The BEST episodes of City Confidential

Every episode of City Confidential ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of City Confidential!

City Confidential features real life stories in a wide variety of American cities. While many of these stories deal with murder, some also deal with attempted murder, and public officials caught in compromising situations, among other things. The cities featured vary widely in size, from the smallest village to the largest urban areas.

Last Updated: 4/18/2025Network: A&EStatus: Continuing
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#1 - Providence, RI: The Mayor and the Mob

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/20/2004

Mayor Buddy Cianci meets "Operation Plunder Dome".

Writer: Matt Edens
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#2 - New Orleans: Betrayal in the Big Easy

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/1/1999

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#3 - San Leandro, CA: The Sausage King

Season 6 - Episode 26 - Aired 11/5/2005

Former mayoral candidate, Stuart Alexander, guns down three meat inspectors after they've been sent to shut down his family's sausage plant for not adhering to FDA food safety requirements.

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#4 - Saddle River, NJ: From Russia with Murder

Season 6 - Episode 25 - Aired 10/15/2005

The murder of Dr. Yakov Gluzman sparks the prosecution to file charges, against his wife, for interstate domestic violence.

Writer: Matt Edens
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#5 - Lake Tahoe, NV: The Casino Bomber

Season 6 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/1/2005

Millionaire John Birges conspires to blow up Harvey's Casino.

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#6 - Reading, MA: Fatal Blow

Season 6 - Episode 23 - Aired 8/8/2005

A case of over-zealous youth hockey parents results in violent fight and death.

Writer: Matt Edens
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#7 - Minneapolis, MN: Deadly Investment

Season 6 - Episode 22 - Aired 7/23/2005

A disreputable stock broker, Michael Prozumenshikov, is found under a compost heap after losing huge sums of money from his clients in the Russian emigre community in bad stock deals.

Writer: Matt Edens
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#8 - Amarillo, TX: High School Hit & Run

Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 7/9/2005

Brian Deneke is murdered in an IHOP parking lot for being a goth-punk in a cowboy-centric town.

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#9 - Merion, PA: Recipe for Murder

Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/21/2005

Jim Webb, an owner and chef for the historic General Wayne Inn is murdered by none other than his co-owner, and fellow chef.

Writer: Matt Edens
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#10 - Elizabeth, NJ: Death of a Don

Season 6 - Episode 27 - Aired 12/10/2005

The DeCavalcante crime family offs its leader, Johnny Boy, because of his secret sexual orientation.

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#11 - Conway, SC: Fatal Friendship

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/6/2004

Crystal Todd is murdered by her best friend.

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#12 - Emporia, KS: Thou Shalt Not Kill

Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/29/2005

A minister and his mistress murder their spouses, Martin Moore and Linda Bird.

Writer: Matt Edens
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#13 - Knoxville, TN: Phantom Hitman

Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/11/2004

The botched murder of Rob Whedbee becomes a media circus.

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#14 - Dallas: Arsenic and Old Money

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/1/1999

Nancy Lyon was rushed to the hospital in 1991 by her husband after she is experiencing symptoms of a severe stomach flu and dies that night. Her true cause of death, arsenic, is discovered, and an investigation reveals an unhappy marriage with one of the premier couples of the wealthy Dallas suburb of Park Cities.

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#15 - Pikeville, KY: Kentucky Gothic

Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/26/2005

Vidar Lillelid and his family are murdered because teen-aged deviants felt like doing it.

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#16 - Riggins, ID: Frontier Faceoff

Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/5/2005

City Confidential deviates from its usual murder-profiling format to rally around Rob Nuckols, whose land was seized by the government.

Writer: Matt Edens
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#17 - Orange County, CA: A Family Affair

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/13/2004

The 1985 slaying of Linda Brown was not so easy to solve. Was it her sister, her husband or her step-daughter? It takes five years before the mastermind is convicted.

Writer: Matt Edens
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#18 - Seattle, WA: Long Walk Home

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/18/2004

The 10-year-old cold case of Mia Zapata is solved.

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#19 - Palo Alto, CA: Flesh and Blood

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/16/2004

Music teacher, Kristine Fitzhugh, was murdered by her husband, and the likely reason is a secret in her past.

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#20 - Cookeville, TN: Deadly Politics

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/23/2004

Conservative Democrat, Tommy Burks is shot and killed, but the likely candidate for the murder is his political opponet, Byron (Low Tax) Looper.

Writer: Matt Edens
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#21 - Rochester, NY: The Big Heist

Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/23/2005

The high-tech town of Rochester is stunned when a priest, an ex-cop, and a former Irish Republican Army terrorist are implicated in a $7.4-million Brink's heist, the fifth largest armored car robbery in U.S. history.

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#22 - Boston: Betrayal in Beantown

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 12/19/2000

Racial tension boils over when police believe a black man murdered a pregnant woman, Carole Stewart. Within days the truth is revealed and Carole's husband, Charles, stands accused instead.

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#23 - Faith and Foul Play in Salt Lake City

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/21/1998

Police investigate a highly respected Mormon leader when a bomb blows apart Mark Hoffmans car.

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#24 - Rock Springs: Deadly Draw in the Wild West

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 9/25/2000

An old fashion old west shootout or murder?

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#25 - Gatlinburg: Smoky Mountain Nightmare

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/12/2000

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