8.7/1075 votesLoading...#1 - The 28th Floor
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 12/2/2014
Austin, TX, 1966: A rain of bullets descends on students and faculty at the University of Texas. But when the smoke clears there remain more questions than answers: who could have done this evil, hideous thing? And why?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/1097 votesLoading...#2 - Time Bomb
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/3/2013
Denver, CO, 1955. When United Airlines Flight 629 bound for Seattle explodes in mid-air, killing everyone aboard, the new-to-air travel nation grieves over the terrible tragedy. But when crash investigators find a few strange inconsistencies in the wreckage they start to wonder if it was an accident at all. What follows is the discovery of the first-ever act of commercial airline sabotage in the United States...the motive? Money.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/1088 votesLoading...#3 - 38 Witnesses
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/11/2014
Kew Gardens, Queens, 1964: Kitty Genovese is raped and stabbed to death outside her apartment building as her neighbors watch and do nothing, introducing America to the "bystander effect." But is this really the whole story...?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/1055 votesLoading...#4 - The Wrong Man
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 12/15/2015
Bay Village, OH, 1954: When Marilyn Sheppard is found beaten to death in her bedroom, it will take more than thirty years to piece together the truth of what happened the night she died.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/1049 votesLoading...#5 - The Bad Old Days
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 2/17/2018
The city of Chicago is gripped with terror after three bizarre and savage murders go unsolved. Amidst this public furor, both the police and the local newspapers are desperate to give the people what they want: someone to blame.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/1048 votesLoading...#6 - Hearts of Darkness
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 2/24/2018
In what became known as "The Crime of The Century," a boy from one of Chicago's wealthiest families is kidnapped and found murdered. The ensuing investigation zeroes in on the wealthy, thrill-seeking college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/1061 votesLoading...#7 - And Then There Was One
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/24/2015
Chicago, IL, 1966: The crime of the century begins when a man knocks on the door of a dormitory of nursing students and murders all…but one, who will live to help police attempt to bring him to justice.
Director: Nicholas McCarthy
Writer: Nicholas McCarthy
8.4/1067 votesLoading...#8 - Bye Bye Betty
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 12/29/2015
Odessa, TX, 1961: Teenager Betty Williams isn't home. She’s not at school. Police are sure she is a runaway, until they uncover a shocking high school rumor that will change this small town forever.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/1060 votesLoading...#9 - Luck Be a Lady
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 12/13/2016
Kansas City, MO, 1960: When Patricia Jones’ bullet-ridden body turns up by the side of lovers’ lane, Detective Browning forges ahead on a catch me if you can trail from Missouri to Mexico, taunted by the sly smiles of his provocative arch nemesis.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/1049 votesLoading...#10 - Once Upon a Crime
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 2/10/2018
The story behind author Truman Capote's classic non-fiction novel, "In Cold Blood," which details the Clutter family murders in 1959 and the nationwide manhunt that followed for the killers.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1083 votesLoading...
#11 - Judge, Jury, Executioner
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/26/2013
West Palm Beach, FL, 1955. Judge Curtis Chillingworth (58) and his wife (50's) say their goodbyes to friends at swank dinner party, step into their car and drive away. They are never seen again. When police start investigating they unravel a tale of corruption, moonshine and numbers-running that leaves Florida in shock.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/1049 votesLoading...#12 - Damsel on Death Row
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 12/22/2015
Los Angeles, CA, 1934: Eric Madison is found dead in a boarding house at the back of the Warner Brother’s lot. But in an age where propriety is paramount, will the punishment fit the crime?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/1050 votesLoading...#13 - The Gentleman Killer
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 1/3/2017
Bronx, NY, 1941: When tea for two becomes a murder of one, investigators from all across New York City must act upon the testimony of a few brave women to bring the killer to justice.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10100 votesLoading...
#14 - The Career Girl Murders
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/19/2013
New York, NY, 1963. When two young women - just out of college, starting their first jobs in The Big City - wind up dead in their Upper East Side apartment, raped, mutilated, the victims of a terrible, heinous attack, the City is thrown into chaos. If these girls aren't safe, who is? The NYPD is under such pressure to solve the high-profile case it makes a tragic mis-step in the investigation of the case the newspapers dub "The Career Girls Murders."
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/1056 votesLoading...#15 - Last Night Stand
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 11/17/2015
New York, NY, 1973: When a twenty-eight year old schoolteacher for deaf children is murdered in NYC, detectives immerse themselves in the swinging world of 1970's nightlife, where club-goers and activists rub shoulders with wide-eyed career girls.
Director: Nicholas McCarthy
Writer: Chloë Boxer
8.2/1041 votesLoading...#16 - Beast With a Badge
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 3/17/2018
A detective struggles to exonerate his black friend from rape allegations pinned on him by the LAPD's all-white brass; he must navigate entrenched racism, lead a stake-out and employ the magic of Hollywood to ensnare the real predator.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1085 votesLoading...
#17 - A New Kind of Monster
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/10/2013
Michigan, 1967. A young co-ed from Eastern Michigan State University goes missing. Her body is found months later, rotting in a field. A year later, another co-ed, disappears and is found stabbed to death. A few months after that, a young law student is found shot and strangled in an Ypsilanti cemetery. The young women of Southeastern Michigan are terrified and the police commence a massive hunt for the monster they call The Co-Ed Killer.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1071 votesLoading...#18 - Lock Up Your Daughters
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 11/10/2015
Gaffney, SC, 1968: When a local reporter receives a mysterious phone call from a murderer who threatens to kill again, Gaffney police must race against the clock to try to save the town’s teen girls.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1056 votesLoading...#19 - Comedy of Terrors
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 12/8/2015
Macon, GA, 1960: When wealthy Mary Burge is found strangled in her bed, detectives encounter a world of hooded Klan members and blue blood Yankees where the truth truly is stranger than fiction.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1049 votesLoading...#20 - Devil's Advocate
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 12/20/2016
St. Paul, MN, 1963: Carol Thompson, church-going wife and devoted mother of four, is found in a bloody heap on her neighbor’s doorstep. Detectives must peel away the layers of her picture-perfect life to reveal the painful secrets of this housewife.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1048 votesLoading...#21 - Guess Who?
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 1/10/2017
Los Angeles, CA, 1922: When a husband is found dead and his wife discovered locked in a closet, detectives find themselves lost in a world of seduction and obsession where the ghosts are all too real.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1047 votesLoading...#22 - Coffin for Christmas
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 3/3/2018
Heiress Barbara Mackle is kidnapped and buried alive in a coffin-like capsule; local police and the FBI race to Mackle's abductor before her time underground runs out.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1068 votesLoading...#23 - The Pied Piper
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 12/9/2014
Tucson, AZ, 1965: When Gretchen Fritz and her sister Wendy leave for a movie and never come home, police must infiltrate the tight-knit world of Speedway teens to discover the disturbing truth behind the girls’ disappearance.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1046 votesLoading...#24 - Teenage Wasteland
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 12/6/2016
Lincoln, NE, 1958: When two love-struck, sex-crazed teenagers embark on a killing spree in Lincoln, Nebraska, it will fall to one local sheriff to put the brakes on this nightmare of a joy ride.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1089 votesLoading...#25 - The Shot Doctor
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/18/2014
Live Oak, FL, 1952: The revered Dr. Leroy Adams has been shot in his office. In a time of segregation and secrets, figuring out who is responsible may not be as easy as simply identifying the killer.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of A Crime to Remember
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Best Episodes Summary
"The 28th Floor" is the best rated episode of "A Crime to Remember". It scored 8.7/10 based on 75 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/2/2014. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Time Bomb".