The BEST episodes of City Confidential season 2

#1 - 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.

#2 - 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.

#3 - 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.

#4 - 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.

#5 - 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

#6 - Key West: Pirates in Paradise

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/25/2000

#7 - Middleburg: Pistols, Ponies, and Foul Play

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

In 1997, an heiress, Susan Cummings, shoots her Argentine polo player boyfriend, Roberto Villegas, yet spends only 60 days in jail after claiming physical abuse.

#8 - Scottsboro: Foul Play in the Bible Belt

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/21/2000

In 1994, a quiet southern town is rocked by the brutal murder of a local senator's daughter, Vickie Lander Beckham, and even more disturbed to learn that the killer was her husband, Stephen Beckham, the son of a prominent bishop.

#9 - Newberry: Small Town Justice

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/2000

The 1994 beating death of Vickie Lander Beckham, the daughter of a South Carolina State Senator. Her husband, Stephen, was sentenced to life in prison in 1996 for hiring a hitman to carry out the murder.

#10 - Ingleside: Dirty Deals, Buried Secrets

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/10/2000

In 1996, Mark Brueggen's body was found in a shallow grave. Brueggen's business partner Mark Crawford, the town's most prominent citizen and business man, was charged with his murder after the investigation led to a tangled web of fraud, conspiracy, and murder.

#11 - Old Hollywood: Silent Stars, Deadly Secrets

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/19/2000

Director King Vidor's research into the 1922 death of fellow filmmaker William Desmond Taylor, a case that was never solved despite rampant rumors and innuendo.

#12 - Carlsbad:Danger in the Desert

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/12/2000

Carlsbad is divided over the outcome of popular politician and pharmacist Johnny Volpato's murder trail.

#13 - Greenwood: The Devil and the Delta Blues

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/21/2000

#14 - Atlantic City: The Mayor and the Mob

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/13/2000

In the early 80's Michael Matthews worked with a mob boss, Nicodemo Scarfo, to win the mayoral election which led to a ring of corruption that forever changed Atlantic City.

#15 - Philadelphia: Double Dutch Bust

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/24/2000

A report on Larry Lavin, a one-time prominent Philadelphia dentist, who was convicted in 1986 of running a nationwide cocaine ring and was sentenced to 42 years in prison.

#16 - Bigfork: Silent Night, Deadly Night

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/16/2001

In 1997, the body of Larry Streeter, a local building contractor, was found dead in the snow. After the police began looking for the murderer, they found that a local hero, Teddy Ernst, was behind the murder and led a dangerous secretive life.

#17 - Akron: Brother Against Brother

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/6/2001

In 1980, cosmetics magnate and millionaire Dean Milo was found dead in his mansion. The investigation eventually led police to a hitman and Dean's own brother, Fred.

#18 - Ruthton: Tragedy in the Heartland

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/11/2000

When 2 bankers are murdered in Ruthton, Minnesota1983 the small town is shocked. The case draws national attention to the farm crisises of the 1980s.

#19 - Gatlinburg: Smoky Mountain Nightmare

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

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

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

An old fashion old west shootout or murder?

#21 - 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.