6.6/1014 votes#1 - O.J. Simpson: Endgame
Season 30 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2017
48 HOURS kicks off its 30th anniversary season with a Saturday night double feature of all new back-to-back editions, Sept. 30, on the CBS Television Network. At 10:00 PM, Erin Moriarty investigates the case against Raynella Leath, a Tennessee woman with two dead husbands -who both died under strange circumstances - and the stunning outcome, in the season premiere of 48 HOURS, "The Widow on Solway Road." Leading into the season premiere, CBS News Special Correspondent James Brown tackles the impact of the O.J Simpson murder trial and how it reverberates throughout the country today, in "O.J. Simpson: Endgame".
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- 7.0/1018 votes
#2 - The Widow on Solway Road
Season 30 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2017
48 HOURS kicks off its 30th anniversary season with a Saturday night double feature of all new back-to-back editions, Sept. 30, on the CBS Television Network. At 10:00 PM, Erin Moriarty investigates the case against Raynella Leath, a Tennessee woman with two dead husbands -who both died under strange circumstances - and the stunning outcome, in the season premiere of 48 HOURS, "The Widow on Solway Road." Leading into the season premiere, CBS News Special Correspondent James Brown tackles the impact of the O.J Simpson murder trial and how it reverberates throughout the country today, in "O.J. Simpson: Endgame".
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- 6.7/1017 votes
#3 - Moment of Truth
Season 30 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2017
A daughter hears her father's last words – he was a former NYPD officer and bodyguard to Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt – can she help put her dad's killer in prison? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
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- 7.1/1015 votes
#4 - Operation Murder
Season 30 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2017
Moataz Azzeh, a decorated former U.S. army soldier who pretended to take on a hit job for two Houston area doctors in a murder-for-hire plot, speaks out about the shocking case for the first time ever.
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#5 - Red Notice for Murder
Season 30 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2017
Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate the search for a fugitive, the man who hunted her down and a daughter's desperate search for answers to her mother's disappearance.
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- 7.3/1013 votes
#6 - Storm of Suspicion
Season 30 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2017
48 HOURS gained unprecedented access inside the command center in Baytown, Texas, a suburb of Houston, as investigators searched for a beautiful young mother reported missing just before Hurricane Harvey hit.
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- 6.9/1010 votes
#7 - Reality Kills
Season 30 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/2017
Did being on camera for a true-crime television show influence the way an Atlanta detective investigated an alleged rape and murder? Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS investigate what impact that TV show may have had into the search for clues in the death of a Marietta, Ga. man and the murder case against the woman who shot him dead.
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- 7.1/1015 votes
#8 - Taken Away
Season 30 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/2017
A father dreams his daughter has been killed, then later she disappears. What does her boyfriend know and could the dad's nightmare have been real? "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher investigates.
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- 7.4/1012 votes
#9 - A Brother's Mission
Season 30 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/2017
A woman accused of killing her husband in 2007 flees to her homeland, Brazil, where Brazilian law prevents its citizens from being extradited.
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- 7.9/1017 votes
#10 - The Evidence Room
Season 30 Episode 10 - Aired 12/23/2017
Accused of murder, a young woman's life hangs in the balance. "48 Hours" goes behind the scenes with her lawyer and a forensic animator -- can they save her? CBS News correspondent Tracy Smith investigates.
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- 7.0/1013 votes
#11 - Secrets of Waco
Season 30 Episode 11 - Aired 12/29/2017
In his first interview ever, a retired Texas United Parcel Service driver reveals to 48 Hours that he unwittingly delivered large boxes of military grade guns and ammunition to Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh in the months and weeks before the siege that would capture the attention of the world in 1993. Now, as the 25th anniversary of the standoff nears, Peter Van Sant and 48 Hours investigate the cult and what led to a deadly 51-day siege in Secrets of Waco.
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- 7.4/1011 votes
#12 - Grapes of Wrath
Season 30 Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/2018
As California's wine country begins to rebuild after wildfires that tore through it last fall, Tracy Smith and 48 HOURS investigate the unlikely showdown between Tawfilis and Dahl that gripped the region three years ago.
