Mastermind of Murder Episode Rating Graph

An elderly real estate broker is attacked and left for dead in one of his listings; as detectives dig for clues, they uncover a business deal gone bad and a mastermind willing to use someone close to home to carry out a heinous plot.

A retired farmer thinks he's struck gold after natural gas is found on his property; when he's found dead and a family feud breaks out over his estate, detectives uncover a tale of lies, deceit and manipulation orchestrated by someone close to home.

A father shoots a masked intruder after he is ambushed in his own garage, but as the unknown assailant clings to life and LAPD try to make sense of the strange situation, a twisted web of manipulation and lies within the family is revealed.

A quiet town is rocked to its core when a brutalized corpse of a single father is discovered by the side of a residential road; detectives are led down an unexpected path of betrayal, lies, manipulation and murder.

After leaving a support group, a young mother is gunned down by a masked shooter -- as investigators try to make sense of the case, they reveal a story of religious manipulation that leads to one person committing the ultimate sin.

After the wife of a naval officer is shot dead in a parking lot, the case quickly hits a dead end; it's not until years later that a murder plot unravels involving power, greed and deadly ambition by a mastermind willing to risk everything.

When a young father is found shot in his bed, detectives quickly identify a suspect, but when the suspect is also found murdered, investigators uncover a lurid conspiracy involving betrayal and manipulation centered around an unlikely couple.

A family is stunned after their patriarch is gunned down on his 200-acre ranch. Detectives are met with dead ends until a second victim is murdered on the ranch a year later. Soon a suspect is revealed who will stop at nothing to control the land.

The triple murder of a family tears apart a quiet town as investigators frantically search for a suspect on the run. Tracking down the gunman is only the beginning, though, as a conspiracy is revealed involving a mastermind and their unsuspecting prey.

A father is bludgeoned to death and his wife is assaulted after an assailant breaks into their family home. As detectives sort through the evidence, an unlikely relationship emerges involving a suspect who has held a deadly obsession for years.

When a young mother-to-be is shot in her home, investigators struggle understand why. When her killer comes forward with a wild story of an assassination plot ripped from the pages of a spy novel, a stranger-than-fiction mastermind is revealed.

A tragic car accident on a canyon road turns into a murder investigation when detectives discover possible foul play.