#1
S2E24
Mommy Rules
A mother is suspected in the murders of two of her daughters, when her third daughter finally convinces police to reopen two cold cases.
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#2
S1E6
Through Eyes of a Child/The Killer Next Door
George Morgan, a prison inmate, recalls an incident over thirty years earlier that resulted in his sister Michell's death. John McRae, a killer who started very young is tracked for fifty years before being caught.
#3
S2E22
The Original Night Stalker
In the 1980s, a serial killer prowled the posh streets of Orange County. Police were unaware of the serial attacks until 1996, when DNA revealed the killer's secret and they linked four murders to a single DNA profile.
#4
Lady in the Box
S2E9
#5
Finding BTK
S5E2
#6
The Interrogation/The Slide
S5E13
#7
The Missing Informant/Man's Best Friend
S1E15
#8
Murder on the Menu
S2E11
#9
The Widow and the Wolf/Unicorns and Alligators
S2E12
#10
A Man Scorned/The Dungeon
S4E6
Lowlights
Nine years after police had to release the teenage suspect in a woman's murder due to lack of evidence, they find a new lead in the case. Twenty years after a young woman is murdered while babysitting her nephew, police are able to find DNA evidence that points to her killer.
#123
A Deadly Affair/The Sting Operation
S5E18
#122
A Killer's Skin/Where's Peggy
S5E11
#121
The Deadly Stroll/Unholy Secret
S5E17
#120
Daddy Dearest/A Pastor's Wife
S5E10
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