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42 this season · 1023 totals2021e01 Journey For Justice 2021-01-08 02:00
Journey For Justice
The families of George Floyd, Jacob Blake Jr. and Eric Garner open up together in a raw and emotional conversation about their pain, anger and frustration over police violence.
s2021e02 Open Water 2021-01-09 02:00
Open Water
A romantic Mediterranean cruise intended to rekindle the love between a woman and her ex-husband leads to her vanishing; the investigation reveals secret recordings, a surprising star witness and an undercover hit man.aka: The Cruise
s2021e03 The Grudge 2021-01-22 02:00
The Grudge
Andrea Canning speaks with U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas about the deadly shooting at her home in 2020 that killed her son Daniel and critically injured her husband Mark.
s2021e04 The Night Of The Summer Solstice 2021-01-23 02:00
The Night Of The Summer Solstice
When hikers find a 21-year-old UCLA student's body in a Los Angeles-area train tunnel, detectives wonder if Ron's interest in an alternative religion is connected to his murder.
s2021e05 Lauren's Promise 2021-01-29 02:00
Lauren's Promise
When a University of Utah athlete is found murdered on campus, investigators learn that she had reached out to the campus police for help multiple times before her death.
s2021e06 The Woman At The Bar 2021-01-30 02:00
The Woman At The Bar
A massive manhunt ensues after Lois Riess murders her husband in Minnesota and flees to Florida, where she kills and steals the identity of a woman she had just met.
s2021e07 Shannon's Story 2021-02-05 02:00
Shannon's Story
A college student goes missing in broad daylight from her off-campus job at a softball field; investigators receive a mysterious phone call that changes everything.
s2021e08 Death Of A Hometown Hero 2021-02-06 02:00
Death Of A Hometown Hero
Professional basketball player Lorenzen Wright goes missing in 2010 and is found dead ten days later; Lorenzen's mother insists she knows who murdered her son and is relentless in helping detectives solve his case.
s2021e09 Broken Circle 2021-02-12 02:00
Broken Circle
When the owner of a school promoted as a place to help troubled girls is accused of abusing students, his daughter must decide whose side she's on. Keith Morrison reports.
s2021e10 The Monster At Large 2021-02-13 02:00
The Monster At Large
When Susan Woods doesn't show up for work, she is soon discovered dead in her bathtub; as police search for answers, they find a trail of victims.
s2021e11 Collateral Damage 2021-02-27 02:00
Collateral Damage
Former NXIVM members tell Kate Snow about life inside the controversial self-help group, and life since founder Keith Raniere's conviction on charges including sex trafficking and forced labor.
s2021e12 Return To The Landing 2021-03-05 02:00
Return To The Landing
The parents of missing South Carolina woman Heather Elvis, Debbi and Terry Elvis, open up to Andrea Canning about the search for their daughter.
s2021e13 The Life She Wanted 2021-03-13 02:00
The Life She Wanted
Witnesses see a woman handcuffed in a parking lot and taken into an unmarked car by a blond woman. But detectives can't find any record of an arrest. Where could she be? Josh Mankiewicz reports.
s2021e14 The Woman With No Name 2021-03-19 01:00
The Woman With No Name
Amateur internet investigators, new DNA technology and a dogged investigator help police find a killer – and identify a victim for years known only as 'Lavender Doe.' Keith Morrison reports.
s2021e15 The Waiting Car 2021-03-26 01:00
The Waiting Car
Lead detectives in the murder investigation of University of Utah student MacKenzie Lueck speak exclusively to Keith Morrison about the case that made national headlines.
s2021e16 Mommy Doomsday 2021-03-27 01:00
Mommy Doomsday
Exclusive new interviews and details on the deaths surrounding Chad and Lori Vallow Daybell, a case Keith Morrison has been on since it drew national attention after Lori's children disappeared.
s2021e17 Sex, Lies & Murder 2021-04-10 01:00
Sex, Lies & Murder
When a woman is murdered, a web of sex and lies is uncovered, revealing a prominent family's dark secrets. Detectives and an FBI informant tell Dennis Murphy about the case for the first time.
s2021e18 The Phone Call 2021-04-17 01:00
The Phone Call
When Kathleen Schroll makes a phone call that names her killer right before her death, it leads to the arrest of a father for murder. But two trials and 12 years later, authorities begin to wonder if he was the victim, not the villain.
s2021e19 The Necklace 2021-04-24 01:00
The Necklace
Private investigator and former police officer Taylor Wright vanishes, but detectives think that there is more to the story, after her girlfriend receives strange text messages from Taylor's phone.
s2021e42 Killer Role 2021-05-01 01:00
s2021e20 Window Of Opportunity 2021-05-08 01:00
Window Of Opportunity
A Michigan community is shocked when a local mother is found stabbed to death. After the case goes cold for more than a decade, a bombshell reignites the investigation. Andrea Canning reports.
s2021e21 A Wanted Man 2021-05-15 01:00
A Wanted Man
A wealthy surgeon's whereabouts remain unknown for years after he disappears on vacation in Greece, leaving behind his wife, financial ruin and mounting malpractice suits. Rob Stafford reports.
s2021e22 Secrets By The Bay 2021-05-22 01:00
Secrets By The Bay
A mother of two vanishes, and nearly two years later her body is found in the San Diego Bay, but medical examiners say she had only been dead for about a month or two. Keith Morrison reports.
s2021e23 Breakout 2021-06-12 01:00
Breakout
When Kansas prisoner John Manard escapes with the help of Toby Dorr, a 48-year-old prison volunteer and mother of two, investigators scramble to track the pair down;
s2021e24 The Story Of Somebody 2021-06-26 01:00
The Story Of Somebody
A mother's search for answers in her son's murder raises questions about whether Chicago police detectives did enough to try to solve his case. Josh Mankiewicz reports.
