The BEST episodes of The Perfect Murder season 5

Every episode of The Perfect Murder season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Perfect Murder season 5!

"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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Bizarre Love Triangle
star
7.53
30 votes

#2 - 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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Gone Girl
star
7.44
27 votes

#3 - 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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Defenseless
star
7.31
16 votes

#4 - 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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Mother Dear
star
7.11
18 votes

#5 - Mother Dear

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/9/2018

Forty-seven-year-old mother Joyce Aparo is found strangled to death near a road 70 miles from her home in Glastonbury, Conn.; the investigation leads detectives into a dark world of abuse, sexual obsession and lies.

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A Motive Most Bizarre
star
7.07
15 votes

#6 - A Motive Most Bizarre

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/16/2018

Motivational speaker Jeffrey Locker, 52, is found stabbed to death in East Harlem, N.Y.; at first, detectives suspect Locker was in the wrong place at the wrong time, then they learn the truth is far more complex and shocking.

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The Last Blitz
star
7.00
12 votes

#7 - The Last Blitz

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/27/2018

University of Miami football player Marlin Barnes and his friend, Timwanika Lumpkins, are beaten to death in Barnes' apartment; as detectives search for the vicious killer, the crime sends shock waves through the campus and community.

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The Green Eyed Monster
star
6.85
13 votes

#8 - The Green Eyed Monster

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/6/2018

Peter Theriault, 51, has never missed a day of work in nearly 30 years, then he fails to arrive for his shift at a car plant in Commerce City, Calif.; his family and friends immediately suspect that something is very wrong.

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Vanished in Vegas
star
6.80
10 votes

#9 - Vanished in Vegas

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/13/2018

Multi-millionaire Las Vegas real estate developer Ron Rudin goes missing; to find him, detectives trace twisted a path filled with haunting spirits, dark obsession and greed.

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Jump Shot
star
6.42
12 votes

#10 - Jump Shot

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/20/2018

Hollywood golden boy Gavin Smith, a 20th Century Fox executive and former star UCLA basketball player, goes missing; for years, his family and detectives search tirelessly for answers, but a group of heartless characters hold fast to their secrets.

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