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S5 Ep5
8.1
19th Apr 2021
On a snowy night in January 1980, college student Helene Pruszynski disappears after reaching her final bus stop. When her body turns up in a snowy field, police launch a long and frustrating investigation that pushes family and detectives to the brink of hopelessness. Their hope is revived when they discover that cutting-edge forensic genealogy may hold the key to finding Helene's murderer.

S6 Ep5
8.1
11th Jul 2022
In 1984, a slew of brutal hammer attacks leaves a Colorado community in fear. It takes nearly 40 years before a serial killer is brought to justice.

S7 Ep14
8.0
2nd Oct 2023
When police discover 10 bodies strewn along a remote beach, there are few answers and even fewer suspects; over a decade later, a new investigation uncovers old leads, and police finally think they've found their man.

S7 Ep13
8.0
2nd Oct 2023
A terrified young escort calls 911 as she flees into the night and vanishes; her family pressures police to take up the search, and investigators uncover a strange cast of characters - plus 10 other bodies spread along a remote stretch of beach.

S5 Ep6
8.0
26th Apr 2021
When Ashley Ellerin is found murdered in her Hollywood bungalow, police zero in on the Hollywood heartthrob she was supposed to have a date with the night she was killed. The case takes a shocking turn as detectives realize Ashley is not the only victim, and discover they are on the hunt for a serial killer. The assailant's victim count grows until one woman manages to fight back so fiercely that he leaves behind critical blood evidence. But will they be able to finally catch him?

S4 Ep8
8.0
23rd Dec 2019
In 1988, a young woman is found murdered in her Modesto, CA, home, leading police to investigate the strife and infidelity in her marriage. A surprising witness eventually comes forward.

S6 Ep1
7.9
6th Jun 2022
A savage predator goes on a homicidal rampage with a savage triple murder along with an abduction of two young siblings from their home in the middle of the night. The children quickly decide they will do whatever is necessary to survive.

S2 Ep4
7.9
27th Nov 2017
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.

S5 Ep11
7.9
31st May 2021
[Quiet Night, Deadly Night] On December 10, 2003, police respond to a mysterious 911 call at a home in the Walnut Estates in Mansfield, Texas. When authorities enter the home they discover the bloodied bodies of homeowners Rick and Suzy Wamsley. The key to finding the killer is within one of the victim's grasp.

S2 Ep8
7.9
1st Jan 2018
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.

S6 Ep11
7.8
22nd Aug 2022
In May 2002, a couple goes missing in Ocean City, MD. It's 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, the likes of which they have never seen.

S2 Ep3
7.8
20th Nov 2017
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.

S1 Ep2
7.8
7th Nov 2016
The discovery of four women's bodies on Gilgo Beach was just the beginning. But who is the Long Island Serial Killer? Investigators uncover multiple suspects and shocking theories, as they race to capture this prolific killer before he strikes again.

S3 Ep12
7.8
5th Feb 2019
In 1992, a 19-year-old woman is brutally assaulted outside of Desert Hot Springs, California. 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.

S6 Ep12
7.8
29th Aug 2022
In 2011, a husband returns home to find his wife dead on the living room floor. He tells first responders she committed suicide, but it was murder. Police zero in on the husband and what unfolds is one of the most outrageous tales in recent history.

S5 Ep9
7.8
17th May 2021
When a woman is found dead in her historic house on Horseshoe Lake, police chase her killer to the water where he drowns. But when the body is recovered, people are shocked to realize this story started 25 years earlier when two other family members were found murdered by the same man.

S5 Ep8
7.8
10th May 2021
In the spring of 2001, former child actor and Baretta star Robert Blake just married Bonny Lee Bakely, the mother of his new baby girl. The couple are out to dinner in Los Angeles when Bakely is murdered in the passenger seat of the couple's car, execution style. Blake seems devastated, but as police investigate, they uncover a tale of a troubled marriage of convenience and a fight for custody that may have led to one of Hollywood's most infamous murders.

S2 Ep1
7.8
7th Nov 2017
In the 1970s, a serial rapist is on the loose in northern California. As his reign of terror over the community wanes, police discover he isn't just a serial rapist, he's a serial murderer who has been killing people all over California.

S6 Ep13
7.7
5th Sep 2022
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.

S3 Ep4
7.7
27th Nov 2018
A 12-year-old girl goes missing on her way to school in Oregon City, Oregon. The police investigation offers little in the way of leads. Then, a second girl disappears.