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- 7.1/1024 votes
#13 - All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez
Season 30 Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/2018
Best-selling author James Patterson investigates the life and death of convicted murderer and former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez.
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- 6.8/108 votes
#14 - Sins of the Father
Season 30 Episode 14 - Aired 1/27/2018
Nearly 60 years after Irene Garza disappeared after going to confession on Easter weekend, the priest accused of murdering her goes on trial - but is it too late? Richard Schlesinger and 48 HOURS report on the case against Father John Feit, the last man believed to have seen Garza alive.
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- 7.5/109 votes
#15 - Natalie Wood: Death in Dark Water
Season 30 Episode 15 - Aired 2/3/2018
Nearly four decades after the unexplained drowning death of Hollywood star Natalie Wood, Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators speak for the first time and tell 48 HOURS that her then-husband, actor Robert Wagner, is now a person of interest. Investigators want to speak with Wagner about the circumstances surrounding her death that night in 1981, they say in interviews for 48 HOURS.
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- 7.2/108 votes
#16 - Rodney Alcala: The Killing Game
Season 30 Episode 16 - Aired 2/17/2018
A photographer who was on "The Dating Game" became one of the nation's deadliest serial killers eight years after "48 Hours" first report, new victims emerge.
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#17 - The Good Girl
Season 30 Episode 17 - Aired 3/3/2018
She was 19 with an allegedly abusive boyfriend – did he make her an unwitting accomplice to murder? CBS News' Jim Axelrod investigates.
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#18 - Who Killed Fabio?
Season 30 Episode 18 - Aired 3/10/2018
A famed Los Angeles hairstylist is killed in his backyard - was it a robbery gone wrong by thugs called the knock-knock burglars or a twisted plot no one could believe?
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#19 - Mystery at Eagle Creek
Season 30 Episode 19 - Aired 3/17/2018
An Oregon man accused of pushing his fiancée off a steep cliff during a hike nine years ago tells Peter Van Sant what may have happened that fateful day, in an unusual interview for 48 HOURS.
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- 6.9/1015 votes
#20 - The Fitbit Alibi
Season 30 Episode 20 - Aired 3/24/2018
A suspect in a murder swears he didn't do it – can his Fitbit prove he's innocent? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
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- 7.4/1010 votes
#21 - Live to Tell: Trafficked
Season 30 Episode 21 - Aired 3/31/2018
Alyssa Beck was a 15-year-old Jacksonville, Fla., runaway looking for a way out of her family home. She ran right into the hands of a violent sex trafficking group. Beck reveals her fight for survival and the horrors she faced.
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#22 - Missing Marsha
Season 30 Episode 22 - Aired 4/7/2018
Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate Marsha's disappearance and the murder case against her husband in "Missing Marsha". It's a case 48 HOURS has been working on for five years, and it raises questions about the challenges prosecutors often face when someone vanishes without a trace. It also includes a stunning ending that nobody - including prosecutors - saw coming.
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- 6.9/1022 votes
#23 - The Lost Boy
Season 30 Episode 23 - Aired 4/14/2018
Richard Schlesinger and 48 HOURS investigate the disappearance of Etan Patz and the case against Pedro Hernandez, the man charged in 2012 with killing him.
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- 7.7/1013 votes
#24 - The Clown Did It
Season 30 Episode 24 - Aired 4/21/2018
Two witnesses who watched as a woman was gunned down in her Florida home by a mysterious clown speak out for the first time on network television.
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- 7.1/1011 votes
#25 - The Last Ride Home
Season 30 Episode 25 - Aired 4/28/2018
A wealthy labor lawyer shoots his high profile wife from the backseat of a car -- was it an accident or just plain murder? "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher investigates.
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The Best Episodes of 48 Hours Season 30
Every episode of 48 Hours Season 30 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of 48 Hours Season 30!
This newsmagazine series investigates intriguing crime and justice cases that touch on all aspects of the human experience. Over its long run, the show has...
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Season 30 Ratings Summary
"O.J. Simpson: Endgame" is the best rated episode of "48 Hours" season 30. It scored 6.6/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/30/2017. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Widow on Solway Road".