The WORST episodes of In Pursuit with John Walsh
Every episode of In Pursuit with John Walsh ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of In Pursuit with John Walsh!
Victims' rights activist John Walsh and his son, Callahan, showcase time-sensitive, unsolved cases in desperate need of attention, mobilizing the public to engage in the pursuit of justice.
#1 - Stolen Life
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/3/2019
The case of youthful con man Edgardo Perez, who allegedly preyed on older men until it turned deadly; Callahan Walsh travels to Boulder where teenage babysitter Chris Deininger confessed to abusing 29 kids in his care before fleeing.
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#2 - Letters from a Predator
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/8/2021
A woman's murder leads police to suspect her husband - and former prison pen pal - William Plemons, who's been on the run since 2003. Then, Cal joins the hunt for suspected murderer and arsonist Darryl Walker in Georgia.
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#3 - Deadly Double Life
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/20/2019
John Walsh profiles triple homicide suspect Mike Bullinger who led a double life; Callahan Walsh looks at the case of Tomas Magallon Gonzalez, who allegedly sexually abused his stepdaughter for years before taking her life.
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#4 - Murder in Appalachia
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/27/2019
John Walsh investigates how Eric Jones, the son of a preacher, allegedly turned to murder; Callahan Walsh tries to make sense of how a dispute over a dog could provoke Ricardo Villanueva Cordova to reportedly commit murder in broad daylight.
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#5 - Abuses of Power
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/20/2021
John is in pursuit of fugitive Jason Hines, accused of sexually abusing multiple minors, and possibly involved in his wife's disappearance. Later, a slew of women allege they were sexually assaulted by chiropractor Steven Clifford, on the run since 2002.
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#6 - Stolen Futures
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/13/2021
John joins the hunt for Adarus Black, who allegedly killed a young woman in broad daylight. Later, Cal's in San Diego to help track down Michael Pratt, whose pornography ring allegedly ensnared over 100 women using fraud, coercion, and possibly force.
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#8 - The Escape Artist
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/6/2019
John Walsh tracks the story of convicted killer Glen Stark Chambers, who beat his young girlfriend to death and then escaped prison twice; Callahan Walsh investigates a murder suspect who eludes capture for 20 years.
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#10 - When Good Meets Evil
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/27/2019
John Walsh profiles Juan Lazaro Abrego who is believed to have murdered his ex-girlfriend, a beloved schoolteacher; Callahan Walsh investigates Derek Dean, a St. Louis man accused of shooting identical twins, killing one and wounding the other.
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#13 - Bloodshed and Blackmail
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/28/2022
John helps police track down Glen Holmes, accused of carjacking a couple and murdering one of them. Later, Cal joins the hunt for online predator Adrian Fierros, who coerces young girls into sending him explicit photos that he uses to extort them.
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#14 - Murder in Monrovia
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/11/2020
John and investigators follow the trail of a chilling 911 confession that leads them to dangerous Nimrod Guerrero; when Frederick McCaskill leaves a survivor clinging to life, police and Cal work to make sure this criminal doesn't elude justice.
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#16 - Hell on Wheels
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/15/2021
A single mom is murdered, and police suspect Isaac Estrada, a man she'd just met. Estrada flees, and John is in close pursuit. Cal goes behind the scenes of Miami's luxury car rental business, helping police hunt down alleged killer Nalio Williams.
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#17 - Tragically Taken
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/3/2021
John is on the hunt for Jorge Rico-Ruvira, accused of murdering his girlfriend in 2020 and abducting their young son. Later, John and Cal shine a spotlight on the case of 15-year-old Sophie Reeder, who was abducted in 2017 and may be in grave danger.
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#18 - American Nightmare
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/15/2020
John profiles fugitive Leroy Headley, who called 911 claiming to have shot his girlfriend, Anako Lumumba; Cal goes to Abilene, Texas, to learn more about a tale of predatory sexual abuse involving a predator whose own wife reports him to police.
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#19 - Campus Tragedy
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/23/2019
John Walsh spotlights freshman Jihad Ramadan, who allegedly introduces a knife to a fistfight that claims a star college student's life. Later, Callahan Walsh looks for Thayne Smika, who, police believe, shoots his roommate in cold blood over back rent.
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#20 - Deadly Daughter
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/20/2019
John Walsh investigates Alicia Osibin who is wanted in connection with the shooting death of her elderly mother; Callahan Walsh speaks to Andrea, an alleged victim of Frederick McLean's abuse, who is still desperate for McLean's capture.
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#21 - Deadly Poser
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/30/2019
An ex-Marine seems like a knight in shining armor to a single mom, but as John Walsh reveals, she was far from safe. Then, Callahan Walsh discovers how rapper Maurice Nesbitt's abuse of his girlfriend eventually turns deadly.
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#22 - Crypto Queenpin
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/19/2024
John takes on accused financial fraudster Ruja Ignatova, whose alleged crypto con landed her on the FBI's top ten most wanted list; Callahan heads to Pennsylvania on the trail of Freddy Calle, accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl.
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#24 - Blindsided
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/2/2022
John hunts Omar Cardenas, the prime suspect in the murder of a devoted father who may have been caught in a random act of gang retaliation. Later, Cal heads to Pennsylvania to track Justin Smith, accused of murdering his pregnant girlfriend.
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#25 - Deadly Secrecy
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/19/2022
John goes after Eduardo Clemente, the prime suspect in his girlfriend's murder after her body turns up in the desert; Cal visits North Carolina to hunt down Emigdio Ramirez Garcia, accused of ruthlessly murdering his wife in 1997.
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