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People Magazine InvestigatesInvestigation 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.
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S7, EP12 "Manhunt"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 can't find the cold-blooded killer until they learn he hides in plain sight.
S7, EP11 "The Times Square Killer"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.
S7, EP9 "Dead in Bed"In 2007, a 19-year-old woman is brutally murdered in the small town of Winnsboro, Texas; the ensuing investigation reveals the small town has a few wolves masquerading in sheep's clothing; some secrets come to light, but others may be buried forever.
S7, EP8 "Held Captive: The Disappearance of Tanya Kach"After moving to a new city following her parents' divorce, a 14-year-old girl is dissatisfied with her new surroundings; she starts running away from home until one time, she never returns; it takes 10 years before dark secrets are revealed.
S7, EP7 "Who Killed Our Girls?"Four teenage girls are gunned down at an Austin yogurt shop.
S7, EP6 "Brighton Ax Murder"In 1982, a young mother's husband discovers her murdered at home with an ax in her head; everyone thinks a psychopath is on the loose, but police never make an arrest; the authorities find that their killer is someone very close to home.
S7, EP5 "The Strange Disappearance of Karlie Guse"A teen mysteriously vanishes after a strange night with friends.
S7, EP4 "Final Rodeo"After witnessed with a mysterious stranger, a beautiful teen girl completely vanishes from her small town, turning up brutally slain days later in the Nevada desert; the search for her killer envelops the entire community, and fear abounds.
S7, EP3 "Where Is Mark Himebaugh?"In November 1991, 11-year-old Mark Himebaugh leaves home to check out a nearby brushfire and disappears without a trace; as police investigate, they discover that both his family and the town may be hiding some disturbing secrets.
S7, EP2 "The I-70 Killer"In 1992, store clerks across the Midwest get shot dead in the middle of the day; police soon connect the dots to realize it as the work of one killer, and the chase commences as he threatens to strike anywhere at any time.
S7, EP2 "The I-70 Killer"In 1992, store clerks across the Midwest are being shot dead in the middle of the day; it's not long before police connect the dots and realize it's the work of one killer, and the race is on as he threatens to strike anywhere at any time.
S7, EP1 "Girl Scout Murders"In June 1977, three little girls are at summer camp when a vicious predator sneaks into their tent in the middle of the night; as day breaks, a camp counselor uncovers what becomes a notorious crime in Oklahoma history.
S7, EP1 "Girl Scout Murders"In June 1977, three little girls are at summer camp when a vicious predator sneaks into their tent in the middle of the night; as day breaks, a camp counselor uncovers what becomes a notorious crime in Oklahoma history.
S6, EP16 "Candy and Betty"When neighbors find a young teacher axed to death on Friday the 13th, a sleepy suburb fears a psychopath is loose; the bloody crime scene leads police to a most unlikely suspect, unfolding a story people still have to see to believe 40 years later.
S6, EP12 "Natural Born Killers"In May 2002, a couple goes missing in Ocean City, Maryland, almost as if they vanished into thin air, until a random, late-night burglary leads police to discover a tale of deception, brutality and savagery.
S6, EP11 "Darkness in the Desert"A 19-year-old coed leaves her apartment and never returns; when her body is found in a desert river basin, police and internet sleuths wonder if she was a victim of an alleged killer known as the Zombie Hunter.
S6, EP10 "Gone in the Night"When a young woman goes missing, a rookie police officer's intuition leads to an intense investigation, as they race against the clock to find her.
S6, EP9 "The Grudge"Detectives must get creative to find their suspect when a Mennonite woman goes missing in January 2020 and forensic evidence from her body leads them to a dead end.
S6, EP8 "American Nightmare"One family's American dream goes up in flames; as they try to rebuild what's left, they vow to search for justice.
S6, EP7 "Evil Comes to Jasper"The murder of James Byrd, Jr. throws his family into turmoil as law enforcement investigates one of the most gruesome hate crimes in U.S. history.
S6, EP6 "The Colorado Hammer Killer"The 2018 murder of the Colorado mom who disappeared amid an alleged breakup with her fiancé.
S6, EP5 "Valley of Death"Investigators search for links to the mysterious cases of five young people who disappear over a span of four years in the rural area of Lewis-Clark Valley along the Idaho-Washington border.
S6, EP3 "Alibi"During an armed robbery, a father of three is fatally shot, but for 23 years, another family questions if the wrong man is behind bars.
S6, EP2 "My Mother's Soldier"A mother's bond to her daughter is put to the ultimate test when one of them shoots a man dead.
