In Emporia, KS, an illicit church romance leads to murder; in North Carolina, a police officer's affair leads to jealousy, rage and death.

In Green Bay, WI a wife is found drowned in her bath tub; in Melbourne, Australia, an old oil barrel contains a dark secret.

In Peru, IN, greed and lust chip away at a power couple's relationship; in rural Iowa, neighbors are at war.

In Buford, GA, a wife begins a cyber affair which has deadly consequences; in Raleigh, NC, a medical aids researcher suffers unusual medical problems his doctors can't explain.

In Silverthorne, Colorado, a photographer's wife seems to have mysteriously vanished in the night, until detectives learn he has a violent past; in Darby, Montana, a husband is dead, and Police have two suspects - his wife and mistress.

In Easton, Pennsylvania, a lesbian love triangle spins out of control; in Gillette, Wyoming, a desperate housewife has a shocking tale of murder and revenge.

In Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Police respond to a report of a vicious home invasion; in Olathe, Kansas, a brutal murder sends shockwaves through Bible country.

At Lake Mohave, Nevada, a fisherman stumbles across a human skull; in the North West of England, a husband claims his wife has left him for another man, but no one can find her.

Former prosecutor Julie Grant is joined by a team of top trial attorneys and forensic experts to cover the high-stakes trials that are on the docket, and the crime cases dominating the headlines.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Ryan Ferguson spends a decade in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

A Costa Rican paradise turns into a nightmare when a millionaire is found dead in his bedroom.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

Rebecca Keller and Keri Murphy murdered Murphy's mother after she did not approve of their high school relationship; in her first TV interview ever, Keller explains to David Scott her role in the killing and even tries to justify why she did it.

She went by "Angel," but Alicia Keator was far from benevolent; Keator and her boyfriend killed and robbed John Fernandez, a 65-year-old man who used a wheelchair, after she agreed to take care of him in exchange for free rent.

It was a love triangle that turned deadly. In 2009, a Florida teenager stabbed her teenaged love rival over an ex-boyfriend, and the case had people across the country glued to the televised trial.

A loving father vanishes without a trace in central California, setting off a feverish missing person's investigation revealing he had been murdered by the woman he used to trust with his life.

A preacher and his protege run a scam through the Internet to rob victims, steal their identities and discard their bodies.

Advancements in technology allow police to locate a South Los Angeles killer from the 1980s who resurfaced after being dormant for 14 years.

A seductress bleeds two cops in Georgia dry before killing them for their life insurance benefits.

A wayward son goes across two states on a shooting spree, killing five people before the police identify him as an ex-con who escaped from a halfway home.

Cops suspect an ex-lover is the culprit when a woman is savagely murdered inside her rural Louisiana home, but after years of investigation, it becomes clear that her deranged neighbors were involved.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

After accepting a plea deal in a missing teen's death, Kat McDonough admits to authorities that she offered up the girl for sex with her dominant boyfriend, Seth Mazzaglia.

Yvonne Baldelli and Marine Corps veteran Brian Brimager fall in love and move to a Caribbean island; but paradise turns into a nightmare when Yvonne emails that she's left Brian for another man, and they're moving to Costa Rica; when her family discovers that the email comes from the United States, they suspect foul play.

Police may have steered young Christopher Tapp into a false confession for a vicious murder; white supremacist Buford Furrow goes on a killing spree.

When Army Pvt. Micah Xavier Johnson is discharged for sexual harassment, he becomes a deadly assassin bent on shooting police during a peaceful protest march.

A doctor intentionally misdiagnoses thousands of patients with cancer as part of an insurance scam; one of the biggest financial fraud cases in Italy's history.

A woman who falsely accused the Duke University men's lacrosse team of rape is charged with the attempted murder of her boyfriend; a trusted employee embezzles $34 million to feed a shopping addiction.

Legendary music producer Phil Spector is convicted of murder; Ali al-Timimi's Virginia jihad network of young U.S. Muslim men play paintball to train for holy war.

A triple agent serves in the U.S. military and government while helping to orchestrate the al-Qaida campaign of terror leading to 9/11; a four-star Army general resigns amid scandal.