s2021e25 House of Horrors 2021-07-10 01:00
House of Horrors
After a mother and son are found dead, it takes nearly a decade to unravel the case. Andrea Canning reports the latest, including how a second investigation led to a new and unexpected arrest.
s2021e26 Twisted Loyalty 2021-07-17 01:00
Twisted Loyalty
After a nightclub owner is gunned down in his home, Chicago police discover the death was a targeted killing, connected to a twisted sense of loyalty and tradition. Natalie Morales reports.
s2021e27 The Investigation 2021-08-14 01:00
The Investigation
Lester Holt reports on how the investigation into the murder of four-year-old Barbara Jean Horn revealed decades of misconduct across Philadelphia's criminal justice system.
s2021e28 The Secrets of Spirit Lake 2021-08-28 01:00
The Secrets of Spirit Lake
Andrea Canning reports on the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women; how jurisdictional rules between tribal and non-tribal law enforcement can leave families alone in their search for answers; and on the growing movement demanding change.
s2021e29 Heroes: The Story of Flight 93 2021-09-11 01:00
Heroes: The Story of Flight 93
On the morning of September 11th, 2001, 40 men and women boarded a flight at Newark Airport bound for San Francisco. They were businessmen and women, retirees going on vacation, students headed home to school. Ordinary people on what seemed like an everyday flight. But the passengers and crew of United 93 would soon become part of the worst terrorist attack in American history. And their actions that day, banding together to fight the terrorists, would inspire the nation.Our first full report on this incredible story aired in early October 2001. With the country still reeling from the 9/11 attacks, family members introduced us to the heroes of Flight 93. They recounted heartbreaking final phone calls home and the discovery of goodbye messages on answering machines. And they told a story of impossible bravery: how the passengers and crew took a vote and tried to take back the cockpit from the four hijackers in the face of almost certain death.It's been 20 years since United 93 went down in a Pennsylvania field. This past summer we met up with some of those families again. They told us how they remember that awful day and how they've coped with their loss. They also brought us up to date on their lives today, 20 years later. It's a story of remarkable resilience.
s2021e30 What Happened to Amy? 2021-09-18 01:00
What Happened to Amy?
A triple murder divides a small town in Kentucky. As secrets come tumbling out, residents begin to wonder: How well do we really know our neighbors? Keith Morrison reports.
s2021e31 The Evil That Watches 2021-09-25 01:00
The Evil That Watches
A triple murder divides a small town in Kentucky. As secrets come tumbling out, residents begin to wonder: How well do we really know our neighbors? Keith Morrison reports.
s2021e32 The Bridge 2021-10-02 01:00
The Bridge
Since James Chambers' disappearance in August 2014, North Carolina detectives and the Chambers family have searched for answers in the murder of the 28-year-old Fayetteville construction worker. Andrea Canning reports.
s2021e33 Kill Switch 2021-10-09 01:00
Kill Switch
A man goes overboard on a romantic sunrise cruise with his wife on Lake Coeur d'Alene in Idaho. Investigators begin to think his death may not have been an accident. Insiders close to Lori Isenberg are speaking out for the first time on television after she was convicted earlier this year of murdering her husband Larry Isenberg. The case gained national attention after Isenberg claimed Larry had died in a boat accident. Keith Morrison reports.
s2021e34 The Ascension of Mother God 2021-10-16 00:00
The Ascension of Mother God
Family members and investigators speak out for the first time since the mysterious death of spiritual leader Amy Carlson, known to her followers as 'Mother God.' Keith Morrison reports.
s2021e35 The Wrong Door 2021-10-23 01:00
The Wrong Door
After a 27-year-old woman (Egypt Covington) is found murdered in her Michigan home, investigators quickly identify a person of interest, but years pass without an arrest. Andrea Canning reports.
s2021e36 The Vanishing of Kristin Smart / Murdaugh: Power, Privilege & Scandal 2021-10-30 01:00
The Vanishing of Kristin Smart / Murdaugh: Power, Privilege & Scandal
Josh Mankiewicz reports the latest developments following an arrest in the Kristin Smart case; Craig Melvin reports on the mysteries surrounding the powerful Murdaugh family of South Carolina.
s2021e37 Horror at the Lake 2021-11-06 01:00
Horror at the Lake
Investigators desperately search for a killer after Florida teacher Denise Hallowell is found murdered. Dennis Murphy reports.
s2021e38 The Doomsday Files 2021-11-13 02:00
The Doomsday Files
New evidence, exclusive interviews, and an in-depth look at Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell, the Idaho couple charged in the murders of Lori's children JJ & Tylee. Keith Morrison reports.
s2021e39 Infamous 2021-11-20 02:00
Infamous
Drew Peterson speaks to Natalie Morales in his first on-camera interview in over a decade about the murder of his ex-wife, Kathleen Savio, and the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy.
s2021e40 Murder in the House of Gucci 2021-12-04 02:00
Murder in the House of Gucci
Insiders close to the Gucci family speaking out for the first time on network TV about the murder of Maurizio Gucci, the former CEO and third-generation scion of the fashion empire. The special will also go inside the investigation that exposed how the family's business was undone by jealousy, backstabbing, and ultimately, an act of murder, for which Maurizio's ex-wife, Patrizia Reggiani, was convicted.
s2021e41 The Secret of Nygard Cay 2021-12-11 01:00
The Secret of Nygard Cay
Investigating allegations against fashion mogul Peter Nygard, accused of sex trafficking dozens of women over several decades.