S6, EP1 "Groene Family Massacre"A savage killer goes on a homicidal rampage and then abducts two young siblings from their home in the middle of the night; the children quickly decide they will do whatever is necessary to survive.
S5, EP12 "Bible Belt Massacre"Two days before the new millennium, the Freeman family trailer is burned to the ground; the couple's remains are found, but their teenage daughter and her friend are missing.
S5, EP11 "Red Christmas"In December 2003, police respond to a mysterious 911 call at a home in Mansfield, Texas; when authorities enter, they discover two bodies; the key to finding the killer is within one of the victim's grasp.
S5, EP10 "Is Rodney Reed Innocent?"A Texas woman is raped and murdered; a trial sparks a racially charged debate over whether an innocent man was condemned to death; new evidence comes to light; the truth about who killed Stacy Stites.
S5, EP9 "A Crimson End"Two members of a prominent family are murdered in Arkansas, and a teenager is arrested; for 24 years, one woman believes the teen is innocent.
S5, EP8 "The Price of Fame"In 2001, actor Robert Blake finds his new wife, Bonny Lee Bakely, shot in the head in the couple's car; the largest homicide investigation in LAPD history uncovers a story of blind ambition and betrayal.
S5, EP7 "Little Girl Gone"In June 2003, a 5-year-old girl walks around the corner to her friend's house and vanishes into thin air; as police investigate, they realize this quaint Midwest community is hiding some disturbing secrets that may never be fully uncovered.
S5, EP6 "The Hollywood Ripper"A woman is murdered the same night she's supposed to go out with rising star Ashton Kutcher, and police believe the clues point to a serial killer; as the number of victims climbs, one brave woman manages to survive.
S5, EP5 "Blood Ties"A college student who is working as a radio station intern is murdered, launching a long and frustrating investigation that leaves family and police on the brink of hopelessness; forensic genealogy leads to a man who has been on the run for decades.
S5, EP4 "The Delphi Killers"A quiet rural town is rocked when two middle school girls go on a hike and are later found murdered; when police discover one of the girls may have recorded her killer with her cellphone, the race is on to find the mysterious man.
S5, EP3 "Flight Risk"In the mountains of Colorado on Thanksgiving Day 2018, a young pilot goes missing without a trace, leaving behind her baby; police follow the few clues they have and unravel a story far more bizarre and horrifying than anyone could have imagined.
S5, EP2 "Jenner Beach Murders"A Christian couple's weekend getaway takes a tragic turn when they are found murdered on a northern California beach; satanic imagery found nearby leads local sheriff's deputies on a manhunt.
S5, EP1 "Highway of Horrors"In 1992, a college student disappears after her car breaks down on the highway; family and friends join police in a frantic search that hits one setback after another; it may take new advances in DNA technology to finally crack this stubborn case.
S4, EP12 "Motor City Murder"A senseless murder rocks an African-American neighborhood in 1970s Detroit; police arrest suspects who are ultimately convicted of murder, but 47 years later, the truth finally emerges to right history's wrongs.
S4, EP11 "Suburban Secrets"After doting mother Cheryl Coker vanishes from Riverside, Ohio, numerous searches turn up nothing; as police take a closer look at the case, they uncover some disturbing information.
S4, EP10 "Oklahoma Horror Story"Right before Thanksgiving, two masked gunmen reportedly invade a couple's home and kill the husband; with few leads, police use ballistics, forensics and neighborhood gossip to solve this cold-blooded murder.
S4, EP9 "The Cheerleader and The Hitman"When a widower and father of three is found murdered outside his Long Island home, police have reason to look into shady business dealings as a possible motive; then, a tip leads to three unlikely suspects, exposing dark family secrets.
S4, EP8 "Nine Years in the Shadows"In 1988, a young woman is found murdered in her Modesto, Calif., home, leading police to investigate the strife and infidelity in her marriage; a surprising witness eventually comes forward.
S4, EP7 "Law & Murder"A double murder involving the family of a federal judge prompts an investigation of epic proportions by the FBI, U.S. Marshals and Chicago Police Department; at the end of the trail, law enforcement personnel learn the death count may climb higher.
S4, EP6 "Memphis Blues"NBA basketball player Lorenzen Wright goes missing outside of Memphis, Tenn., then his body is discovered in the woods, and investigators find out this case is far from a slam dunk.
S4, EP5 "A Killing in Chinatown"Cambodian genocide survivor Dr. Haing Ngor wins an Oscar for his role in "The Killing Fields," then he's gunned down outside his Los Angeles home, and the LAPD investigates a web of political intrigue, revenge and street gangs to uncover the truth.