When 15-month-old Ava Worthington became ill with a cold, her parents Carl and Raylene did what they always did, and insisted the power of prayer was the only cure she needed.

Prosecutors say the death of 16-year-old Neil Beagley was completely preventable; so much so his parents are charged with criminally negligent homicide.

Friends and family of Angie Zapata say she never hid from the men she dated that she was a transgender woman; Michael Andrade claims she did, and that the revelation drove him to brutally murder her.

Police dispatcher Shawna Nelson thought she had committed the perfect crime when she shot her romantic rival Heath Garraus execution style, but she underestimated the abilities of the very police department she worked for.

A woman spends almost two decades searching for the man who kidnapped her from her bedroom and left her for dead when she was 8 years old.

When a 17-year-old girl breaks up with her abusive boyfriend, he snaps and breaks into her bedroom to attack her.

The investigation into two double murders committed five years apart leads police to a famous hospital and an unlikely suspect.

DNA on one of two teenage girls killed in a similar fashion on a California beach six years apart leads investigators to a suspect who worked inside the police department.

In 2014, a New Orleans filmmaker becomes a suspect in the 1996 murder of an Idaho teen after a search of a public DNA database yields a partial match.

A missing woman is found dead in Texas; interviews with her family, friends, investigators, and boyfriend.

The rescue of a woman found chained in a storage container leads investigators to discover the other crimes of the serial killer who held her captive.

Whether a true crime television show influenced the investigation of an alleged rape and murder case in Atlanta.

S01/E119 When Susan Wright's husband, Jeffrey, was found buried in the backyard, stabbed 193 times, people dubbed her the blue-eyed butcher of the suburbs.

S01/E120 Bad things happen to the people close to Robert Durst. His wife disappeared without a trace. His best friend was killed in her home.

When drug-addicted casino owner Ted Binion turns up dead in his mansion, the suspects are pure Vegas: an ex-stripper girlfriend, a contractor who knew where his silver was buried, and a mob boss who launders money through his casino.

In California, a wife in an affair with a doctor makes a dangerous choice; a birthday celebration ends in horror in Australia.

An obsessive ex-cop in Michigan is prepared to do anything for his lover; sex becomes a powerful weapon as a marriage falls apart in Ontario, Canada.

In Newtown, CT a flight attendant vanishes into the night after returning home; in Virginia, a trip to an ATM machine ends in mystery and murder.

In Virginia Beach, VA, there is a twisted plot involving murder to try and secure a pay out from the U.S.

In upstate New York a school superintendent's new relationship ends in terror; in Houston, TX a wife buries her troubled past.

In West Virginia a marriage goes up in smoke after an affair; in Raleigh, NC, a romantic stroll in the park turns to terror.

A minister murders his wife when she uncovers his secret double life; Baltimore's biggest drug dealer ships tons of cocaine cross-country.

Ennis Cosby is gunned down on the streets of Los Angeles while changing a tire; during the Reagan administration, the U.S. is accused of selling weapons in exchange for hostages.

A stunt goes horribly wrong, causing three deaths on the set of "Twilight Zone: The Movie"; billionaire hotelier Leona Helmsley is called "the queen of mean."

The brutal murder of a British soldier by radical Muslims on a London street is caught on tape; the Lackawanna Six go to terrorist training camp to prepare for holy war.

James Holmes is found guilty of murdering 12 people and injuring 70 more in a shooting at a Colorado movie theatre.

A Minnesota man kills two teens who have broken into his home, and a jury must determine whether he is a hero or a murderer.

Faceless killers lure victims to their deaths on social media.

Police search for two missing Florida teens before they can cross paths with a serial killer riding the rails across the country, leaving a string of murders behind him.

A shooter goes on a rampage, targeting police officers, and local residents update the nation in real time on social media.

Anthony John Hardy is given three life sentences after a homeless man finds body parts in a garbage bin.

A man who lost two wives under unusual circumstances comes under suspicion.

The jury's decision in the murder trial of Frederick Mueller, who was accused of killing his wife.

