On September 24, 1988, Brenda Sue Schaefer was sexually tortured and murdered in Louisville, Kentucky. Brenda’s boyfriend Mel Ignatow was tried for the crime. Despite the testimony of his ex-girlfriend Mary Ann Shore, who led police to the spot where Brenda Sue’s body was buried, jurors found Ignatow not guilty for lack of evidence. However, six months later new incriminating evidence — Brenda’s jewelry and photos from the night of her murder — were discovered in Ignatow’s former home. This clas...
Sep 26, 2024•40 min•Ep 722•Transcript available on Metacast In the Season Two premiere episode of Post Mortem, CBS News Correspondent Anne-Marie Green takes listeners behind the scenes of the disappearance of 12-year-old Sara Anne Wood. 48 Hours Correspondent Erin Moriarty and Producer Chris Ritzen talk about the impact this case continues to have on Sara's family. Lewis Lent, a serial killer, was convicted for her murder, but investigators are still searching for Sara's body 30 years later. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California ...
Sep 24, 2024•21 min•Ep 720•Transcript available on Metacast Investigators are locked in a 30-year cat and mouse game with a child serial killer to find the body of 12-year-old Sara. 48 Hours correspondent Erin Moriarty reports. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Sep 23, 2024•41 min•Ep 719•Transcript available on Metacast In 1994, three teenagers known as the “West Memphis 3” were convicted for the brutal murders of three young boys in Arkansas. Damien Echols received the death penalty, while Jason Baldwin and Jesse Misskelly were sentenced to life in prison. In 2010, the Arkansas Supreme Court ordered a lower court judge to consider newly analyzed DNA evidence, which would result in a stunning turn of events. “48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 8/11/2012....
Sep 19, 2024•41 min•Ep 718•Transcript available on Metacast In 1998, gaming tycoon Ted Binion, was found dead in his Las Vegas home. Paranoid about his wealth, he stashed millions of dollars worth of silver in a hidden vault in Pahrump, Nevada. Prior to his death, he became involved with Sandy Murphy, and it was she who told police in September 1998 that she had found him dead of an apparent drug overdose. However Binion’s sister, Becky Binion Behnen, insisted to police that this was no drug overdose and demanded an investigation. “48 Hours" corresponden...
Sep 16, 2024•41 min•Ep 717•Transcript available on Metacast In September 2004, Florida Keys residents Carl “Charlie” Brandt and his wife Teri sought refuge from Hurricane Ivan in the Orlando home of Teri’s niece, Michelle Jones. A few days after the Brandts’ arrival, police discovered their bodies. Teri had been stabbed to death; Michelle had been brutally dismembered; and Charlie had hanged himself in the garage. Brandt’s older sister Angela revealed to lead investigator Rob Hemmert what had happened. “48 Hours" correspondent Susan Spencer reports. This...
Sep 12, 2024•42 min•Ep 716•Transcript available on Metacast For the first time the former ballerina dubbed ‘The Black Swan” tells her story of why she shot and killed her estranged husband. Jim Axelrod reports. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Sep 10, 2024•41 min•Ep 715•Transcript available on Metacast A former ballerina shoots her husband. Did she kill to save herself or was it out of spite? Jim Axelrod reports. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Sep 09, 2024•42 min•Ep 714•Transcript available on Metacast Marti Hill did not show up for work one day in September 2010, and her co-workers grew concerned. Police were summoned after Hill’s boss drove to her home and found her car still in the driveway. She was found by police, at the bottom of the basement steps, barely breathing and covered in blood. Hill’s mother alerted police towards Brian Pennington, a construction worker whom both she and Marti had hired to do work. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 12/28/2013. Watch all-new episodes...
Sep 05, 2024•42 min•Ep 713•Transcript available on Metacast On September 4, 2006, Kathy Wangler, wife of anesthesiologist Dr. Mark Wangler, died from carbon monoxide poisoning in their home in Lima, Ohio. Their thirty-year marriage had been falling apart; three years later, in 2009, investigators came to the conclusion that Dr. Wangler had murdered his wife. Kathy’s mother and sisters felt that since Mark was familiar with gasses that he was able to plan and execute the perfect murder. Mark was arrested and the case was brought to trial. “48 Hours" corre...
Sep 03, 2024•41 min•Ep 712•Transcript available on Metacast A report on the September 3, 2006 disappearance of Nina Reiser, a Russian doctor who had married Hans Reiser. The couple had two children, but their marriage began to fall apart and Nina began an affair with Sean Sturgeon, Hans’ best friend. Embroiled in a nasty custody fight, Nina dropped off the children at Hans’ house on Labor Day weekend and then mysteriously vanished. “48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 7/18/2009. Watch all-new episo...