S4, EP4 "The Freeway Phantom"In the early 1970s, Washington D.C. is terrorized by a cunning killer who abducts and murders six young African American girls; police and the community are outraged by the serial killings that target young children in their own neighborhoods.
S4, EP3 "Without a Trace"In San Francisco, Kevin Collins, 10, disappears on his way home, galvanizing the residents to find him; with few leads to go on, Kevin's case sheds light on hundreds of other children who have vanished without a trace in the United States.
S4, EP2 "Vanished"So-Cal surfer and tech entrepreneur Chris Smith dreams of making a tidy sum of money and surfing off into the sunset; it seems as though his dreams have come true, but all is not as it appears.
S4, EP1 "The Springfield Three"On June 6, 1992, Suzie Streeter and Stacy McCall attend parties celebrating their high school graduation; by morning, the teenagers have gone missing, along with Suzie's mother, Sherrill Levitt; the case leads police on a nationwide search.
S3, EP15 "Who Killed Jane Doe 59?"In 1969, a woman is found murdered in Los Angeles, but her identity is a mystery; for decades, police investigate hoping to put a name to the face and find her killer; the one lead that comes up over and over leads them to Charles Manson.
S3, EP14 "Burned Alive"On a Mississippi back road, a 19-year-old woman is set on fire and left to burn alive; her last words lead detectives down a road of dead ends and the case goes cold until a special agent taps into her location data and finds a suspect.
S3, EP13 "The Sound of Silence"Gallaudet University is the premier college for the deaf in the United States, but this haven of higher learning is turned upside down after two students are murdered in their dormitory rooms.
S3, EP12 "Monster in the Desert"In 1992, a 19-year-old woman is brutally assaulted outside of Desert Hot Springs, Calif.; miraculously, she escapes but lives in constant fear that her assailant will find her again one day, not realizing she has survived a serial killer.
S3, EP11 "Children of Thunder"In the summer of 2000, bags full of body parts start appearing all over the San Francisco Bay Area; investigators follow the trail of grisly clues to a secret cult carrying out a sinister scheme.
S3, EP10 "The Unicorn Killer"In Philadelphia, police make a horrific discovery 18 months after a woman goes missing; the police pursue the woman's killer, but he always manages to stay one step ahead of the law.
S3, EP9 "Murder on Newberry St."In York, Pa., race riots claim the lives of an African-American mother and a young, white police officer; their deaths are largely forgotten until 30 years later when their cold cases are reopened, revealing the city's dark past.
S3, EP8 "Fatal Family Secrets"A celebratory night turns deadly for the Whitaker family as they are gunned down at home; when investigators uncover a conspiracy, it will test one man's ability to forgive as he fights to save the criminal mastermind from the death penalty.
S3, EP7 "Gone Girls"Over the span of decades, three women meet their deaths or go missing under mysterious circumstances, forcing authorities to examine the one thing they had in common -- they all fell in love with the same man.
S3, EP6 "Murder Among Friends"In the summer of 1980, a popular teen goes for a run around her hometown in Maine and, days later, her savagely beaten body is found; what happened remains a mystery for years until her mother intervenes and forces police to re-examine the case.
S3, EP5 "Mystery in the Swamp"The morning of his anniversary, Mike Williams goes duck hunting; when he fails to return home, an all-out search commences, but it's only the beginning of a sordid mystery that will take close to 20 years to solve.
S3, EP4 "Fallen Angels"A 12-year-old girl goes missing on her way to school in Oregon City, Ore.; the police investigation offers little in the way of leads, then a second girl disappears.
S3, EP3 "Gone in 90 Seconds"When an 11-year-old Arizona girl vanishes while waiting for an ice cream truck, it's clear she's been abducted; the search for her leads to a trail of suspects, making it the largest missing child investigation in Arizona history.
S3, EP2 "Terror in Philadelphia"In 1998, a gifted Philadelphia graduate student is found murdered in her bed, triggering a hunt for her killer.
S3, EP1 "Somebody's Watching"After a fire chief's wife's burned body is discovered, an autopsy reveals she died from a gunshot wound to the head, and the arson investigation turns into a hunt for her killer.
S2, EP12 "Death Before Dawn"Police investigate the shooting of millionaires Brad and Andra Sachs in their home in 2014 and track a series of clues in a chase to find the couple's killer.
S2, EP11 "Alaskan Temptress"Shock sweeps through a Washington community when a suburban mother gets arrested for a murder from a decade earlier in Alaska; details of a seedy and sordid past emerge.
