The BEST episodes of City Confidential

#1 - El Paso: Outlaw Attorney

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/18/2003

Recalling the 1978 murder of El Paso lawyer Lee Chagra, who was shot to death in his office by burglars. Narrator: Paul Winfield.

#2 - Horror in Amityville

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/9/2002

In 1974, the entire DeFeo family was brutally murdered in their home as they slept. The only living DeFeo, Ronald Jr., was convicted of the crime that turned one Amityville house into the setting of a blockbuster movie.

#3 - Murder in Amish Country

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/4/2021

#4 - 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.

#5 - Memphis: Burning Betrayal

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/15/2002

The 1991 murder of Memphis pilot Holly Mullins, whose body was discovered in a burning van, is investigated.

#6 - Atlanta: Devil Down in Georgia

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/19/2002

In 1992, Sara Ambrusko was held hostage by a man in her home with her two children and forced to drive the man and the children into the night. Ambrusko wrecked the car and was shot, and her husband Fred Tokars was the main suspect when his secret life was revealed.

#7 - Trail of Terror

Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/16/2021

The murder of a vibrant 21-year-old leaves the peaceful community of Knoxville, Tenn. questioning its core values; a family's persistence reminds Marble City what it's made of and residents band together to bring a killer down.

#8 - The Last Call Killer

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/9/2021

New York City, known for its diversity and acceptance, becomes the focus for a sadistic serial killer targeting the gay community. It takes dogged determination and new technology to bring a monster's reign of terror to an end.

#9 - Durham: Dangerous Housewife

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/15/2003

Recalling the case of Barbara T. Stager, who was convicted in 1989 of fatally shooting her husband in 1988. Stager was sentenced to death. Narrator: Paul Winfield.

#10 - Great Falls:The Criminal Next Door

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/10/2000

The story of the murder of a prominent cardiologist that shocked a well-to-do town in 1980. But the town was even more startled when the killer turned out to be a highly respected neighbor who had hidden his real profession--master jewel thief.

#11 - Phoenix: Shady Deals in Sun City

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/19/2000

A printer is mudered and his partner is inplicated in the crime.

#12 - Virginia City: Showdown at the Mustang Ranch

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/1/2000

The owner of the infamous Mustang Ranch, Joe Conforte, evades the IRS with the help of three local officials, Peter Perry, Bob Del Carlo, and Shirley Colleti, until the government catches on.

#13 - St. Augustine: The Socialite and the Politician

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/8/2000

When model Athalia Ponsell-Lindsley, the mayor's wife, was murdered and nearly decapitated with a machete in 1974. A politician who despised Athalia was tried and acquitted, and police never looked for another suspect.

#14 - Darlington, WI: Bad Judgement

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/31/2004

A tough county judge is charged with killing his political rival's law partner.

#15 - Wilmington: Dangerous Affairs

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/9/1999

Former state prosecuter Thomas Capano is accused of the murder of his ex-lover, Anne Marie Fahey, a member of the governor's staff

#16 - Las Vegas: Deadly Jackpot

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/26/1999

In 1989, Larry Volk was shot in the head by David Lemons, a man hired by Soni Beckham and John Sipes. Beckham and Sipes plotted to kill Volk because of his cooperation with the Gaming Control Board in which he agreed to confess that he "fixed" machines so they wouldn't pay jackpots.

#17 - Milwaukee: The Legend of Bambi Bembenek

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/27/2002

In 1981, Christine Schultz was murdered in her own home with her tow children watching, and the police's main suspect was Laurie Bembenek, Schultz's ex-husband's new wife.

#18 - Huntsville: Twins on Trial

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/4/2001

Despite Huntsville's reputation among Southerners as a Yankee city, the town is shocked when a troubled Vietnam veteran accuses two sisters of hiring him to kill one of the women's husbands.

#19 - Orlando: Faith and Felonies

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/20/2002

The case of Florida TV evangelist George Crossley, convicted in 1998 of the attempted murder-for-hire of George Waldo. Narrator: Paul Winfield.

#20 - Beverly Hills: Brothers in Arms

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/10/2002

Profiles the life of Lyle & Erik Menendez growing up in luxury in Beverly Hills and leading up to the well publicized 1989 shotgun murders of their parents, Jose & Kitty Menendez.

#21 - Houston: Cheers and Fears

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/14/2002

Recalling the case of Wanda Holloway, who hired a hit man in 1991 to murder the mother of a cheerleader, hoping the girl would be too upset to join the team, thereby giving Holloway's daughter a chance to make the squad. The murder was foiled, and Holloway served six months of a 15-year sentence. Narrator: Paul Winfield.

#22 - Albuquerque: The Black Widow

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/6/2002

In 1996, Terri Hotchkiss called 911 because she had shot an intruder in her home. The intruder was her ex-husband Gene Gilbert, and Hotchkiss's plea of self-defense was questionable.

#23 - Little Rock: The Politics of Murder

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/20/1999

In 1982, Alice McArthur, the wife of Bill, a prominent criminal defense attorney, is killed by two men delivering flowers. The investigation led to may Lee Orsini, a woman who wanted Bill as more than a lawyer, and the two men delivering the "flowers".

#24 - Lynchburg: The Heiress and Her Lover

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/2002

Chronicling the 1985 murder of Derek and Nancy Haysom in their home in Virginia; and the conviction of their daughter, Elizabeth, who plotted the crime. Narrator: Paul Winfield.

#25 - The Chicago Horse Mafia

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/14/1998

Helen Vorhees Brach, heiress to the Brach family fortune, is linked to the deaths of a string of champion racehorses.