Episode list

48 Hours

Stickup!

Wed, Sep 10, 1997
A report on how FBI and LAPD officers investigate bank robberies in Los Angeles.
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Road Rage

Wed, Sep 17, 1997
48 Hours looks at the problem of road rage, including a case where a driving altercation led to murder; how a traffic fight ended in five deaths; and how the 'Smooth Operator' program aims to combat aggressive driving.
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Man Hunt

Wed, Sep 24, 1997
48 Hours head to Missouri as the police lead the longest and biggest manhunt in the state's history for suspected triple murderer Allis Ben Johns.
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Episode #11.5

Wed, Oct 08, 1997
Dan Rather talks to 'All in the Family' star Carroll O'Connor, who tells '48 Hours' that he should have spied on his drug-addicted son before his suicide.
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In the Line of Fire
48 Hours focuses on dangerous and life-threatening jobs, including volcano researchers; the Lolo Hotshots facing California forest fires; and volunteer firefighters.
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Afterlife

Wed, Nov 19, 1997
48 Hours looks at death, near-death, brink-of-death and out-of-body experiences, and profiles some of the people who claim to have experienced them.
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Cheating Death
48 Hours introduces you to some people who have gone through terrifying experiences - and lived. These men and women, including plane crash survivors and a target of the Unabomber, have cheated death.
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Vegas Stripped
48 Hours goes to Las Vegas and lifts the lid on high-stakes gamblers, among them Larry Flynt, and also exposes Sin City's seedy side, including teenage prostitution.
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Lotto Town

Wed, Jan 07, 1998
An update report on the winners who shared a $46 million Texas lottery jackpot.
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Episode #11.13
48 Hours examines the issue of satanism and its allure to teenagers. Plus, an interview with country music legend Loretta Lynn.
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Dying to Be Thin
48 Hours looks at the issue of obesity: including those who are seeking the quick fixes like liposuction and prescription drugs. Also, anorexia is explored, and a size 14 model is interviewed.
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Fatal Mistake

Wed, Mar 04, 1998
48 Hours explores the issue of young women who hide their pregnancies, and in some cases, give birth secretly and then abandon the baby.
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Special - Orders to Kill?
Thirty years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a CBS News poll reveals only 1 in 10 Americans believe James Earl Ray was solely responsible. 48 Hours speaks to people who put forward other theories.
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Nowhere to Hide
48 Hours introduces you to an information age world where your deepest secrets, even your own identity, are public property. This isn't science fiction. It's the reality of contemporary America.
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Chance of a Lifetime
48 Hours introduces you to some amazing new medical techniques that are keeping patients alive longer and increasing their quality of life. Among them - somnoplasty, a method that could help curing chronic snoring.
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Never Forget (I)
48 Hours examines how new technology is helping investigators solve old crimes. These include the identification of a woman only known as "Tent Girl"; the shotgun death of a student; and the 15-year-old murder of Laura Long.
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Revenge

Wed, May 06, 1998
48 Hours looks at cases of vengeance and forgiveness, including a story about two preachers whose battle for vengeance spun out of control.
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Who's My Mommy?
Is it possible to have five parents? With the latest in fertility technology, the answer is yes. But what happens when those people don't agree on who should have custody? That's exactly what happened in the case of little JayCee Buzzanca.
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An American Tragedy (Update)
48 Hours provides an update to its 1995 episode on the case of Lauren O'Dell, who was charged with beating a 2-year-old boy to death. Also, a look at child abuse in America through the lens of this particularly gripping and tragic case.
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Free to Kill (Update)
In 1966, Kenneth McDuff, then 20, brutally murdered three innocent teenagers in his hometown of Rosebud, Texas. Escaping the death penalty, he was paroled in 1989, and would return to his murderous ways. 48 Hours takes a look at the case.
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Eyewitness

Wed, Jul 08, 1998
Eyewitness testimony can be a decisive factor in a courtroom. 48 Hours examines how faded memories can jam the wheels of justice, convicting the innocent and allowing the guilty to go free.
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The Journey Home (Update)
Update to the 1995 episode "The Journey Home", covering the story of Marjorie Chappell, a mother whose husband kidnapped their two children. 48 Hours examines the horrifying and, ultimately, happy, case of the children's journey home.
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Making It

Wed, Jul 15, 1998
48 Hours takes a look at a few people who dreamed of making it big in entertainment, including several who did, such as actor Vin Diesel and novelist Nicholas Sparks.
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A Teacher's Touch (Update)
An update to the 1994 episode "A Teacher's Touch" - the story of a teacher in Fairfax County, Virginia, who fought allegations of sexual abuse at a public school board hearing.
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Fatal Mistake (Update)
An update of 48 Hours' earlier episode "Fatal Mistake", examining the crime of neonaticide - the murder of babies. Are cases of neonaticide a matter of murder, or of mental stability?
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Is There An Afterlife?
An updated version of 48 Hours' 'Afterlife' episode of 1997, which examines the stories of people who believe they have experienced life after death.
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Trouble Next Door
48 Hours profiles warring neighbors. The Tarantos and the Amadeos turn their street into a war-zone; a sex offender moving in next door causes problems, and one man riles his neighbors by building a baseball diamond in his yard.
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Step by Step (Update)
A 48 Hours update of the 1997 episode profiling people who have suffered cord injury and paralysis, including Christopher Reeve and Charlie Hince. Plus, a look at the advances of the treatment of spinal cord injuries.
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Who's My Mommy? (Update)
An update of the episode "Who's My Mommy?" from May this year, examining a case where a court decides the parentage of a child of an engineered birth.
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