The BEST episodes of 48 Hours season 38
Every episode of 48 Hours season 38, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of 48 Hours season 38!
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#1 - Facing a Monster
Season 38 - Episode 29 - Aired 5/10/2025
A teenager survives a vicious attack by an ex-boyfriend. Years later, she faces him in court after he murders a young mother.
#2 - The No Body Case of Dee Warner
Season 38 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/1/2025
When a woman disappears, her children are certain she's been murdered. But without a body, they know it will be hard to get justice. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
#3 - Unraveling the Case Against Melissa Calusinski
Season 38 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/18/2025
Was key evidence manipulated to help convict a day care worker of murder? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports
#4 - The Unending Search for Sara Anne Wood
Season 38 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/2024
Investigators are locked in a 30-year game of cat and mouse with a child serial killer to find the body of 12-year-old Sara. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
#5 - The Footprint
Season 38 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/17/2025
Jeanie Ann Childs is murdered in her home in south Minneapolis and the pivotal clue at the crime is a bloody footprint her killer left behind.
#6 - It's About Danni
Season 38 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/8/2025
When 15-year-old Danni Houchins is found dead in a swamp, her family says they were led to believe she drowned. 24 years later, Danni's sister learns the terrible truth. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
#7 - Deputy Spivey on Trial
Season 38 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/11/2025
Former TV bailiff Renard Spivey found himself in a real-life courtroom drama when he was accused of killing his wife in 2019. He speaks out for the first time about the fight to prove his innocence in an interview with 48 Hours contributor Natalie Morales.
#8 - My Mother's Murder Trials - Part 2
Season 38 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/31/2025
A daughter suspects her mother of a double murder. Years later, courtroom drama brings unsettling answers. CBS News chief correspondent Jim Axelrod reports for "48 Hours."
#9 - The Ivy League Murder
Season 38 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/25/2025
A road rage incident unravels into a story of obsession and premeditation when Yale graduate student and former National Army Guardsman Kevin Jiang is gunned down in New Haven, Connecticut.
#10 - Justine's Voice
Season 38 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/15/2025
After 17-year-old Justine Vanderschoot is strangled and buried alive in California in 2003, her family takes on the fight to keep her convicted killers behind bars. "We're her voice," says Justine's sister.
#11 - The Hit-and-Run Homicide of Davis McClendon
Season 38 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/1/2025
A romance is cut short when a man is found dead near his mangled car. His newfound love is convinced it was no accident. "48 Hours" correspondent Anne-Marie Green reports.
#12 - Cati Blauvelt: Death of a Soldier's Wife
Season 38 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/8/2025
Shortly after former Army recruiter John Blauvelt was questioned about the fatal stabbing of his estranged wife Cati Blauvelt in South Carolina, he went on the run with his then-17-year-old girlfriend, Hannah Thompson. What does she know?
#13 - Could Angela Prichard Have Been Saved?
Season 38 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/15/2025
A woman repeatedly called police for help when she was attacked, stalked, and intimidated by her husband. It didn't stop him from killing her.
#14 - Dead Girls Don't Talk
Season 38 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/29/2025
A man charged with murder for poisoning two women tells a friend, "dead girls don't talk." Brave survivors speak out on their behalf.
#15 - The Day My Mother Never Came Home
Season 38 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/12/2025
Did a father use his 6-year-old son as an alibi for murder? Reggie Reed Jr. grapples with his parents' troubled past.
#16 - First Love, Then Murder
Season 38 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/19/2025
When Oregon teen Ellen Friar disappears, investigators discover her forbidden relationship led to murder.
#17 - The Farris Wheel
Season 38 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/26/2025
Melody Farris, the matriarch of a wealthy family, spins a tale trying to pin the murder of her husband on her own son. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
#18 - The Boy Across the Street
Season 38 - Episode 28 - Aired 5/3/2025
College student Catina Rose Salarno is killed by her boyfriend who lived right across the street. Decades later, her family is still battling to keep him in prison.
#19 - My Mother's Murder Trials - Part 1
Season 38 - Episode 31 - Aired 5/31/2025
A daughter suspects her mother of a double murder. Years later, courtroom drama brings unsettling answers. CBS News chief correspondent Jim Axelrod reports for "48 Hours."
#20 - The Blackout Murder of Livye Lewis
Season 38 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/4/2025
A woman is discovered shot dead in her car with a blood-covered man alive on the ground. The man says he has no memory of how he got there. Investigators unravel the strange scene. 48 Hours correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
#21 - The Search for JonBenét's Killer
Season 38 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/21/2024
Is there new hope to solve the murder of JonBenét Ramsey? Her father says there's a way.
#22 - The "Batman" Intruder
Season 38 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/2024
Morgan Metzer is attacked in her home by a masked intruder disguising his voice to sound like Batman. Her ex-husband comes to her aid, but is he a hero? "48 Hours" contributor Nikki Battiste reports.
#23 - The Firefighter's Secret
Season 38 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/2024
A young woman is found dead in her burning home. She'd been involved with a firefighter — could he have set a fire to cover her murder? "48 Hours" contributor Nikki Battiste reports.
#24 - The Plot to Eliminate Alyssa Burkett
Season 38 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/2024
A toxic couple orchestrates an elaborate plan to kill a mother. Peter Van Sant reports.
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#25 - Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
Season 38 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/2024
A schoolteacher is murdered in her own home. Years later investigators discover she was a bridesmaid at the killer's wedding. "48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales reports.