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The Best Episodes of 48 Hours Season 36

Every episode of 48 Hours Season 36 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of 48 Hours Season 36!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    48 Hours Season 36 Episode 1 - Gabby Petito: The Untold Story
    7.5/10(33 votes)

    #1 - Gabby Petito: The Untold Story

    S36:E1

    “48 Hours” explores Gabby Petito’s final days and the missed warning signs that might have saved her. "48 Hours" contributor Jericka Duncan reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 2 - The Shooting of Lauren Kanarek
    7.5/10(26 votes)

    #2 - The Shooting of Lauren Kanarek

    S36:E2

    Did social media posts drive an Olympic horseman to shoot his own student? "48 Hours" contributor Nikki Battiste reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 3 - A Man With a Past
    7.6/10(20 votes)

    #3 - A Man With a Past

    S36:E3

    A young woman vanishes. The prime suspect has a criminal past — he murdered his parents when he was a child. Did he kill again? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 4 - Death Hits Home: The Hargan Killings
    7.1/10(23 votes)

    #4 - Death Hits Home: The Hargan Killings

    S36:E4

    Megan Hargan was suspected of killing her mother and sister. Her defense had an unusual theory: her sister was the one who pulled the trigger – with her toe. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 5 - The Strange Death of Professor Shockley
    6.7/10(18 votes)

    #5 - The Strange Death of Professor Shockley

    S36:E5

    A respected professor dies in a hot tub. Two friends are at the scene. Only one survives to tell the tale. "48 Hours" contributor Jonathan Vigliotti reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 6 - The Kidnapping of Schanda Handley
    7.8/10(28 votes)

    #6 - The Kidnapping of Schanda Handley

    S36:E6

    A daughter watches in horror as her mother is kidnapped from their home by intruders posing as deliverymen. "CBS Mornings" lead national correspondent David Begnaud reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 7 - The Snapchat Clue
    7.2/10(21 votes)

    #7 - The Snapchat Clue

    S36:E7

    When his parents disappear, Chandler Halderson’s social media helps investigators unravel the case. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 8 - The "Unsolvable" Murder of Roxanne Wood
    7.6/10(21 votes)

    #8 - The "Unsolvable" Murder of Roxanne Wood

    S36:E8

    How a DNA “detective,” an undercover cop and a cast-off cigarette butt helped catch a killer. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 9 - Last Seen in Breckenridge
    7.4/10(24 votes)

    #9 - Last Seen in Breckenridge

    S36:E9

    In 1982 the bodies of Annette Schnee and Bobbie Jo Oberholtzer were found outside a luxe ski town. A man rescued from a snowdrift the night of the murders turned out to be their killer. "48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales reports.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 10 - The Case Against Michael Politte
    7.6/10(30 votes)

    #10 - The Case Against Michael Politte

    S36:E10

    At 14 he was accused and later convicted of murdering his mother. But he claims he knows who the real killer is and he’s still out there. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 11 - The Betrayal of Linda Slaten
    7.1/10(20 votes)

    #11 - The Betrayal of Linda Slaten

    S36:E11

    After a young mother is murdered, her son unknowingly hangs the killer's photo on his wall. "48 Hours" contributor Jim Axelrod reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 12 - The Tree that Helped Solve a Murder
    6.9/10(23 votes)

    #12 - The Tree that Helped Solve a Murder

    S36:E12

    When a young mother disappears, DNA from a tree helps lead to her killer. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 13 - The Idaho Student Murders
    7.1/10(21 votes)

    #13 - The Idaho Student Murders

    S36:E13

    Four college students are found stabbed to death in their home. Police say the suspect had studied the criminal mind. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 14 - Melissa Turner's Closing Act
    7.5/10(21 votes)

    #14 - Melissa Turner's Closing Act

    S36:E14

    A cosplay actor finds herself in the spotlight when she's accused of murdering her boyfriend. Can she convince a jury it was self-defense? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 15 - The Daughters Who Disappeared
    7.1/10(20 votes)

    #15 - The Daughters Who Disappeared

    S36:E15

    In 1997 four families are shattered when their daughters go missing. As they grieve, one man claims to have answers. Can he be trusted? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports on the final chapter of a case she started covering more than two decades ago.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 16 - The Death of an Officer’s Wife
    7.3/10(17 votes)

    #16 - The Death of an Officer’s Wife

    S36:E16

    Amanda Perrault died of a gunshot wound to the head. The unusual position of her body raised questions about who pulled the trigger. "48 Hours" contributor Anne-Marie Green reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 17 - The Kidnapping of Michelle and Breea Renee
    7.1/10(19 votes)

    #17 - The Kidnapping of Michelle and Breea Renee

    S36:E17

    A mother is forced to rob a bank to save her daughter’s life, then her abductor falsely claims the mother was in on the crime. "48 Hours" contributor Tracy Smith reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 18 - The Brighton Ax Murder
    7.2/10(11 votes)

    #18 - The Brighton Ax Murder

    S36:E18

    A young mother is killed in her bed, her toddler unharmed. Unsolved for 40 years, how the unusual crime scene helped close the case. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 19 - The Trial of Alex Murdaugh
    7.1/10(16 votes)

    #19 - The Trial of Alex Murdaugh

    S36:E19

    "48 Hours" explores the double life of a once prominent lawyer and his stunning fall from grace. Murdaugh is now an admitted drug addict, thief and convicted murderer. "48 Hours" contributor Nikki Battiste reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 20 - What Angelina Saw
    7.9/10(19 votes)

    #20 - What Angelina Saw

    S36:E20

    A young girl peeks out of her bedroom to see blood on the floor and her mother in distress. As an adult she looks back on a night that changed her life. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 21 - Remembering the Chowchilla Kidnapping
    7.0/10(22 votes)

    #21 - Remembering the Chowchilla Kidnapping

    S36:E21

    The segment airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ follows the story of the infamous 1976 school bus kidnapping, in which three masked gunmen abducted 26 children and school bus driver Ed Ray. They were buried alive beneath a rock quarry and in an old moving truck, spending more than 16 hours in the dark before they were able to escape.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 22 - The Mysterious Death of Tiffiney Crawford
    7.4/10(20 votes)

    #22 - The Mysterious Death of Tiffiney Crawford

    S36:E22

    A young mother found dead in her car. Could she have shot herself twice? "48 Hours" contributor David Begnaud reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 23 - Kassanndra's Secret
    7.1/10(17 votes)

    #23 - Kassanndra's Secret

    S36:E23

    A young woman vanishes. Eerie surveillance video captures a man in a hat. Investigators learn the two are linked by a secret. "48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 24 - Christy and Hilda's Last Dance
    7.3/10(22 votes)

    #24 - Christy and Hilda's Last Dance

    S36:E24

    After a night out, two women were dumped outside hospitals by masked men. Were the men good Samaritans or did they play a role in the women’s deaths? "48 Hours" contributor Jonathan Vigliotti reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. 48 Hours Season 36 Episode 25 - Crosley Green's Hard Time
    6.9/10(15 votes)

    #25 - Crosley Green's Hard Time

    S36:E25

    He was free for two years and then sent back to prison for a murder he swears he didn't commit. Yet Green still has faith he'll see his loved ones again. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty has the latest on the case.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 36 Ratings Summary

"Gabby Petito: The Untold Story" is the best rated episode of "48 Hours" season 36. It scored 7.5/10 based on 33 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/17/2022. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Shooting of Lauren Kanarek".