The BEST episodes of Vanity Fair Confidential
Every episode of Vanity Fair Confidential ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Vanity Fair Confidential!
Whether we love them or love to hate them, there is something about the rich and powerful that keeps us fascinated. From their rise and fall to their outrageous lies, and even murder, Vanity Fair captures it all and we just can’t turn away. Now, the true stories we have all devoured in Vanity Fair come to television. In each hour-long episode, viewers are treated to a sinful dose of power, wealth, deception and crime.
#1 - Shadows on the Lawn
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/5/2018
When a woman hears from a man who assaulted her in college, she's determined to bring him to justice; 30 years later, a student at the same university speaks about a strikingly similar encounter, leading investigators to uncover a shocking truth.
#2 - Murder on the Sunset Strip
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/30/2017
In 1980, a serial killer abducts women from downtown Los Angles and dumps their bodies in bizarre places. When an unidentified caller telephones police, they must decipher fact from fiction as the woman confesses to a bizarre series of events.
#3 - Murder at the Drama Club
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/6/2017
Deep in Louisiana bayou country, a man is found brutally murdered in a nightclub. A handwritten note soaked in the victim's blood reads: "You gave me AIDS." Police have more questions than answers. Was it a hate crime? Will the killer strike again?
#4 - Seeds of Doubt
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/13/2017
After a serial killer known as the Stocking Strangler is sentenced to death in Georgia, Vanity Fair writer David Rose uncovers shocking facts about the case and races to stop the execution.
#5 - Grounds for Murder
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/20/2017
Two women disappear from a college town, and panic pervades the community after their bodies are found; the victims' families galvanize the public to help put a killer behind bars.
#6 - Nightmares on Main Street
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/27/2017
In Austin, Texas, detectives uncover a day care abuse scandal that horrifies the community, and women from across the country come forward with chilling tales of ritual abuse.
#7 - Henry Lee Lucas: Dead Reckoning
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/6/2017
A Texas drifter is sentenced to death after confessing to hundreds of brutal murders, but some investigators continue to wonder if they have the real killer behind bars.
#8 - Natalee Holloway: Lost in Paradise
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/10/2017
In May 2010, Stephany Flores, the daughter of a Peruvian politician, goes missing after a night out in an upscale district of Lima, Peru. Shocked by the sudden disappearance, her family immediately starts searching the downtown casinos where Stephany liked to spend her free time. Culling through surveillance footage of the Atlantic City Casino, it is clear she left the venue with an unknown tall, white man. As they dig deeper, the Flores family is shocked to learn that exactly five years earlier, another family 3,000 miles away was scrambling to track down their own daughter after a night with this same mystery man.
#9 - Bikram Feels the Heat
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/13/2017
In 1974, Bikram Choudhury, a yoga prodigy, opens his first studio in Beverly Hills, California. By 2011, there are over 600 Bikram Yoga studios worldwide. As Choudhury’s empire grows, so does the cult-like nature of his organization. He becomes controlling, demanding loyalty from his followers and surrounds himself with young, female students who he insists brush his hair and massage him. In 2013, one woman alleges that Choudhury assaulted her. Soon after, more women come forward with similar stories of harassment and sexual assault. How did this man allegedly go from healer to sexual predator? What will it take to stop the violence?
#10 - Locked Up Next Door
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/20/2017
When Aubrey Lloyd learns her teenage sister has run away, Aubrey is certain she knows what’s happening. Her sister is being sold for sex. It is a familiar story for Aubrey, who was forced into prostitution when she was a high school student. The multibillion-dollar sex trafficking industry has evolved into a modern day slave trade. In Houston, law enforcement officials fight to take down notorious trafficker Gerardo “El Gallo” Salazar, who brands his victims with trademark rooster tattoos. When a girl’s innocence becomes a moneymaking proposition, how far will a sexual predator go to turn a profit?