A personal fitness device that tracks steps, exercise and sleep becomes relevant in a murder case.

A preacher prays for answers about his actress girlfriend's death.

Investigating the murder of hotel heir Benji Novack Jr.

Accusations that a millionaire health supplement distributor hired a hit man to kill his model wife of seven years.

New information in the case of a woman accused of killing her fiance during a kayaking trip may prove her innocence.

The search for a missing mother of two during Hurricane Harvey.

A military veteran finds himself facing murder charges for beating his girlfriend to death; now, doctors suspect his traumatic brain injury and PTSD explain his behavior.

When a woman disappears, no one reports her missing for months until she misses an appointment with her hairdresser.

A filmmaker and a former Marine work to find a woman's killer.

A decorated former U.S. Army soldier who pretended to take on a hit job for two Houston-area doctors talks about the case.

A mother's concerns lead police to the scene of her daughter's murder in the Los Angeles home she shared with her producer boyfriend.

Investigation into the murder of a mother of three reveals she may have known her killer's name.

The investigation into the shooting death of retired NYPD officer Patrick Gilhuley, including interviews with jury members and a deconstruction of forensic evidence.

Aileen Wuornos sold her body to survive; this generated a deep-seeded rage for those who would pay for her services which allegedly resulted in the deaths of seven Florida men.

When ex-con Scott Nelson looked at middle-aged nanny Jennifer Fulford he allegedly saw a target for his rage; Nelson had other plans when he entered the courtroom for his trial.

Mafia hit man Maurizio Avola, betrayed because he knows too much, turns informer in a secret ex-Mafioso compound.

As detectives dig into the lives of a couple who were found stabbed, they discover a twisted relationship of secrets, jealousy, adultery and murder.

Charles Whitman randomly guns down students and pedestrians from atop the University of Texas clock tower in 1966.

The murderer of more than 50 African-American women is finally caught, brazenly pushing his latest victim in a shopping cart in broad daylight.

After a 25-year-old landscape architect is murdered along a roadside, police receive an anonymous tip that leads them to the killer.

Collin Ferguson walks onto a Long Island Rail Road train and fires methodically at passengers, killing six and wounding 19.

Three bomb blasts tear through a tourist district on the peaceful island of Bali, killing 202 people and seriously injuring 209 more.

Luca Rocco Magnotta's horrifying Internet videos of small animals are the just the beginning of his road to a prison cell.

Former prosecutor Julie Grant is joined by a team of top trial attorneys and forensic experts to cover the high-stakes trials that are on the docket, and the crime cases dominating the headlines.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Julia Jenaé hosts guests with perspectives and passionate opinions on the trials and true-crime stories.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

Updates on the death of an anesthesiologist's wife.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

The confession by teenagers Alex and Derek King that they bludgeoned their father to death is called into question after the family friend who turned the boys in, Ricky Chavis, is revealed to be a pedophile who wanted Alex to himself.

Although Hemy Neuman is on trial for executing Rusty Sneiderman in the parking lot of his son's daycare, the prosecution turns on their star witness, Rusty's wife Andrea, who they suspect to be the real mastermind behind her husband's death.

The cold-blooded murder of Ron Stovall - chased down and executed inside his own home - had all the signs of a mob hit. After a criminal with alleged ties to organized crime was arrested with the murder weapon, police thought they had their man.

Two Baltimore cops rob criminals, sell confiscated drugs, and pocket the profits until a 16-year-old drug dealer goes under cover for the FBI to bring them down.

A bad cop-turned-good in North Carolina helps uncover a pattern of crimes committed by officers in the sheriff's department, which brings down 22 law enforcement officials.

Tyler Hadley discusses how he, as a troubled 17-year-old, bludgeoned his mother and father to death with a hammer.

A gruesome video on a stolen SD card exposes Brian Steven Smith's secret double life; David Scott confronts this soft-spoken husband and serial killer about his nighttime hunts for vulnerable Alaskan women.

