The BEST episodes of FBI True
Every episode of FBI True ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of FBI True!
Takes viewers behind the scenes of the most compelling crime stories out there, the way real FBI agents talk with each other. Get an insider's look at the dangerous missions carried out by the FBI nearly every day.
#1 - Horror in Yosemite
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/28/2023
In 1999, three women went missing in Yosemite National Park, launching the largest search and rescue operation in US history. The bodies of two of the women are found in a burned car, and the third is only found when the killer sends a taunting note to the FBI. Five months later, when a fourth woman is found beheaded near the park, the Bureau believes a serial killer may be on the loose.
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#2 - The Kidnapping of Hannah Anderson
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/28/2023
After a “family friend” murders a California mother and her 8-year-old son, the woman’s 16-year-old daughter is nowhere to be found. Authorities learn the killer has kidnapped Hannah Anderson and taken her to the remote wilderness of Idaho. The FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team receives a tip and tries to track down the pair before it’s too late.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - The San Bernardino Mass Shooting
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/11/2023
Masked shooters attack an office Christmas party in San Bernardino, killing and wounding dozens of people. FBI investigators descend on the scene, looking for clues about the identity of the killers. But as they try to find out who the active shooters are, they’re faced with a more urgent question…where are they and do they plan to strike again?
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - The Golden State Killer
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/11/2023
In one of the most infamous serial killer cases in American history, the FBI works with local law enforcement in California to try and apprehend the so-called “Golden State Killer.” It’s a case that spans four decades, as the killer and rapist continually manages to elude law enforcement. Authorities resort to an unprecedented use of DNA data in an attempt to finally track down the man responsible for 13 murders and 51 sexual assaults.
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#6 - The Boy in the Bunker (1)
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/28/2023
In 2013, Jimmy Lee Dykes shoots and kills a rural Alabama school bus driver and takes a five-year-old boy hostage in a carefully constructed bunker. The FBI discovers that the bunker is lined with explosives and Dykes is heavily armed. After a six day standoff, Dykes sets a deadline for the following day to broadcast his grievances on TV news, or he will kill the boy and himself.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - Seattle Sex Trafficker: 'You're Gonna Be Rich'
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/7/2024
In 2014, a suburban police detective learns of a Seattle filmmaker who convinces teenage girls to engage in prostitution with fraudulent promises that they'll cash in when he makes a movie on the subject. After the suspect goes on the run, the detective and an FBI special agent team up to uncover a multi-state sex-trafficking operation. Special Agent Ingrid Arbuthnot-Stohl and Natalie D'Amico speak with agent Kristy Kottis about how they collaborated to take down a conman who victimized and exploited unsuspecting young women.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - Terror in Benghazi
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/28/2023
On the 11th anniversary of 9/11, armed men storm the U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi, Libya. The attack kills US Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. The FBI launches an international investigation to track down the perpetrators, but in the chaos of post-Gaddafi Libya, arresting a suspect is no easy feat.
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#10 - Stopping a Sniper
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/31/2024
After a family doctor well-known for performing abortions is gunned down in his suburban Buffalo home in 1998, all clues point to an anti-abortion extremist as the sniper. But he's nowhere to be found. Soon, the FBI turns to a rookie agent and a confidential informant in hopes they can ply a convicted clinic bomber and his wife for the intel that will bring this top 10 fugitive to justice. Former Assistant Special Agents in Charge Harold Brantley and Michael Osborn along with former unit chief Cynthia Deitle sit down with fellow agent Kristy Kottis about their work launching this international manhunt.
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#12 - The Manhattan Bomber
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/28/2023
On Sept 17th, 2016 a bomb detonates on 23rd Street in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, injuring over 30 people and causing mayhem. In the following hours and days, multiple bombs are discovered across Manhattan and New Jersey, all homemade devices designed to kill or maim as many people as possible. The FBI works with local law enforcement to track down a suspect who comes to be known as “The Chelsea Bomber,” culminating in a nail-biting standoff.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - The Boy in the Bunker (2)
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/28/2023
The FBI Hostage Rescue Team works with brilliant FBI profiler Molly Amman to extract a five-year-old boy from a bunker built by a heavily armed captor named Jimmy Lee Dykes. The profiler must convince FBI director Robert Muller that negotiations with the erratic Dykes are doomed to fail.
Watch Now:Amazon#16 - The Beltway Snipers
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/28/2023
An unknown sniper terrorizes the citizens of Washington, D.C. over three weeks in October, 2002. FBI investigators hunt for the murderer as the killings continue. With limited evidence and a series of false leads, the investigation stalls. Will a series of cryptic clues left by the shooter help the authorities end the killing spree?
Watch Now:Amazon#17 - The Southside Bandit
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/11/2023
When an armed bank robber terrorizes the Boston area, the violent holdups leave bank employees and customers fearing for their lives. Without any solid leads, the FBI's Bank Robbery Task Force must use all its resources to catch the perpetrator in the act.
Watch Now:Amazon#18 - The Outlaws Biker Bust
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/11/2023
Two FBI agents go undercover to infiltrate a dangerous criminal motorcycle gang. The Outlaws – archrivals of the infamous Hells Angels – are running wild in Taunton, Massachusetts, bringing drugs and violence to the formerly peaceful town.
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#22 - Finding Aldrich Ames: The Hunt for a Mole
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/2024
When the CIA's most valuable Russian assets start disappearing one by one, the Agency starts hunting for the mole who's been betraying them since 1985. As the mole hunters zero in on a trusted colleague, the FBI takes over the investigation in hopes of catching the culprit before more damage is done. Former FBI Special Agent Barry Colvert, former CIA officer Sandy Grimes and former FBI Supervisory Special Agent Dell Spry recount to fellow agent Cindy Coppola the agonizing search for the deadliest traitor in American history.
Watch Now:Amazon#23 - Hunting Whitey Bulger
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/28/2023
Notorious Boston mobster Whitey Bulger, accused of 19 murders, has been on the run for 15 years. He went on the lam after being tipped off by a corrupt FBI agent. The Bureau brings in two hard-charging agents from outside the city to track down Bulger. Will their new approach lead to the capture of the FBI’s Most Wanted fugitive?
Watch Now:Amazon#24 - Boston Marathon Manhunt (2)
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/11/2023
In the tense hours following the bombings, Sergeant John MacLellan heads out on his night shift. That same evening, an MIT police officer is murdered by two attackers. No one knows yet that the cop killers and the bombers are one and the same, and Sgt. MacLellan comes face to face with the perpetrators. The shootout that ensues leads to a citywide manhunt.
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