The BEST episodes of 48 Hours season 33

#1 - The Golden State Killer

Season 33 - Episode 33 - Aired 8/22/2020

After 40 years, police arrest the man they think committed at least 50 rapes and 12 murders.

#2 - What Ever Happened to Mary Day?

Season 33 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/2/2020

Detectives believe a 13-year-old girl who vanished from her California home in 1981 was murdered; more than 20 years after the disappearance, a traffic stop in Arizona turns up a woman claiming to be the missing girl.

#3 - Reuschel vs. Reuschel

Season 33 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/4/2020

When police are called to an upscale Gainesville, Fla., home to a find a couple stabbed and bleeding, the husband says an intruder attacked them; when the wife regains consciousness, she has a very different story.

#4 - The Murder of Haley Anderson

Season 33 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/25/2020

A college student goes missing -- the “Find My Friends” app leads to her body as her suspected killer flees the country. Will he get away with murder? CBS News contributor Maria Elena Salinas reports.

#5 - Crosley Green's Hard Time

Season 33 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/18/2020

A Florida man remains in prison two years after his 1990 murder conviction -- which his lawyers call a "racial hoax" -- is overturned by a federal judge.

#6 - Live to Tell: Surviving Ted Bundy

Season 33 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/11/2020

Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy targeted three young Florida women in one of his final attacks. They survived and share their terrifying ordeal and long road to recovery. CBS News correspondent Tracy Smith reports.

#7 - Lizzie Borden Took an Axe...

Season 33 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/28/2020

#8 - The Life and Death of Amie Harwick

Season 33 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/22/2020

An investigation into the death of a Hollywood therapist. Did the system do enough to protect her from alleged killer Gareth Pursehouse? Her former fiancé Drew Carey calls for updated laws. "48 Hours" Erin Moriarty reports.

#9 - The Twisted Case of Angie Dodge

Season 33 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/2019

A brutal murder and police have DNA evidence — could a discarded cigarette lead investigators to a possible killer and close a case two decades later? CBS News correspondent Anne-Marie Green reports.

#10 - Live to Tell: Standoff at Trader Joe's

Season 33 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/14/2019

Hostages chillingly reveal the terrifying three hours they spent held captive by a gunman inside a California supermarket. CBS News' Jim Axelrod reports.

#11 - Chacey Poynter: Witness to Murder

Season 33 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/18/2020

Hear for the first time from the woman at the center of a case prosecutors said was all about ”sex, lies, money and murder.” "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

#12 - Justice for Kelsey Berreth

Season 33 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/2019

An inside look at the startling evidence that helped convict against Colorado man Patrick Frazee for the murder of his fianceé. CBS News correspondent Nikki Battiste reports.

#13 - Who Wanted Howard Pilmar Dead?

Season 33 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/2019

The wife of a NYC businessman is suspected of murdering him with help from her brother -- why would she want him dead and why did it take more than two decades to crack the case? "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger reports.

#14 - The Case Against Ezra McCandless

Season 33 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/8/2020

A young woman claims she was attacked by an ex-boyfriend who carved the word boy into her arm. But the crime scene tells a different story. CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas reports.

#15 - The Tara Grinstead Mystery

Season 33 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/29/2020

A former beauty queen vanishes. One man said he had answers. Why didn’t anyone listen?. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

#16 - The Disappearance of Kelly Dwyer

Season 33 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/2019

A young woman vanished after a night out in Milwaukee in October 2013. Did a meeting set up on a dating app lead to the disappearance or was it someone she knew? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

#17 - The Plot to Kill Dr. Sievers

Season 33 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/15/2020

Did a Florida man hire a look-a-like to kill his wife? A GPS leads police right to the hitman’s door. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

#18 - Tracking the Murders of Israel Keyes

Season 33 - Episode 31 - Aired 5/9/2020

The FBI believes skulls drawn in blood are the number of victims murdered by a prolific serial killer. Inside the FBI's search to identify them. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

#19 - The Murder of Kelsey Berreth

Season 33 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/2019

A mom vanishes and now her fiancé is in jail awaiting trial for her murder. His former rodeo queen girlfriend says she knows what really happened. CBS News correspondent Nikki Battiste reports.

#20 - The Killing of Officer Green

Season 33 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/7/2019

A California police officer shot dead in his home -- his ex-wife admits she pulled the trigger. Did a photo posted on social media lead to the officer’s death? 48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

#21 - Mandy Stavik: The Case No One Could Forget

Season 33 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/30/2019

How a bakery worker’s secret plan to recover DNA from a discarded Coke can helped investigators solve the cold case of a college student murdered over Thanksgiving weekend. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

#22 - Live to Tell: The Chowchilla Kidnapping

Season 33 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/2019

Abducted by masked gunmen and buried alive in a truck trailer, survivors relive the horrifying time they spent underground and their journey to escape.

#23 - The Hollywood Ripper on Trial

Season 33 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/2019

Part 2: Four young women attacked, only one survivor. "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher has been on the trail of serial killer Michael Gargiulo for more than a decade. How "48 Hours" helped crack one of the cases.

#24 - The Case Against Brooke Skylar Richardson

Season 33 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/2019

The parents of Brooke Skylar Richardson speak out -- the real story behind the international headlines in the case of an alleged unthinkable crime. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.

#25 - Broken Hearts

Season 33 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/14/2020

A story of tragedy and triumph -- the murder of a young woman and how her killer's heart saves the life of a dying woman.