Aug 29, 2024•41 min•Ep 709•Transcript available on Metacast How a yellow hammer nailed a suspect in the case of a missing businesswoman. Peter Van Sant reports. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Aug 27, 2024•41 min•Ep 708•Transcript available on Metacast 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? Peter Van Sant reports. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Aug 26, 2024•42 min•Ep 707•Transcript available on Metacast Three Texas housewives, Tammye Markle, Joni Shannon and Tina Wiley, used the internet to try to find their friend Lisa Stone, who disappeared from her Dallas home in June 2010. The four women kept in touch with each other via Facebook, but her friends became worried when she abruptly stopped posting. One evening Joni noticed Sherry Henry, Lisa's former partner, throw Lisa's belongings into a dumpster. The police confronted Sherry, who insisted that she did not know where Lisa was. Homicide detec...
Aug 22, 2024•39 min•Ep 706•Transcript available on Metacast When his parents disappear, Chandler Halderson’s social media helps investigators unravel the case. Erin Moriarty reports. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Aug 20, 2024•41 min•Ep 705•Transcript available on Metacast Inside the mind of murderer Mark Twitchell. Letters from the man police say wanted to be like fictional serial killer Dexter. Troy Roberts reports. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Aug 19, 2024•41 min•Ep 704•Transcript available on Metacast A further examination of the story of Laura Hall, who was convicted and sent to prison for the crime of dismembering the body of Jennifer Cave in 2005. Laura admitted to going to the apartment of her boyfriend Colton Pitonyak, at his request, and was confronted with the body of Cave. Put on trial for this crime, and for helping Pitonyak escape, she was found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison. However, after 17 months in jail, Laura Hall was released. Her conviction was upheld and she ...
Aug 15, 2024•40 min•Ep 703•Transcript available on Metacast A frantic 911 call captures the sound of a gunshot as a couple reports a break-in. How did the intruder disappear? Jamie Yuccas reports. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Aug 13, 2024•41 min•Ep 702•Transcript available on Metacast When a man goes missing, his friends turn to social media to track his final hours. What they learn is horrific. Erin Moriarty reports. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Aug 12, 2024•42 min•Ep 701•Transcript available on Metacast A June 1, 1998 car accident on Slide Mountain, near Reno, Nev., led to the death of Rinette Riella Bergna and left the driver, Rinette’s husband Peter, with only minor injuries. Bergna, who said he loved his wife despite marital difficulties, claimed that he had struggled to control the vehicle and remembered nothing of the accident. But Rinette’s family and the Nevada police had doubts about Bergna’s story. “48 Hours" correspondent Susan Spencer reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last air...
Aug 08, 2024•41 min•Ep 700•Transcript available on Metacast A father goes hunting in a Florida lake and vanishes. Many thought he was eaten by alligators - not his mother. Seventeen years later, stunning courtroom revelations: it was murder. "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger reports. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Aug 05, 2024•41 min•Ep 699•Transcript available on Metacast An investigation into the real-life murder mystery that inspired true crime author Jim Schutze of Dallas, TX to write "By Two and Two." Twin sisters Betty Wilson and Peggy Lowe were charged with first-degree murder for allegedly hiring a hitman, James Dennison White, to kill Betty’s husband, Jack Wilson. They were tried separately. One would be convicted and the other set free. “48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 6/24/2002. Watch al...
Aug 01, 2024•42 min•Ep 698•Transcript available on Metacast New evidence discovered after Murdaugh murders reignites a cold case. "48 Hours" obtains findings of independent forensic experts. Nikki Battiste reports. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jul 30, 2024•41 min•Ep 697•Transcript available on Metacast Help solve a murder case: a former model brutally killed in her Georgia home. Someone out there knows something...is it you? Erin Moriarty reports. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jul 29, 2024•40 min•Ep 696•Transcript available on Metacast On March 18, 2010, Jamie Laiaddee vanished from her home in a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona. Her live-in boyfriend Bryan Stewart told everyone she had moved to Denver, Colorado to take a new job. When detectives started searching for Jamie, they discovered Bryan was a con man, and suspected he was also her killer. “48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 12/29/2012. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramo...
Jul 25, 2024•41 min•Ep 695•Transcript available on Metacast Did a Florida man hire a look-alike to kill his wife? A GPS leads police right to the hitman’s door. Erin Moriarty reports. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jul 23, 2024•41 min•Ep 694•Transcript available on Metacast A young mother is dead and identical twin brothers are the suspects. Did studying TV crime shows help them come close to pulling off the perfect crime? Erin Moriarty reports. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Jul 22, 2024•41 min•Ep 693•Transcript available on Metacast The McDonough family recounts their harrowing encounter with serial killer, Adam Leroy Lane. On July 29, 2007, Shea McDonough of Chelmsford, Mass., returned home and left the back door open for her brother, not knowing he was spending the night at a friend’s house. Hours later, her parents were startled by a sound coming from her room. When her father went to Shea's room to check on her, he saw a large masked man standing over her with a knife at her throat. This classic "48 Hours" episode last ...
Jul 18, 2024•39 min•Ep 692•Transcript available on Metacast How police connected the murders of two young women to a man known as a zombie-fighting comic book hero. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jul 16, 2024•40 min•Ep 691•Transcript available on Metacast How a killer dressed like a clown murdered a mom and almost got away with it. Peter Van Sant reports. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jul 15, 2024•41 min•Ep 690•Transcript available on Metacast 
