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 - 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.
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#2 - 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.
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#3 - 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.
#4 - The Depraved Heart Murder
Season 38 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/2024
Sarah Harris was a bright, young Maryland woman who dreamed of a career in medicine. On the morning of Jan. 26, 2022, she was found unresponsive on the floor of the home she shared with her boyfriend, Dr. James Ryan. Ryan told police it was an overdose, but Harris’ family believed he was responsible. Contributor Nikki Battiste reports.
#5 - The Strange Shooting of Alex Pennig
Season 38 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/2024
A nurse is found dead in her apartment. Surveillance video captures her coming home for the last time. Can investigators piece together what happened next? "48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales reports.
#6 - Fatal First Date
Season 38 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/2024
A couple's first date ends with an ambush. Both are shot. Can the only survivor identify the shooter?
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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
#9 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - Who Killed Aileen Seiden in Room 15?
Season 38 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/2024
Three people check into a Florida motel room. Only two walk out alive. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
#18 - Where is Jermain Charlo?
Season 38 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/2024
Police have searched for 23-year-old mother Jermain Charlo since she vanished in June 2018 from Missoula, Montana. Now, six years after she disappeared, police release the last known images of the missing mom. Can this security camera video help reveal what happened to her?
#19 - 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.
#20 - The Bathtub Murder of Kendy Howard
Season 38 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/2024
Did a former Idaho state trooper use his law enforcement skills to stage his wife's death in their bathtub? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.