The BEST episodes of The Perfect Murder

Every episode of The Perfect Murder ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Perfect Murder!

"THE PERFECT MURDER" brings viewers some of the most diabolical, perplexing murder cases to land on detectives’ desks – the kind of cases that make or break careers and provide fodder for Hollywood mystery movies. These ingenious killers are every detective’s worst nightmare. Whether by planting false evidence, or writing anonymous letters to police, these murderers will stop at nothing to stay one step ahead and get away with the perfect murder. In this program, we focus on the investigation, as detectives slowly put the pieces together to unravel the twisted truth. As detectives uncover new evidence, and turn to new suspects, we flashback through stylized reenactment, to depict each possible theory of what may have happened.

Last Updated: 11/3/2024Network: Investigation DiscoveryStatus: Ended
Whidbey Island Mystery
star
7.90
20 votes

#1 - Whidbey Island Mystery

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/30/2018

At Christmastime, Russel Douglas is found shot to death in his car on a deserted road on Whidbey Island north of Seattle; it's the start of a case that will take a decade to solve and leave many with lingering questions.

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Love and Death
star
7.73
37 votes

#2 - Love and Death

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/9/2017

Atlanta preschool teacher Julie Love goes missing just a week after getting engaged to boyfriend Mark; detectives find numerous suspects in the teacher's disappearance, but the truth turns out to be far worse than they could have imagined.

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Family Plot
star
7.64
39 votes

#3 - Family Plot

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/5/2015

An Orlando mother goes missing fifteen years after her abusive husband left for good. Did he return for revenge? Did she flee from the law after collecting his social security all these years? Do her grieving children know more than they're saying?

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Death of a Salesman
star
7.63
41 votes

#4 - Death of a Salesman

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/24/2015

When a businessman is shot to death outside his Bronx office, police must determine whether he arranged the hit to provide for his family or whether his wife killed him for the insurance money.

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Millionaire Murder
star
7.63
65 votes

#5 - Millionaire Murder

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/18/2014

A millionaire is shot to death in his mansion; it takes detectives 15 years to break the case.

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Ring of Fire
star
7.61
44 votes

#6 - Ring of Fire

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/17/2015

In Bronx, N.Y., police investigate the murder of 20-year-old Kimberly Antonakos who was set ablaze while still alive.

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Football Fatale
star
7.59
32 votes

#7 - Football Fatale

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/16/2017

Pro football player Sean Taylor is shot dead by an intruder in his Miami home.

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The Honeymoon Killers
star
7.57
42 votes

#8 - The Honeymoon Killers

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/6/2016

A freak car accident brings a Belgian honeymoon to a tragic end, and the investigation leads police down a rabbit hole and culminates in an international manhunt for a killer.

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Bizarre Love Triangle
star
7.53
30 votes

#9 - Bizarre Love Triangle

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/26/2018

Ann Anastasi returns home from shopping to find her husband, Anthony, lifeless in bed, a gun beside him; police soon find a second victim, Jacqueline Riggs, in the basement; later, they discover a dark tale of love, lust and violence.

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A Shot in the Dark
star
7.47
51 votes

#10 - A Shot in the Dark

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/14/2017

After New York City fashion photographer Joel Schoenfeld is shot dead in his Greenwich Village studio, detectives uncover a dark secret and a twisted tale of revenge.

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Murder Well Done
star
7.47
34 votes

#11 - Murder Well Done

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/26/2017

After 39-year-old Dawn Viens goes missing, her chef husband, David, reports she ran away to escape her problems; the investigation leads detectives to an unexpected killer who disposed of Viens' body in an unimaginable way.

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Murder By The Book
star
7.46
37 votes

#12 - Murder By The Book

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/27/2016

In 1988, a Burbank couple is shot in their own home, the investigation reveals a scheming killer who almost got away with the perfect murder.

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Gone Girl
star
7.44
27 votes

#13 - Gone Girl

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/2/2018

The body of 20-year-old student Sandra Bonaventure is discovered in a garbage bag on a sidewalk in New York City; the trail of clues lead to a cold-hearted killer who possesses an astonishing talent for deception.

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The Bedroom Basher
star
7.42
40 votes

#14 - The Bedroom Basher

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/22/2015

The case of former Marine Kevin Green, who was convicted in 1980 of a vicious 1979 assault on his wife that took the life of their unborn daughter. He was exonerated in 1996, however, when DNA evidence linked another man to the attack.

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Silent Killer
star
7.42
43 votes

#15 - Silent Killer

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/13/2016

Diane Girts is found dead in the bathtub of her home adjoining her husband's funeral home, and investigators cannot determine exactly how she died; as the case unfolds, detectives uncover troubling clues pointing to a cunning and dangerous killer.

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Last Dance
star
7.38
45 votes

#16 - Last Dance

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/22/2016

Two dancers are strangled in their West Harlem apartment, leading police from place to place in New York City, where dreams of fame and stardom can drive young people to desperate measures and devour them along the way.

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Vanishing Act
star
7.38
32 votes

#17 - Vanishing Act

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/8/2015

An Exxon oil executive goes missing in front of his New Jersey home. Police fear a medical emergency until a ransom note arrives from an eco-terrorist organization. As the case stretches on, the kidnappers' behavior grows more and more baffling.

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The Curious Case of Persian Violet
star
7.36
67 votes

#18 - The Curious Case of Persian Violet

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/11/2014

27-year-old Jarrod Davidson is shot dead outside his apartment in Santa Barbara, California. Next to him is a suspicious potted plant. He was in the middle of a nasty custody dispute but the DNA doesn’t match his ex-wife. So who killed him?

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Frozen Killer
star
7.34
58 votes

#19 - Frozen Killer

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/24/2014

A 31-year-old woman named Julie Keown dies of antifreeze poisoning in Waltham, Massachusetts. Detectives rule out suicide and accidental ingestion. Then, after untangling a web of lies, they turn to her husband, James, a popular radio host.

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Death in the Family
star
7.34
38 votes

#20 - Death in the Family

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/2/2017

Randy Scheffield's family finds him dead in his bed and assumes he has succumbed to a heart attack, but detectives slowly uncover a murder conspiracy that will rock Scheffield's small town for years to come.

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The Body in the Swamp
star
7.32
44 votes

#21 - The Body in the Swamp

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/1/2016

Miami businessman Henry Diaz goes missing the night before a family vacation. His business success has earned him many enemies... even within his own family. But before police can figure out who killed Henry Diaz, they'll need to find his body. Follows detectives as they try to track down the whereabouts of the Miami grocery store owner.

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The Devil Made Me Do It
star
7.32
41 votes

#22 - The Devil Made Me Do It

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/19/2017

Robert Schwartz, a father of three, is murdered brutally in his own home in a way that's made to look like a ritualistic killing, but the investigation will uncover a killer much closer to home.

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Defenseless
star
7.31
16 votes

#23 - Defenseless

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/23/2018

A car races up to the emergency room doors at a Mount Kisco, N.Y., hospital; driver Carlos Perez-Olivo has been shot in his side, while wife Peggy has been shot in the head; investigators must determine what horror has befallen this couple.

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Heart Shot
star
7.31
136 votes

#24 - Heart Shot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/20/2014

A Sunday school teacher is shot through her kitchen window; evidence and anonymous handwritten letters lead police in the wrong direction.

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Kill Thy Neighbor
star
7.30
46 votes

#25 - Kill Thy Neighbor

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/15/2015

In Gulfport, Fla., Detective Larry Tosi investigates the stabbing death of Karen Gregory; after he enlists the help of his firefighter friend, George Lewis, the case takes a shocking turn.

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