#11 - Dylan Roof's Radical White Rage
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/3/2017
A young white stranger joins a bible class at the historic black Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. After sitting silently for 45 minutes, he shoots nine parishioners dead. The killer, Dylann Roof, recently radicalized on the Internet, is committed to starting a race war. Two months later, three white militia men, calling themselves “Crusaders,” plot to blow up an apartment complex in Kansas where 120 Somali Muslim immigrants live and pray. Intent on “a bloodbath,” they use the Internet to learn how to kill more effectively. How far do these online communities, who seem committed to hate, stretch?
#12 - St. George’s Hidden Dragons
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/27/2017
St. George’s School, an elite New England prep school, sits on a hilltop in Rhode Island. Graduates have included Mellons, Vanderbilts, Bushes and Astors. But the campus holds decades of dark secrets. In April 2015, the school sends a letter to students and alumni stating that it is investigating claims of sexual abuse of students by a staff member. It seems ready to atone for its sins. As dozens of alumni come forward with stories of sexual misconduct by teachers and staff, how high will the number of victims – and perpetrators – climb? And how deep did the cover-up go?
#13 - The Fugitive Son
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/23/2017
A star athlete from a wealthy family brutally rapes several teenage girls and threatens to kill them if they tell anyone. An international manhunt ensues, and he eludes capture by the FBI and Interpol. Will he honor his death threats?
#14 - The Boy Who Cried Author
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/12/2018
JT LeRoy's meteoric rise to literary stardom is truly remarkable, but the young author's increasingly bizarre behavior gives rise to speculation about what was happening behind the scenes.
#15 - Was Bambi Framed?
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/19/2018
Lawrencia "Bambi" Bembenek, former Playboy bunny and Milwaukee police officer, said she was framed by her colleagues after being convicted of murder.
#16 - The Secret of the Summer Wind
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/26/2018
After a governor's aide vanishes without a trace, an investigation is launched exposing the dark secrets of one of the most powerful men in the state.
#17 - Intimations of Murder
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/5/2018
After a young woman disappears in New York, her family becomes convinced she's been murdered; investigators dedicate themselves to finding out what really happened to the missing woman.
#18 - Scientology's Vanished Queen
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/12/2018
She is the first lady of Scientology. She is the wife of the Church’s leader. And after Shelly Miscavige disappears from public view, the public and some of the Church’s former insiders want to know – what happened to Scientology’s vanished queen?
#19 - Murder Most Obsessive
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/19/2018
Aspiring actress Vicki Morgan is bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat by her roommate; after he confesses to the police, it seems like an open-and-shut case; then things take a turn leaving everyone wondering, who really killed Vicki Morgan.
#20 - Sins of the Mother
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/26/2018
After a wealthy socialite goes missing, police wonder if two of the most wanted con artists are behind her disappearance.
#21 - The Disco Inferno
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/2/2018
The dark and violent past of Chris Paciello, a nightclub owner in South Beach who was adored by celebrities like Madonna and Sofia Vergara.
#22 - An Inconvenient Murder
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/16/2018
A woman becomes entangled with a brooding leading man in Hollywood and with the son of a world-famous actor, then she's found shot to death, prompting investigators to ask if one of them was capable of killing her in cold blood.
#23 - Silicon Valley Murder Mystery
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/23/2018
Emerging from the shadows of the dark net, a kingpin will stop at nothing to protect his multi-billion-dollar online empire, Silk Road.
#24 - Love and Obsession
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/30/2018
A New York socialite is terrorized by a sadistic stalker who threatens to kidnap her daughter; she is left asking about his identity, his motives and his willingness to carry out his threats.
#25 - Nightmare on Elwood Avenue
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2016
In 2003, NYC financial analyst Maria Cruz vanishes and the last man she saw is missing too. From Manhattan to Newark, NJ, Vanity Fair Special Correspondent Bryan Burrough tracks this wild tale of medical fraud, stolen drugs and unspeakable crimes.