48 Hours: Season 30
Season 30 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 29.
- 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 30 Progress Shield
Killer App
Sep 24, 2016 · 43 min
A teenage girl was lured to her death using a smartphone app.
The Mortician, the Murder, the Movie
Oct 1, 2016 · 43 min
An investigation into the 1996 murder of a Texas widow that inspired the Jack Black movie "Bernie." At the heart of the probe is whether a mortician killed her and froze her body i
Killer Performance
Oct 8, 2016 · 43 min
A young woman is murdered, police thought her killer was on the run ... or was he? Correspondent Tracy Smith investigates.
Driven to Extremes
Oct 15, 2016 · 43 min
A Texas-sized case of love, infidelity, road rage and possibly murder. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates.
Death After Midnight
Oct 22, 2016 · 43 min
A Colorado mom of three shot dead in her bedroom -- was it murder or suicide? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
Bad Boy
Oct 29, 2016 · 43 min
A young mom vanishes after visiting her ex-husband -- could his accidental "butt dial" to 911 hold clues to what happened? CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller investigates.
Buried Truth
Nov 12, 2016 · 43 min
Real estate broker Todd Kohlhepp kept a woman chained for two months; now he says he killed seven people -- "48 Hours" unravels the twisted life of an alleged serial killer.
Live to Tell: Sophia's Secret
Nov 19, 2016 · 43 min
"48 Hours" Live to Tell: A teen attacked by her abusive ex-boyfriend -- held at knifepoint, her room set on fire -- reveals her emotional story of survival to Tracy Smith.
Hunted
Nov 19, 2016 · 43 min
"48 Hours" goes inside the mind of a serial rapist hunting his victims while two detectives were hunting him. Correspondent Maureen Maher investigates.
Live to Tell: The Long Road Home
Nov 26, 2016 · 43 min
"48 Hours" Live to Tell: A father and basketball star is caught in a terror attack. Sebastien Bellin's remarkable story of recovery. CBS News correspondent Vladimir Duthiers report
The Psychiatrist and the Selfie
Dec 3, 2016 · 43 min
Jacob Nolan, who claims his psychiatrist programmed him to kill her ex-lover, speaks out for the first time to "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant.
The Fight for Melissa
Dec 17, 2016 · 43 min
A day care worker says she loved kids, yet she's in prison for killing one. If she didn't do it, why did she confess? "48 Hours"' Erin Moriarty has the latest in the Melissa Calusi
Crime and Punishment
Jan 7, 2017 · 43 min
A stepfather sits in prison for killing his wife. Her daughters vow to keep him there. Does he deserve parole? Correspondent Tracy Smith investigates.
Innocence Lost
Jan 21, 2017 · 43 min
The murder of four young girls leads to two murder convictions -- but then everything fell apart; 25 years later, there's new DNA evidence. "48 Hours"' Erin Moriarty has the latest
Solve This Case: Who Killed Kay Wenal?
Jan 28, 2017 · 43 min
Help solve a murder case: a former model brutally killed in her Georgia home. Someone out there knows something ... is it you? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Feb 4, 2017 · 43 min
Two friends convicted of rape claim neither did it. Their families stuck by them. Now, more than 20 years later, a new DNA test will change everything. "48 Hours" correspondent Mau
Murder in Beverly Hills
Feb 11, 2017 · 43 min
Who killed a Las Vegas mob boss's daughter? Could the answers be in an unprecedented interview with millionaire Robert Durst? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
The Strange Life of Dr. Schwartz
Feb 11, 2017 · 43 min
A wealthy doctor is violently murdered in his Florida mansion -- could a dark secret from his past provide a clue to his killer? Correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates.
Eleven Hundred Miles to Murder
Feb 18, 2017 · 43 min
A Florida doctor is brutally murdered. Her husband has an airtight alibi, but police travel 1,100 miles for a suspect that looks exactly like him. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Mor
Stalked (Part 1)
Feb 25, 2017 · 43 min
Singer Christina Grimmie was killed by a stalker and Ivanka Trump has been stalked, too; now, an "NCIS" star is trying to change stalking laws. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriar
Live to Tell: Afraid of the Dark
Mar 11, 2017 · 43 min
A kidnapper tried to kill an 8-year-old girl, but he could not silence her. One woman's lifelong search for answers. Correspondent Michelle Miller reports.
Death on Valentine's Day
Mar 18, 2017 · 43 min
Tried twice for allegedly killing his wife, former hard-charging prosecutor Curtis Lovelace speaks out about the case that made national headlines. "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen
The Alternate Suspects
Mar 25, 2017 · 43 min
A popular football coach convicted of murder gets a chance at freedom -- can evidence withheld from his trial prove him innocent? "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger inves
Death and the Dentist
Apr 1, 2017 · 43 min
In his only TV interview, a New York dentist vows that he didn't kill his lover's husband, who happens to be his best friend. Richard Schlesinger investigates.
The DNA of a Killer
Apr 15, 2017 · 43 min
Police have DNA evidence in a brutal murder but can't match a killer -- so how did a public DNA database lead police to suspect a filmmaker of murder? Anne-Marie Green investigates
The Golden State Killer
Apr 22, 2017 · 43 min
Comedian Patton Oswalt discusses his late wife's obession with finding the so-called "Golden State Killer," before she suddenly died on April 21, 2016.
The Family: A Cult Revealed
Apr 29, 2017 · 43 min
Allegations of stolen children, drugs, abuse and a leader who claimed to be the second coming of Jesus Christ -- "48 Hours" follows the trail of a cult that began in Australia and
Resident Evil
May 6, 2017 · 45 min
Two double murders five years apart in quiet Omaha neighborhoods -- the trail would lead police to a local hospital and an unlikely suspect.
Murder in the Mansion
May 13, 2017 · 45 min
It was one of the most notorious cases in Texas history -- an ambush in a mansion that killed two and wounded two others -- and to this day, no one has been held accountable. Corre
Murder by Design
May 20, 2017 · 45 min
Did fashion icon Gianni Versace know his killer? A "48 Hours" investigation into the killing spree that ended his life in Miami 20 years ago. Richard Schlesinger reports.
Death by Text
Jun 16, 2017
A verdict in a groundbreaking case and a mom speaks out about the friend charged with leading her son to suicide through text messages
Serial Confessions
Jun 24, 2017 · 45 min
The shocking confession of a real estate agent-turned-serial killer and stunning rescue video of a woman he held hostage in a shipping container. David Begnaud and Peter Van Sant i