Former prosecutor Julie Grant is joined by a team of top trial attorneys and forensic experts to cover the high-stakes trials that are on the docket, and the crime cases dominating the headlines.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Julia Jenaé hosts guests with perspectives and passionate opinions on the trials and true-crime stories.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

A global search for a doctor begins after his wife's untimely death.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

William Coday fell in love with Columbian immigrant Gloria Gomez; when he lived in Germany, he'd thought he had a similar love; Gloria Gomez's life would come to a similarly brutal end.

Betty Broderick was a socialite who led a perfect life with a successful husband and kids until it all came crashing down in divorce, and murder.

No one knows why actress Lana Clarkson decided to go to music producer Phil Spector's home for a nightcap, but they do know that by the end of the night she was dead; Spector claims she committed suicide, but the evidence says otherwise.

Law enforcement investigates a series of unsolved murders in the state of Colorado over the course of a year, only to realize all the seemingly isolated incidents all point back to a single FBI informant.

A state employee abducts women in Southwestern New Mexico to keep them captive in his homemade torture chamber, the toy box, for years, until one of his victims escapes.

A serial killer hunts young African-American women in Jacksonville, Florida, strangling them and discarding their bodies.

A homicide investigation ensues after a surgeon's wife goes missing, and remains unsolved after 15 years.

When a banker's soon-to-be ex-wife dies, it is passed off as an accidental fall, but after months of investigation it becomes clear that she was murdered.

The murder of a husband and his pregnant wife leaving a child birthing class leaves police thinking it was a random shooting until they find the real perpetrator weeks later.

Nearly three years pass before the mastermind who murdered three members of an affluent family inside their home is found.

A local businesswoman's disappearance launches a homicide investigation when police find microscopic evidence in her home and car.

Former prosecutor Julie Grant is joined by a team of top trial attorneys and forensic experts to cover the high-stakes trials that are on the docket, and the crime cases dominating the headlines.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Julia Jenaé hosts guests with perspectives and passionate opinions on the trials and true-crime stories.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

When an art dealer's wife dies in a car crash, questions arise as to whether it was an accident or a murder.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

After Dan Markel's murder by two hitmen, his former mother-in-law, Donna Adelson, is now accused of orchestrating the plot; with her son and his girlfriend already convicted, prosecutors allege Donna was the mastermind.

Once prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh's life begins to unravel after the murders of his wife, Maggie and youngest son Paul as an investigation uncovers years of drug abuse and theft of millions of dollars.

When Lori Vallow's children go missing, she moves to Hawaii and marries cult leader Chad Daybell, leaving behind a path of destruction and several dead bodies in her wake.

David Coffin's house burned down with him in it, but it wasn't the fire that killed him, it was the bullet in his head; investigators immediately focused on Scott Davis, the estranged husband of Coffin's new girlfriend.

When the bodies of Ruby Joyner and Halima Jones were discovered beaten, strangled and shot, police turned to someone they both knew; but Lewis Joyner was nowhere to be found.

Following the path from victim to verdict and exploring how, when it comes to murder, it is rare for there to be no prior connection between the killer and the deceased.

When Atlanta homemaker Sara Tokars is kidnapped, shot and killed in front of her two young children, police are baffled; the answer may lie in the home safe of her husband Fred.

Former prosecutor Julie Grant is joined by a team of top trial attorneys and forensic experts to cover the high-stakes trials that are on the docket, and the crime cases dominating the headlines.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Julia Jenaé hosts guests with perspectives and passionate opinions on the trials and true-crime stories.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

A man who was tried three times over 13 years for killing his family goes free.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

People couldn't imagine what made Erik and Lyle Menendez brutally murder their parents; the prosecution said it was greed and the defense said something much darker; a family secret that would shock and grip the nation.

Michael Jackson's personal doctor Conrad Murray took an oath to first do no harm, but that's exactly what prosecutors say Murray did when Jackson died from an overdose of a powerful anesthesia drug.

Sitcom star Rebecca Schaeffer is talented, pretty and has her whole life ahead of her when she unknowingly opens the door of her Hollywood apartment to her killer, Robert Bardo.

In Lexington, Kentucky, a newly wed wife parties like there's no tomorrow, until a body is dumped on a golf course; in Brisbane, Australia, there are fears for the safety of a missing wife.