S1 Ep1
7.7
7th Nov 2016
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 ten other victims dumped by a serial killer.

S1 Ep7
7.7
12th Dec 2016
[Mystery in Texas] In 1995, 16-year-old Adrianne Jones is found shot to death in Grand Prairie, Texas. A model student and athlete, there seems to be no reason for her death. Police investigate boyfriends, neighbors and local troublemakers, but don't have any strong suspects. The case grows cold, until nine months later when a game of Truth-or-Dare leads to a startling confession and an over-achieving relationship that went murderously awry.

S2 Ep10
7.7
15th Jan 2018
In 1980, Tim Hack and Kelly Drew go missing from a small Wisconsin town, and later 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.

S5 Ep7
7.6
3rd May 2021
In the summer of 2003, the Iron Range of northern Minnesota is a peaceful community where parents let their kids play outside on their own without a second thought. But when five-year-old LeeAnna Warner vanishes without a trace, investigators do a deep dive into the quaint community and realize that some of the familiar faces in the neighborhood may be hiding some disturbing secrets that may never fully be uncovered.

S9 Ep7
7.6
2nd Mar 2026
In 1972, 20-year-old Jody Loomis takes a late afternoon bike ride to visit her horse and never returns home. She turns up murdered in the woods, and her case baffles the local authorities. For decades, everyone in the small town of Bothell is a suspect.

S4 Ep12
7.6
20th Jan 2020
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.

S5 Ep4
7.6
12th Apr 2021
A quiet rural town is rocked when two middle-school girls go on a hike and are later found murdered. But when police discover one of the girls may have recorded her killer with her cellphone, the race is on to find the mysterious man.

S1 Ep11
7.6
9th Jan 2017
An army surgeon, Jeffrey MacDonald, is the lone survivor of a brutal 1970 home invasion that claims the lives of his wife and daughters. But authorities doubt his story of murderous hippies and believe MacDonald is the culprit.

S3 Ep11
7.6
29th Jan 2019
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.

S1 Ep6
7.6
5th Dec 2016
[A Ghastly Discovery] In 2012, hikers in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills discover the severed head of Hervey Medellin, a retired flight clerk. The cast of suspects includes former lovers, drug cartels and a murderous porn star, in a tale of lust, greed and butchery.

S3 Ep6
7.6
11th Dec 2018
In the summer of 1980, a popular teen goes for a run around her hometown in Maine and vanishes. Days later, her savagely beaten body is found. But what happened remains a mystery for years, until her mother intervenes and forces police to reexamine the case

S1 Ep9
7.6
26th Dec 2016
[Los Angeles Serial Killer] A lone survivor is the only witness who can help police track down a serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper, who preys on women in South Central Los Angeles. After decades of searching, police hone in on an unlikely suspect.

S7 Ep4
7.6
31st Jul 2023
A 16-year-old cowgirl goes missing in Nevada. Three days later her body was found draped under a blue tarp that had been dumped among the tumbleweeds. As police search for her killer, the investigation takes a sudden turn towards the boy she called "brother."

S3 Ep1
7.6
6th Nov 2018
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.

S8 Ep5
6.7
18th Nov 2024
In 1996, a college co-ed vanishes after attending a party over a holiday weekend and is presumed dead. There is immediately a prime suspect but a lack of evidence to prove it. Decades later, a discovery found six feet under turns the case upside down.

S7 Ep7
6.8
21st Aug 2023
Four teenage girls are brutally murdered in a yogurt shop in North Austin, Texas, in 1991, in what becomes the biggest mass murder in Austin history. The investigation that follows drags on for years, and even when police make an arrest, justice is not guaranteed.

S7 Ep8
6.8
28th Aug 2023
After moving to a new city following her parents' divorce, a 14-year-old girl finds herself lost and unloved within her new surroundings; she starts running away from home until one time, she never returns. It takes ten years before dark secrets are revealed.

S9 Ep1
6.9
12th Jan 2026
Questions and accusations fly after savvy entrepreneur and mother of five, 52-year-old Dee Warner, vanishes from her rural Michigan home. Authorities struggle for answers, until one day they find her, closer to home than anyone could have imagined.

S2 Ep11
6.9
22nd Jan 2018
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.

