Criminology

In 1996, Mary Kay Letourneau, a 34-year-old teacher and married mother, began an illicit and illegal relationship with her 12-year-old student, Villi Fualaau. It became one of the most high-profile, m...

17 Des 20231h

The Honolulu Strangler case is a series with multiple victims, all clearly linked to one killer. The term "serial killer" had first been used less than one decade before these murders began, so it rea...

10 Des 20231h

Leonard Lake and Charles Ng are among the most infamous duos in the annals of true crime. They murdered indiscriminately and abducted, raped, and tortured women in a specially built underground bunker...

3 Des 202358min

On July 18th, 2014, 41-year-old Dan Markel was stalked and killed inside the garage of his Tallahassee, Florida home. There were very few clues early on in the investigation, but someone had seen a gr...

26 Nov 202351min

On August 27, 1992, 13-year-old Leigh Occhi went missing from her home in Tupelo, Mississippi. Leigh lived in the home with her mother, Vickie. It was summer break, and this was Leigh's first day to s...

19 Nov 202353min

One of television's most popular true-crime series is now adapted for your ears with the "48 Hours" podcast. Every week, award-winning CBS News correspondents investigate the most intriguing crime and...

14 Nov 20238min

In 1983, Diane Downs shot her three children and blamed it on someone who wanted to steal her car. Diane had a superficial gunshot wound to her arm as she pulled her car into the ambulance bay of a ho...

12 Nov 202354min

In 2022, 17-year-old Riley Whitelaw was murdered by her co-worker, 28-year-old Joshua Johnson, in the breakroom of the Walgreens where they worked. Riley had been harassed by Joshua and had made compl...

5 Nov 202355min