In Poughkeepsie, New York, a police officer discovers his wife is cheating on him, leading to a deadly encounter; in Orlando, Florida, a woman gets herself a boy toy with fatal results.

In Pleasant Grove, Utah, a former beauty queen goes under the knife to look sexier for her husband, but the romance quickly comes to a horrifying end.

In Alpena, Michigan, a neighborhood recluse winds up dead after developing a special bond with a much younger cleaner who enjoys spending his money.

In Livermore, California, a love triangle sets two women on a collision course; a couple rekindles romance by visiting to a picturesque region of Michigan, but only one of them is coming home.

In Maryland, a real body turns up after a murder mystery dinner; in Adelaide, South Australia, a love rival winds up dead.

In New Port Richey, Florida, a sex party has a gruesome ending; on the outskirts of London, England, farmyard animals could hold the key to what's happened to a missing wife.

In Denver, Colorado, a mistress plots revenge when she's dumped; in a small community north of Stockholm, Sweden, a deeply religious woman believes she's receiving messages from God - to kill.

Former prosecutor Julie Grant is joined by a team of top trial attorneys and forensic experts to cover the high-stakes trials that are on the docket, and the crime cases dominating the headlines.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's compelling trials.

Julia Jenaé hosts guests with perspectives and passionate opinions on the trials and true-crime stories.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

Robert Chambers speaks out after serving 15 years in prison for the 1986 murder of Jennifer Levin.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

In his first ever interview, notorious killer Adam Williams comes clean about the shocking double murder and international manhunt that captured the nation's attention in 2021.

In his first ever interview, notorious killer Adam Williams comes clean about the shocking double murder and international manhunt that captured the nation's attention in 2021.

In 2019, a notorious crime ripped a Texas community apart as a bad break-up left a beloved teacher stabbed to death and a former high school football player convicted of the brutal slaying.

A serial killer crisscrosses California until his inner demons lead him to show up at a local Sheriff's Department with a victim's body part in his jacket pocket.

The murder of a woman in her therapist's parking lot looks like a random shooting, but evidence soon reveals that the murder is part of a larger scheme.

Law enforcement discovers the man who had been killing prostitutes in upstate New York for two years was living amongst the dead bodies of his victims that were stashed in his home.

A former army medic devises a sick plan to kidnap women, impregnate them and keep them in his basement as part of a personal baby farm.

An unemployed teen mom and her new husband concoct a plan to kill an innocent man they meet on Craigslist, resulting in a vicious stabbing that sends shock waves through a small Pennsylvania community.

A father, husband and businessman is actually a sadomasochistic con-man who lures unsuspecting women with a web of lies and empty promises only to trap them in a world of sex slavery and murder.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

Wealthy young newlyweds' cab is hijacked and their honeymoon ends in murder.

An actor is stabbed to death defending his brother in a fight.

Vigilante Gavin Eugene Long targets Baton Rouge policemen in the line of duty.

More than 200 detectives are dispatched to find and arrest the man murdering prostitutes in Suffolk, England.

A drug-fueled killing spree terrorizes a small California town; police believe they are dealing with a serial killer who lives quietly among them.

Moses Sithole, the leader of a child-advocacy group, is convicted of 38 murder counts and is sentenced to 2,400 years in prison.

Young female students disappear with alarming frequency from the college town of Santa Cruz, Calif.; when mutilated body parts show up, the police begin receiving calls from the murderer.

A meek night-shift nurse finds godlike power by having life-or-death control over hospital patients, serially killing as many as 40.

Five years after the Las Vegas shooting massacre.

Richard Kananen Sr. abused his wife and three children so badly that no one bothered to report him missing when he disappeared; when his wife Marilyn vanished fifteen years later, it became clear that the evil in their father had been passed down.

Paula Gutierrez fell in love as a teen with Nestor 'Chino' de Jesus; his manipulative and abusive behavior turned their romance into a nightmare that ended with Paula facing life in prison for a murder that she didn't commit.

