People Magazine Investigates: Season 3
Season 3 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 People Magazine Investigates Season 2.
- 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 3 Progress Shield
Somebody's Watching
Nov 6, 2018 · 42 min
After a fire chief's wife's burned body is discovered, an autopsy reveals she died from a gunshot wound to the head, and the arson investigation turns into a hunt for her killer.
Terror in Philadelphia
Nov 13, 2018 · 42 min
In 1998, a gifted Philadelphia graduate student is found murdered in her bed, triggering a hunt for her killer.
Gone in 90 Seconds
Nov 20, 2018 · 42 min
When an 11-year-old Arizona girl vanishes while waiting for an ice cream truck, it's clear she's been abducted. The search for her leads to a trail of suspects, making it the large
Fallen Angels
Nov 27, 2018 · 42 min
A 12-year-old girl goes missing on her way to school in Oregon City, Oregon. The police investigation offers little in the way of leads. Then, a second girl disappears.
Mystery in the Swamp
Dec 4, 2018 · 42 min
The morning of his anniversary, Mike Williams goes duck hunting. When he fails to return home that afternoon, an all-out search commences. But it's only the beginning of a sordid m
Murder Among Friends
Dec 11, 2018 · 42 min
In the summer of 1980, a popular teen goes for a run around her hometown in Maine and vanishes. Days later, her savagely beaten body is found. But what happened remains a mystery f
Gone Girls
Dec 18, 2018 · 42 min
When three women from three different decades meet their death or go missing under mysterious circumstances, authorities are forced to examine the one thing they had in common: the
Fatal Family Secrets
Jan 8, 2019 · 42 min
A celebratory night turns deadly for a Texas family when they are gunned down at home. When investigators uncover a conspiracy, it will test one man's ability to forgive as he figh
Murder on Newberry Street
Jan 15, 2019 · 42 min
In York, Pennsylvania, 1969, race riots claim the lives of an African-American mother and a young, white police officer. Their deaths are largely forgotten until 30 years later whe
The Unicorn Killer
Jan 22, 2019 · 42 min
In Philadelphia, police make a horrific discovery 18 months after a woman goes missing. The police pursue the woman's killer, but he always manages to stay one step ahead of the la
Children of Thunder
Jan 29, 2019 · 42 min
In the summer of 2000, bags full of body parts start appearing all over the San Francisco Bay Area. Investigators follow the trail of grisly clues to a secret cult carrying out a s
Monster in the Desert
Feb 5, 2019 · 42 min
In 1992, a 19-year-old woman is brutally assaulted outside of Desert Hot Springs, California. Miraculously, she escapes, but lives in constant fear that her assailant will find her
The Sound of Silence
Feb 12, 2019 · 42 min
Gallaudet University is the premier college for the deaf in the United States, but this haven of higher learning is turned upside down after two students are murdered in their dorm
Burned Alive
Feb 19, 2019 · 42 min
On a Mississippi back road, a 19-year-old woman is set on fire and left to burn alive. Her last words lead detectives down a road of dead ends and the case goes cold until a specia
Who Killed Jane Doe 59?
Feb 26, 2019 · 42 min
In 1969, a woman is found murdered in Los Angeles, but her identity is a mystery. For decades, police investigate, hoping to put a name to the face and find her killer. The one lea