The BEST episodes of People Magazine Investigates season 7

Every episode of People Magazine Investigates season 7, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of People Magazine Investigates season 7!

Investigation Discovery and People magazine partner to re-examine some of the most high profile crime cases in recent history. The one-hour series brings viewers tales of betrayal, buried secrets and unsung heroes, ripped from the pages of one of the nation's top weekly magazines. These stories transcended news and became part of pop culture, revealing shocking twists, new evidence, and unexpected resolutions. Interlaced within every episode are exclusive interviews with People's journalists, archival footage, re-creations, and firsthand accounts by those closest to the investigations.

Last Updated: 12/16/2024Network: Investigation DiscoveryStatus: Continuing
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8.50
2 votes

#1 - Long Island Serial Killer: Mystery at Oak Beach

Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/2/2023

A terrified young escort calls 911 as she flees into the night and vanishes; her family pressures police to take up the search, and investigators uncover a strange cast of characters - plus 10 other bodies spread along a remote stretch of beach.

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8.50
2 votes

#2 - Long Island Serial Killer: Caught

Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/2/2023

When police discover 10 bodies strewn along a remote beach, there are few answers and even fewer suspects; over a decade later, a new investigation uncovers old leads, and police finally think they've found their man.

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Final Rodeo
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7.75
20 votes

#3 - Final Rodeo

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/31/2023

A 16-year-old cowgirl goes missing in Nevada. Three days later her body was found draped under a blue tarp that had been dumped among the tumbleweeds. As police search for her killer, the investigation takes a sudden turn towards the boy she called "brother."

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7.30
23 votes

#4 - Star Crossed Killers

Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/11/2023

When a single mom tells her 14-year-old daughter to break off a relationship with a 19-year-old man, the young lovers murder the girl's mom, setting off a manhunt and culminating in a trial replete with finger-pointing and betrayal.

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7.24
17 votes

#5 - The Times Square Killer

Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/18/2023

In the '60s and '70s, a serial killer stalks young women in New Jersey; at the same time, three women in New York City are sadistically murdered; no one expects that one man is causing the mayhem, let alone a seemingly ordinary father of three.

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Where is Mark Himebaugh?
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7.21
19 votes

#6 - Where is Mark Himebaugh?

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/24/2023

In 1991, a young boy leaves home to check out a local brush fire that was capturing his neighborhood's attention and never returns home. Decades have passed and police continue to look for his abductor(s), while his mother is still waiting for him to find his way home.

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The I-70 Killer
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7.19
27 votes

#7 - The I-70 Killer

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/17/2023

An unknown shooter unleashes carnage from Indianapolis to Wichita, Kansas, killing six in the spring of 1992 at various retail stores near 1-70, a major east-west highway that runs through the very heart of the Midwest. A sketch of the suspect is developed from various eyewitness accounts, but police are at a loss ... until one victim survives.

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7.17
23 votes

#8 - Dead in Bed

Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/4/2023

When a 19-year-old girl is found murdered in her boyfriend's bed in a small Texas town, everyone is a suspect. The case goes cold until a new sheriff comes to town who sheds fresh light on some old evidence, but will it be enough to bring her killer to justice?

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Girl Scout Murders
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7.11
27 votes

#9 - Girl Scout Murders

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/10/2023

PEOPLE MAGAZINE INVESTIGATES delves into the 1977 brutal assault and murder of three Oklahoma Girl Scouts away at summer camp: Lori Lee Farmer, Doris Denise Milner and Michele Heather Guse. The case dominated national headlines for more than a year as law enforcement scrambled to find answers. PEOPLE's reporting team takes viewers through the twists and turns of this case, from how local authorities zeroed in on a suspect (a prison escapee with a dangerous past), the all encompassing manhunt to track him down and the subsequent trial that led to heartbreak for the victims' families and many unanswered questions. Featuring an exclusive emotional, new interview with Lori Lee Farmer's parents and siblings, as well as testimony from jurors on the trial and experts close to the case.

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The Strange Disappearance of Karlie Gusé
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7.08
24 votes

#10 - The Strange Disappearance of Karlie Gusé

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/7/2023

In 2018, a 16-year-old girl vanishes into thin air the morning after attending a high school party in an isolated California mountain town. The bizarre mystery leads to speculation by internet sleuths that her parents are somehow involved due to inconsistencies in their story. But now exclusive new details have been provided to PEOPLE MAGAZINE INVESTIGATES in an effort to dispel rumors and redirect everyone's attention to what is important, finding the right lead that will bring the teen home, hopefully alive.

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Brighton Ax Murder
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7.07
15 votes

#11 - Brighton Ax Murder

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/14/2023

In 1982, in an upscale suburb of Rochester, New York, a Kodak executive returns home and finds his wife dead with an ax in her head. People believed a mad man was on the loose, so 40 years later when police make an arrest, everyone is stunned at who stands trial for the murder.

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7.04
23 votes

#12 - Manhunt

Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/25/2023

In 2003, a bank heist escalates into a robbery-homicide shattering the lives of those left behind. Federal and local law enforcement have his picture and DNA, but they still can't find the cold-blooded killer until they learn he hides in plain sight.

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Held Captive
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6.73
30 votes

#13 - Held Captive

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/28/2023

A 14-year-old girl finds herself lost and unloved following her parents' divorce and a move to a new town, providing a perfect opportunity for someone to lure her away. For 10 years she's held captive, until she makes her escape.

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Who Killed Our Girls?
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6.63
24 votes

#14 - Who Killed Our Girls?

Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/21/2023

Four teenage girls are brutally murdered in a yogurt shop in North Austin, Texas, in 1991, in what becomes the biggest mass murder in Austin history. The investigation that follows drags on for years, and even when police make an arrest, justice is not guaranteed.

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