S9 Ep2
6.9
19th Jan 2026
As Pride Month kicks off in 2022, the deaths of two gay men in New York City shatter their families and the gay community, leading the NYPD to uncover a ruthless gang that stalks, drugs, and murders their victims before draining their bank accounts.
S9 Ep11
6.9
6th Apr 2026
Single mother Jennifer Brown vanishes from her Limerick home and detectives race against the clock to find her. With her eight-year-old son asking where his mother is, investigators must confront a web of lies woven by the people she trusts the most.

S9 Ep4
6.9
2nd Feb 2026
In 2001, someone murders a father, sets his Florida home ablaze, and his sons disappear. As prayers rise for their safe return, a so-called family friend steps forward, shifting the case. Now, an exclusive interview finally uncovers the chilling truth.

S8 Ep6
7.0
25th Nov 2024
For years, a serial killer stalks the most vulnerable and least suspecting victims: retirees. However, when a 91-year-old woman survives, she helps break the case wide open, leading to the capture of one of the most prolific serial killers of modern times.

S6 Ep4
7.0
27th Jun 2022
Five young people disappeared over a span of four years in the rural area of Lewis-Clark Valley, along the Idaho-Washington border. Investigators search for links to the mysterious cases.

S8 Ep4
7.0
11th Nov 2024
In 2001, a mother of five is found shot in the head in her own minivan. Investigators have little physical evidence and struggle to make an arrest. As the children grow up, the family becomes divided over who killed the beloved soccer mom.

S9 Ep5
7.1
16th Feb 2026
The weekend before Thanksgiving 1994, a killer savagely slays Robin Lawrence at home while her child is asleep. A relentless investigation circles her husband, until a drop of blood unlocks the mystery of Robin's murder and leads to a shocking confession.

S7 Ep9
7.1
4th Sep 2023
In 2007, a 19-year-old woman is brutally murdered in the small town of Winnsboro, TX; 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.

S9 Ep6
7.1
23rd Feb 2026
In Prairie Village, KS, a reclusive mother goes missing in 2019. When her teenage daughter and the police go looking for answers, they are gaslit at every turn. Without a digital footprint or even a friend who knows her, leads are running out fast.

S3 Ep13
7.1
12th Feb 2019
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.

S7 Ep6
7.1
14th Aug 2023
In 1982, in an upscale suburb of Rochester, New York, a Kodak executive returns home and finds his wife dead with an ax in her head. People believed a madman was on the loose, so 40 years later when police make an arrest, everyone is stunned at who stands trial for the murder.

S3 Ep9
7.1
15th Jan 2019
In York, Pennsylvania, 1969, 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.

S7 Ep10
7.1
11th Sep 2023
After a single mother fails to show up for work, police find her brutally stabbed and her 14-year-old daughter missing from their home in an affluent gated community. Everyone fears she's in danger, but what they uncover is darker than they could have imagined.

S7 Ep12
7.2
25th Sep 2023
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.

S3 Ep15
7.2
26th Feb 2019
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.

S7 Ep1
7.2
10th Jul 2023
The 1977 brutal assault and murder of three Oklahoma Girl Scouts away at summer camp: Lori Lee Farmer, Doris Denise Milner, and Michele Heather Guse is discussed.

S8 Ep8
7.2
9th Dec 2024
In 2020, Baron Li is shot nine times in front of his house. Detectives scramble to figure out who could want this loving husband and father dead. When they hone in on two teenage suspects, police struggle to identify their motives and connection to Li.

S7 Ep5
7.2
7th Aug 2023
In 2018, a 16-year-old girl vanishes into thin air the morning after attending a high school party in an isolated California mountain town. The bizarre mystery leads to speculation by internet sleuths that her parents are somehow involved due to inconsistencies in their story.

S5 Ep10
7.2
24th May 2021
19-year-old Stacey Stites is found raped and murdered in a small Texas town. After a year-long investigation police match DNA from the scene to a man named Rodney Reed. Reed is convicted and sentenced to death, but in the coming years as Reed proclaims his innocence, certain evidence comes to light that might prove he's telling the truth.

S5 Ep12
7.2
7th Jun 2021
Two days before the new millennium, the Freeman family trailer is burned to the ground. The couple's remains are found with bullets to the head, but their teenage daughter and her friend are missing.

S2 Ep9
7.2
8th Jan 2018
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 Ep2
7.3
13th Nov 2017
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.
S9 Ep12
7.3
13th Apr 2026
A home intruder abducts a 60-year-old woman in the night. Local sheriffs search relentlessly until they discover another horrifying attack just ten miles away that fits the same profile. Is there a serial predator haunting Florida's Gulf Coast?