S2, EP10 "My Father, the Serial Killer"In 1980, Tim Hack and Kelly Drew go missing from a small Wisconsin town, then their bodies are found in a field; a woman comes forward nearly 40 years later to help solve the so-called "Sweetheart Murders" of Hack and Drew.
S2, EP9 "Blood in the Sand"In 1984, the body of a 14-year-old girl turns up on the beach in San Diego and police think it relates to the murder of another teen; a clue yields an unbelievable suspect.
S2, EP8 "Killing Field"After a young couple goes missing, detectives find a clue leading them to a strange storage container in the middle of 95 acres, and what's inside unlocks the secrets of a monster hiding in plain sight.
S2, EP7 "Marked for Murder"In Florida, friends and family are stunned after an esteemed criminal law professor is executed in his garage; investigators follow a series of leads taking them on a statewide hunt in search of the murderous masterminds.
S2, EP6 "Murder at Sea"A premiere fishing boat explodes into flames just off shore, stunning the small fishing town of Craig, Alaska; after fighting the flames, state troopers discover the remains of a young family and few clues as to could have set the ship blaze.
S2, EP5 "Once Bitten"Sherri Rasmussen and John Ruetten are enjoying newlywed life until one morning when Sherri calls into work sick; that night, John returns home to find his wife murdered; years later, detectives discover Sherri's killer was too close for comfort.
S2, EP4 "Connecticut Horror Story"One summer night in 2007, the Petit family is woken up by two strangers in their quiet Connecticut home; suddenly, these four family members find themselves being held hostage and in a fight for their lives.
S2, EP3 "Shallow Grave"When a young family vanishes from their Southern California dream home, friends and family are left with dozens of unanswered questions; authorities suspect they fled the country, until an unlikely source uncovers the truth.
S2, EP2 "Where Is Baby DeOrr?"A young couple's toddler vanishes while the family is enjoying an impromptu camping trip in Leadore, Idaho; investigators and private detectives work around the clock to find the missing boy, only to come back to his parents.
S1, EP11 "Jeffrey MacDonald: The Accused"A brutal 1970 home invasion claims the lives of Army surgeon Jeffrey MacDonald's wife and daughters, leaving him the lone survivor; authorities doubt his story of murderous hippies and believe MacDonald committed the crime himself.
S1, EP10 "The Darkest of Nights"In Craig, Ala., townspeople are shocked when police discover the charred body of beloved mother and wife Lauri Waterman; people have no idea who would want to kill her, then an unlikely witness reveals a sordid story of secrets and lies.
S1, EP9 "The Grim Sleeper"A lone survivor is the only witness who can help police track down a serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper preying on women in South Central Los Angeles; after decades of searching, police hone in on an unlikely suspect.
S1, EP8 "JonBenét: The Untold Truth"Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found murdered in her Boulder, Colo., home in 1996, and investigators try to determine whether she was killed by an intruder or by a member of her own family.
S1, EP7 "In the Name of Love"In Grand Prairie, Texas, a game of truth-or-dare leads to a startling confession in the 1995 shooting death of 16-year-old Adrianne Jones.
S1, EP6 "Hollywood Horror Story"Hikers discover the severed head of Hervey Medellin in the Hollywood Hills; the suspects include former lovers, drug cartel hit men and a porn star in this tale of lust, greed and butchery.
S1, EP5 "Cabin 28: Horror in the Woods"In 1981, a woman and three teenagers are murdered in a cabin in the remote town of Keddie, Calif., and no one is ever brought to justice; now, new evidence may hold the key to finally cracking this case.
S1, EP4 "Stranger Than Fiction"Police question suspects in the inner circle of Jackie Galloway, a woman found strangled and bound with ritualistic knots; a chance encounter with a prowler leads them to the shocking discovery of a budding serial killer.
S1, EP3 "What Happened to Baby Lisa?"In 2011, a 10-month-old baby girl goes missing from her home in Kansas City, Mo., and her family fears she's been kidnapped by a drifter, only to be accused by the police of being responsible for her disappearance.
S1, EP2 "The Long Island Serial Killer: New Revelations"The discovery of four women's bodies on Gilgo Beach is just the beginning, as investigators uncover multiple suspects and shocking theories while racing to identify the Long Island Serial Killer before he strikes again.
S1, EP1 "The Long Island Serial Killer: The Lost Girls"When a vivacious young escort, Shannan Gilbert, vanishes on Long Island's south shore in 2010, her disappearance leads police to discover the bodies of 10 other victims dumped by a serial killer.
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.
Original Air Date: Nov 7, 2016
Genres: RealityDocuseriesTV Series
Rating: TV14
Playback: HD
7 seasons available on demand (86 episodes)
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