The WORST episodes of 48 Hours
Every episode of 48 Hours ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of 48 Hours!
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#1 - The Ring: The Murder of Patrick De La Cerda
Season 35 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/2021
An undelivered engagement ring leads to murder. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
#2 - Killer Performance
Season 30 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2016
A young woman is murdered, police thought her killer was on the run ... or was he? Correspondent Tracy Smith investigates.
#3 - What Happened to Gabby Petito?
Season 35 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/2021
Gabby Petito documented her road trip cross-country with her fiance before she was reported missing on September 11th. Now her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, is a person of interest in the case. CBS News national correspondent Jericka Duncan investigates.
#4 - Driven to Extremes
Season 30 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2016
A Texas-sized case of love, infidelity, road rage and possibly murder. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates.
#5 - Death After Midnight
Season 30 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2016
A Colorado mom of three shot dead in her bedroom -- was it murder or suicide? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
#6 - Bad Boy
Season 30 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2016
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.
#7 - Buried Truth
Season 30 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2016
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.
#8 - Live to Tell: Sophia's Secret
Season 30 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2016
"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.
#9 - Hunted
Season 30 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2016
"48 Hours" goes inside the mind of a serial rapist hunting his victims while two detectives were hunting him. Correspondent Maureen Maher investigates.
#10 - Live to Tell: The Long Road Home
Season 30 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/2016
"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 reports.
#11 - The Psychiatrist and the Selfie
Season 30 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/2016
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.
#12 - Jasmine Hartin's Shot in the Dark
Season 35 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/2021
Socialite Jasmine Hartin admits killing a top police official in Belize. For the first time, she tells her detailed story of what happened to "48 Hours." Correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
#13 - The Fight for Melissa
Season 30 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/2016
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 Calusinski case.
#14 - The Station Nightclub Fire: Who's Responsible?
Season 35 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/2021
Club owners open up for the first time after deadly fire kills 100. "48 Hours" contributor Jim Axelrod reports.
#15 - The Murdaugh Mysteries
Season 35 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/2021
Five deaths with a connection to one family. "48 Hours" contributor Nikki Battiste investigates.
#16 - The Diary of Martha Moxley
Season 35 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/2021
A 15-year-old girl beaten to death with a golf club in a wealthy Connecticut neighborhood. Does her diary hold clues to the killer? 48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
#17 - The Mortician, the Murder, the Movie
Season 30 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2016
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 in order to live off her millions or to end years of abuse.
#18 - Crime and Punishment
Season 30 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/2017
A stepfather sits in prison for killing his wife. Her daughters vow to keep him there. Does he deserve parole? Correspondent Tracy Smith investigates.
#19 - Solve This Case: Who Killed Kay Wenal?
Season 30 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/28/2017
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.
#20 - What Happened to the Perfect Child?
Season 35 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/4/2021
After a young girl is adopted from Russia, her American parents come to believe she is capable of murder and return her. Years later, "48 Hours" contributor Troy Roberts learns her surprising story.
#21 - Innocence Lost
Season 30 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/2017
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 on the case she says she can't forget.
#22 - Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Season 30 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/4/2017
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 Maureen Maher investigates.
#23 - Murder in Beverly Hills
Season 30 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/11/2017
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.
#24 - The Strange Life of Dr. Schwartz
Season 30 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/11/2017
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.
#25 - Eleven Hundred Miles to Murder
Season 30 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/18/2017
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 Moriarty investigates.