48 Hours: Season 25
Season 25 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of 48 Hours Season 24.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 25 Progress Shield
Arturo Gattis Last Fight
Sep 24, 2011 · 60 min
The 2009 death of boxer Arturo Gatti is investigated to determine whether he committed suicide or was murdered.
Amanda Knox: The Untold Story
Oct 8, 2011 · 60 min
Following the acquittal of Amanda Knox this week, "48 Hours Mystery" will broadcast "Amanda Knox: The Untold Story". 48 Hours reveals Knox's personal accounts of cruel manipulatio
Redemption Song
Oct 15, 2011 · 60 min
After a murder rocks the Austin, Texas, music scene, a call to police from an angry wife blows the 26-year-old cold case wide open. Tracy Smith reports.
The Killing Fields
Oct 22, 2011 · 60 min
Can a Hollywood movie help solve the most notorious killing spree in Texas? Erin Moriarty reports.
Murder in the O.C.
Oct 29, 2011 · 60 min
An update on the 1994 murder of millionaire William McLaughlin in his Newport Beach, Cal., home. Former NFL linebacker Eric Naposki was convicted of the crime, but he claims he is
Private Needham's War
Nov 12, 2011 · 60 min
A decorated soldier who was medievac-ed from Iraq and later diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) remembers little of the beating th
Murder at the Manor
Nov 26, 2011 · 60 min
A Cajun millionaire turned English gentleman becomes a suspect in a murder investigation.
Secrets of a Marriage
Dec 3, 2011 · 60 min
The 2007 shooting death of Jocelyn Earnest, who was found in her Virginia home with a gun and a suicide note, is investigated. Her husband, Wesley, an assistant high-school princip
The Long Island Serial Killer
Dec 17, 2011 · 60 min
A major break in the Long Island Serial Killer case. The 18-month search for a missing New Jersey woman finally came to an end this week when police on Long Island, New York, annou
Family Affair
Jan 7, 2012 · 60 min
In a small Southern town, an extramarital affair turns into a fatal family affair. Susan Spencer reports.
Showdown In The Bedroom
Jan 21, 2012 · 60 min
A 25-year marriage comes to a violent end. Now, a jury must to decide -- did a wife have the right to kill? Richard Schlesinger reports.
A Fatal Attraction
Jan 28, 2012 · 60 min
Was a teenage girl involved in stabbing her own mother to death... and was it all over a boy? Forbidden young love ends with a mother's violent murder. Richard Schlesinger reports
Dark Side of Paradise
Feb 4, 2012 · 60 min
When an American goes missing from his sailboat in the Caribbean, his nephew follows the trail with the help of a journalist-turned-manhunter. Peter Van Sant reports.
Screenplay for Murder: The Diary of a “Dexter” Wannabe
Feb 11, 2012 · 60 min
When Gilles Tetreault arranged to meet a woman he met on an online dating site, he had no idea of the horror that would unfold. Tetreault says he came face-to-face with a madman wh
Soccer Moms Confidential
Feb 18, 2012 · 60 min
Maureen Maher’s report, “Soccer Moms Confidential,” uncovers the story behind the P.I. Moms, and investigates the man that started it all, Chris Butler. It’s a story allegedly fuel
Fatal Episode: The Producer's Story
Feb 25, 2012 · 60 min
In April 2010, former reality television producer Bruce Beresford-Redman, his wife, Monica, and their two young children traveled to Cancun, Mexico for a family vacation. On April
The Country Club Murders
Mar 3, 2012 · 60 min
Professional poker player Ernie Scherer III is the chief suspect in the 2008 murders of his parents, Ernest Scherer Jr. and Charlene Abendroth, in their Pleasanton, Cal., home.
The Boy Next Door - Updated
Mar 10, 2012 · 60 min
An update on the 1993 Tricia Pacaccio murder investigation near Chicago, as well as two other slayings and a brutal attack near Los Angeles. The crimes were allegedly committed by
Grave Injustice - Updated
Mar 17, 2012 · 60 min
An update on the case of Anthony Graves, who spent 18 years in a Texas prison for murders he did not commit.
Arturo Gatti's Last Fight - Updated
Mar 24, 2012 · 60 min
The dramatic conclusion: Two years after retiring, did world championship boxer Arturo Gatti kill himself or was he murdered? Erin Moriarty has the official findings and the answer
A Family's Honor
Apr 7, 2012 · 60 min
The story of 20-year-old Noor Almaleki, a woman who was struck and killed by her own father's accelerating SUV while she was crossing a parking lot in suburban Phoenix, and how t
The Stranger Beside Me
Apr 14, 2012 · 60 min
The story of Jamie Laiaddee, a woman who vanished from her home in March of 2010, and how her live-in boyfriend told everyone that she moved to Denver for a new job, but detectiv
Mystery on Twin Peaks Drive
Apr 21, 2012 · 60 min
The 1998 death of Ronda Reynolds in Toledo, Wash., is investigated to determine whether it was a suicide or a murder. Author Ann Rule, who wrote a book ("In the Still of the Night"
Death Wish
Apr 28, 2012 · 60 min
After Jeffrey Locker's family reported him missing, New York City Police discovered the body of the Long Island businessman and motivational speaker slumped over the steering wheel
The Writing on the Wall
May 5, 2012 · 60 min
An investigation into the 2009 murders of the wife and two sons of a security chief for Joyce Meyer Ministries.
Ransom
May 12, 2012 · 60 min
A complex case of kidnapping and extortion unfolds in the April 2008 vanishing of the son of a millionaire aviation-business owner. Peter Van Sant reports.
One of Their Own - Updated
May 26, 2012 · 60 min
A cold case turns white hot as police finally charge one of their own in a 1986 murder case. Maureen Maher has an update.