Tyler Edmonds was just thirteen when he confessed to helping his half-sister Kristi Fulgham kill her husband, Joey; did he really commit murder, or was he just one more in a long line of men that Kristi had manipulated to do her bidding?

Authorities search for the killer of an A-list fashion writer who left her fast-track career and moved to Cape Cod, where she became the town's first murder victim in 30 years.

A cold case turns hot when police charge one of their own.

A fight between a married couple ends in gunfire.

An extramarital affair turns fatal.

A bookie comes under suspicion when his wife is killed.

Attorneys work to get a death row inmate who confessed to a crime he didn't commit out of prison.

A new reward is offered in the nine-year-old case of a missing honeymooner.

A wealthy businessman gets a final verdict after facing multiple trials for the murder of his wife.

Linda Yancey and day-laborer Marcial Cax-Puluc are shot in the Yancey basement; Derrick Yancey, a 17-year veteran, had a tearful tale of self-defense; but a trail of evidence forces investigators to take a closer look at one of their own.

In 2001, University of South Carolina student Shelton Sanders disappeared while planning a friend's bachelor party; he was never seen again; when evidence leads to an arrest, however, prosecutors are left with a tall task.

Ed Dossett and David Leath were friends with a lot in common; both were well-known around Knoxville, both married the same woman and both turned up dead under suspicious circumstances.

In Emporia, KS, an illicit church romance leads to murder; in North Carolina, a police officer's affair leads to jealousy, rage and death.

In Green Bay, WI a wife is found drowned in her bath tub; in Melbourne, Australia, an old oil barrel contains a dark secret.

In Peru, IN, greed and lust chip away at a power couple's relationship; in rural Iowa, neighbors are at war.

In Buford, GA, a wife begins a cyber affair which has deadly consequences; in Raleigh, NC, a medical aids researcher suffers unusual medical problems his doctors can't explain.

In Silverthorne, Colorado, a photographer's wife seems to have mysteriously vanished in the night, until detectives learn he has a violent past; in Darby, Montana, a husband is dead, and Police have two suspects - his wife and mistress.

In Easton, Pennsylvania, a lesbian love triangle spins out of control; in Gillette, Wyoming, a desperate housewife has a shocking tale of murder and revenge.

A battered woman beats her sleeping husband to death; a powerful Chinese leader is sentenced to life in prison.

Young co-pilot Andreas Lubitz intentionally crashes a German airliner into the remote French Alps, killing all 150 passengers aboard.

Texas teen Ethan Couch kills four people while drinking and driving and is sentenced only to probation.

A Spanish court convicts 21 people for the Madrid subway train bombings, but acquits a lead suspect and six others.

A Florida billionaire ignores a stop sign, killing the young driver of another car; a celebrity publicist backs her SUV into a crowd of people and flees the scene.

A brilliant banker is found dead wearing only a head-to-toe bodysuit.

Two gunmen execute a banker who is trying to clean up corruption in the Russian system.

A shooter who has a history of bizarre behavior kills six and wounds 13, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), at a shopping center.

A strangler has killed several elderly women in Mexico City; there is no connection between the victims and no discernible motive; after the police investigation comes to nothing, the killer is suddenly caught red-handed.

High school staffer Pamela Smart has a love affair with a student and convinces him to kill her husband.

When an elderly millionaire is found dead in a freezer, her decades-younger companion is brought up on murder charges; the movie inspired by the story, "Bernie."

A young woman is charged with giving a Google executive the lethal dose of heroin that ended his life.

A federal prosecutor, kidnapped at gunpoint on his birthday, recounts his bizarre hostage ordeal.

Authorities investigate a case of love, infidelity, road rage and possible murder in Texas.

A soldier claims the fatal shot he fired into the back of his young wife's head was an accident, but prosecutors say he did it intentionally in a fit of jealousy.

A "48 Hours" report helps trip up a wanted fugitive who spent more than four years on the run for allegedly killing his wife and staging a kidnapping scheme.

A man charged with killing his wife maintains it was a suicide.

When a doctor is charged with killing his wife, his daughter's 911 call becomes important to the case.