S8 Ep12
7.3
30th Dec 2024
In 1975, someone abducts three young girls, stabbing them and leaving them for dead in a field; the Indiana Slasher evades capture, leaving his victims haunted for decades until new technology uncovers his true identity.

S9 Ep10
7.3
30th Mar 2026
In 2022, Austin police discover the body of 25-year-old up-and-coming cyclist Mo Wilson. Someone shot Mo execution style while she was visiting a friend for the weekend. Homicide detectives discover a story of jealousy, betrayal, and total obsession.

S8 Ep10
7.3
23rd Dec 2024
Retired drama teacher Kathy Gillcrist embarks on a journey to find her biological parents. Her worst fears come to fruition when she discovers police want her father for one of the most infamous mass murders in Maryland state history.

S3 Ep2
7.3
13th Nov 2018
In 1998, a gifted Philadelphia graduate student is found murdered in her bed, triggering a hunt for her killer.

S8 Ep7
7.3
2nd Dec 2024
In 1972, police find a young woman fatally stabbed in her room. Police hunt for her killer, but he seemingly vanishes, and the case goes cold. Decades later, a new investigative technique emerges, and the killer's name turns up in the most unlikely place.

S6 Ep3
7.3
20th Jun 2022
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.

S1 Ep1
7.7
7th Nov 2016
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 ten other victims dumped by a serial killer.

S1 Ep2
7.8
7th Nov 2016
The discovery of four women's bodies on Gilgo Beach was just the beginning. But who is the Long Island Serial Killer? Investigators uncover multiple suspects and shocking theories, as they race to capture this prolific killer before he strikes again.

S1 Ep3
7.5
14th Nov 2016
[Gone Without a Trace] In 2011, a 10-month-old baby girl goes missing from her home in Kansas City. The family fears she's been kidnapped by a drifter, only to be accused by the police of being responsible for her disappearance.

S1 Ep4
7.6
21st Nov 2016
[Murder by the Book] On June 12, 1991, outgoing Jackie Galloway is found strangled and bound with ritualistic knots. Police investigate suspects in her inner circle but are shocked when a chance encounter with a prowler leads them to discover the murderer is a budding serial killer.

S1 Ep5
7.4
28th Nov 2016
[The Keddie Murders] A mother and three teens are murdered in the remote town of Keddie, California. Despite a trail of suspects and illicit activity, no one was ever brought to justice. But recently discovered evidence may be the key to finally cracking case.

S1 Ep6
7.6
5th Dec 2016
[A Ghastly Discovery] In 2012, hikers in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills discover the severed head of Hervey Medellin, a retired flight clerk. The cast of suspects includes former lovers, drug cartels and a murderous porn star, in a tale of lust, greed and butchery.

S1 Ep7
7.7
12th Dec 2016
[Mystery in Texas] In 1995, 16-year-old Adrianne Jones is found shot to death in Grand Prairie, Texas. A model student and athlete, there seems to be no reason for her death. Police investigate boyfriends, neighbors and local troublemakers, but don't have any strong suspects. The case grows cold, until nine months later when a game of Truth-or-Dare leads to a startling confession and an over-achieving relationship that went murderously awry.

S1 Ep8
7.5
19th Dec 2016
[20-Year Murder Mystery] Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found murdered in her Boulder, Colorado home in 1996. Investigators try to unravel if she was killed in a kidnapping-gone-wrong, by a home intruder or by one of her own family.

S1 Ep9
7.6
26th Dec 2016
[Los Angeles Serial Killer] A lone survivor is the only witness who can help police track down a serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper, who preys on women in South Central Los Angeles. After decades of searching, police hone in on an unlikely suspect.

S1 Ep10
7.4
2nd Jan 2017
[Murder in Alaska] In 2004, the small town of Craig, Alaska is shocked when police discover the charred body of beloved mother and wife Lauri Waterman. People have no idea who would want to kill her, until an unlikely witness reveals a sordid story of secrets and lies.

S1 Ep11
7.6
9th Jan 2017
An army surgeon, Jeffrey MacDonald, is the lone survivor of a brutal 1970 home invasion that claims the lives of his wife and daughters. But authorities doubt his story of murderous hippies and believe MacDonald is the culprit.
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The first episode of People Magazine Investigates aired on November 07, 2016.
The last episode of People Magazine Investigates aired on April 13, 2026.
There are 113 episodes of People Magazine Investigates.
There are 9 seasons of People Magazine Investigates.
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People Magazine Investigates is set to return for future episodes.