugh
    E19
    The Trial of Alex Murdaugh"48 Hours" explores the double life of a once prominent lawyer and his stunning fall from grace. Murdaugh is now an admitted drug addict, thief and convicted murderer. "48 Hours" contributor Nikki Battiste reports.
  • What Angelina Saw
    E20
    What Angelina SawA young girl peeks out of her bedroom to see blood on the floor and her mother in distress. As an adult she looks back on a night that changed her life. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
  • Remembering the Chowchilla Kidnapping
    E21
    Remembering the Chowchilla KidnappingThe segment airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ follows the story of the infamous 1976 school bus kidnapping, in which three masked gunmen abducted 26 children and school bus driver Ed Ray. They were buried alive beneath a rock quarry and in an old moving truck, spending more than 16 hours in the dark before they were able to escape.
  • The Mysterious Death of Tiffiney Crawford
    E22
    The Mysterious Death of Tiffiney CrawfordA young mother found dead in her car. Could she have shot herself twice? "48 Hours" contributor David Begnaud reports.
  • Kassanndra's Secret
    E23
    Kassanndra's SecretA young woman vanishes. Eerie surveillance video captures a man in a hat. Investigators learn the two are linked by a secret. "48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales reports.
  • Christy and Hilda's Last Dance
    E24
    Christy and Hilda's Last DanceAfter a night out, two women were dumped outside hospitals by masked men. Were the men good Samaritans or did they play a role in the women’s deaths? "48 Hours" contributor Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
  • Crosley Green's Hard Time
    E25
    Crosley Green's Hard TimeHe was free for two years and then sent back to prison for a murder he swears he didn't commit. Yet Green still has faith he'll see his loved ones again. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty has the latest on the case.
  • Alisa Mathewson's Night Terrors
    E26
    Alisa Mathewson's Night TerrorsA woman is attacked in her sleep and kidnapped by her estranged husband. The dramatic story of her captivity and rescue. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
  • Lamar Johnson: Standing in Truth
    E27
    Lamar Johnson: Standing in TruthA man gets his life back after spending 28 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. "48 Hours" investigates and is there as Johnson is freed in time to walk his daughter down the aisle. Correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
  • Where Is Diana Duve?
    E28
    Where Is Diana Duve?When a 26-year-old Florida nurse goes missing after a night out, investigators look into her on-again, off-again boyfriend, with whom she was last seen. [also shown as S36:E26]
  • Lori Vallow Daybell: Guilty
    E29
    Lori Vallow Daybell: Guilty"48 Hours" goes inside the case that gripped the nation. A jury in Idaho found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty on all charges, including the murders of her two children and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of her husband's first wife. Contributor Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
  • A Stabbing in Colts Neck
    E30
    A Stabbing in Colts NeckA woman outwits a young stranger who attacked her in her own home. What will it take to find him? "48 Hours" contributor Jim Axelrod reports.
  • The Case of the Poison Cheesecake
    E31
    The Case of the Poison CheesecakeStylist Olga Tsvyk falls ill after client Viktoria Nasyrova gives her poisoned cheesecake. Nasyrova who resembles Tsvyk steals her identity documents. Nasyrova gets convicted for attempted murder and identity theft, sentenced to 21 years.
  • Episode 32
    E32
    Episode 32
  • Episode 33
    E33
    Episode 33

Cast of Season 36

  • Judy TygardProducer

 

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