Unmasking the "Zombie Hunter"
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.
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Cold-Blooded Killer
A father goes hunting in a Florida lake and vanishes. Many people thought he was eaten by alligators, but not his mother. Seventeen years later, a stunning confession proves she was right all along. "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger investigates.
The Fitbit Alibi
A suspect in a murder swears he didn’t do it – can his Fitbit prove he’s innocent? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
Dead Ringer
A family man and former pro boxer targeted for death lives to climb out of his own "grave." Who wanted him dead? "48 Hours" goes inside the sting that took down a hit man-for-hire scheme. Correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates.
Hollywood Horror Story
The girlfriend of a Hollywood producer is brutally murdered. Was she the victim of the Russian mob, the producer’s love life, or was there something in his graphic novel that held the key? "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher investigates.
"48 Hours" Click for a Killer: Part 2
A "48 Hours" investigation into one murder leads into the dark web and to the disruption of four potential murder-for-hire plots. Correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates.
"48 Hours" Click for a Killer: Part 1
A "48 Hours" investigation into one murder leads into the dark web and to the disruption of four potential murder-for-hire plots. Correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates.
"48 Hours" full episode: Death by Text
Inside the groundbreaking trial of a crime of the digital age -- should a young woman go to prison for sending texts to a friend who took his own life? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
The Last Ride Home
A wealthy labor lawyer shoots his high profile wife from the backseat of a car -- was it an accident or just plain murder? "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher investigates. | | Case update: Tex McIver won his appeal for a new trial in 2022, the Georgia Supreme Court ruling that jurors should have been able to consider the lesser charge of misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter. On Jan. 26, 2024, he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in exchange for a prison sentence of eight years. With credit for time served, he could be released by mid-2025.
Killer Performance
A young woman is murdered, police thought her killer was on the run ... or was he? Correspondent Tracy Smith investigates a case where nothing is as it seems.
Who Killed Fabio?
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? CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller investigates. | CASE UPDATE: On April 11, 2025, a jury found Monica Sementill, 53, guilty of murder and conspiracy for masterminding the murder of her husband Fabio, with special circumstances of murder for financial gain and murder while lying in wait.
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Zombie Hunter's unique murder defense: His mother created a monster
Bryan Patrick Miller says he didn't viciously murder two young women in Phoenix over 30 years ago. At trial, his attorneys blamed being abused as a child for his violent behavior.
Did a dentist accused of murder poison his wife's protein shakes?
Angela Craig's autopsy revealed she had been poisoned. Police claim the evidence points to her husband James — alleging he purchased potassium cyanide and arsenic and laced her protein shakes with poison.
A woman is fatally shot in her bathroom. Who pulled the trigger?
After Minnesota nurse Alex Pennig was found dead in her bathroom, her friend Matthew Ecker told investigators she shot herself. But evidence at the scene left detectives with some big questions about how Pennig died.
Kohberger prosecutor's "last message" to convicted Idaho killer
Prosecutor Bill Thompson opens up about the pressure of the Bryan Kohberger case and the controversy surrounding the plea deal in a new "48 Hours" podcast interview.
Families, investigators remain haunted by unsolved Texas yogurt shop murders
Could new information lead to answers in the brutal murder of four teenage girls in Austin, Texas, more than 30 years ago?
"Son of Sam": A serial killer's reign of terror
Calling himself the "Son of Sam" in a letter left at one of the crime scenes, David Berkowitz claimed voices were ordering him to kill -- starting in the summer of 1976, he went on a 13-month spree of impulse killings in New York City that left six dead and seven injured
What led a former ballerina to fatally shoot her husband?
Ashley Benefield, dubbed the "Black Swan," took the stand in her own defense during her trial for the murder of her estranged husband. Prosecutors say she killed Doug Benefield so she would have sole custody of their daughter.