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48 Hours

Season 26 Episode 13: The Perfect Family

31 SeasonsJan 19, 2013TV-141h6.6

48 Hours investigates the death of Ruth Pyne who was brutally beaten and stabbed to death in her garage. The investigation focuses on Ruth's husband Bernie and her valedictorian son Jeffrey.

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Season 26 Episodes:

Episode 1 My Dad's Killer

1. My Dad's Killer

Aired: Sep 28, 2012

A Kansas woman tries for years to get her mother, Dana Chandler, prosecuted f...

Episode 2 Friends for Life

2. Friends for Life

Aired: Oct 6, 2012

48 Hours looks into the murder of Brian Davis. The police focus their investi...

Episode 3 Collision Course

3. Collision Course

Aired: Oct 13, 2012

48 Hours investigates the death of Brittney Brashers a young Iraqi veteran wh...

Episode 5 Lina's Heart

5. Lina's Heart

Aired: Oct 27, 2012

48 Hours examines the death of Lina Kaufman who was found dead in her bathroo...

Episode 6 Secrets of the River

6. Secrets of the River

Aired: Nov 10, 2012

48 Hours examines the murder of young dancer Mackenzie Cowell in Wenatchee, W...

Episode 7 Highway of Tears

7. Highway of Tears

Aired: Nov 17, 2012

48 Hours examines the he Highway of Tears murders a series of unsolved murder...

Episode 8 Presumed Guilty

8. Presumed Guilty

Aired: Nov 24, 2012

48 Hours examines the wrongful conviction of Frank O'Connell who was sent to ...

Episode 10 Everything to Lose

10. Everything to Lose

Aired: Dec 8, 2012

48 Hours examines the strangulation death of Dana Clair Edwards and the looks...

Episode 11 Newtown

11. Newtown

Aired: Jan 5, 2013

48 Hours broadcasts a special investigative report on the recent elementary s...

Episode 12 Shattered Dreams

12. Shattered Dreams

Aired: Jan 12, 2013

48 Hours examines the death of San Diego's Karina Ditto who immigrated from M...

Episode 13 The Perfect Family

13. The Perfect Family

Aired: Jan 19, 2013

48 Hours investigates the death of Ruth Pyne who was brutally beaten and stab...

Episode 15 Crazy Love

15. Crazy Love

Aired: Feb 9, 2013

48 Hours examines the murder and mutilation of Miami Beach hotel heir and con...

Episode 17 Desperate Measures

17. Desperate Measures

Aired: Feb 23, 2013

48 Hours investigates the murder of Dennis and Merna Koula in La Crosse, Wisc...

Episode 18 Honor and Dishonor

18. Honor and Dishonor

Aired: Mar 2, 2013

48 Hours investigates the case of Sergeant Brent Burke a decorated Army soldi...

Episode 19 The Accuser

19. The Accuser

Aired: Mar 9, 2013

48 Hours re-examines the case of Ryan Ferguson who is serving 40 years for th...

Episode 20 The Usual Suspect

20. The Usual Suspect

Aired: Mar 16, 2013

48 Hours examines the murder of Tina Caronna a Memphis woman and Corvette car...

Episode 21 Cold as Ice

21. Cold as Ice

Aired: Apr 13, 2013

A powerful politician's girlfriend is shot dead. Did he love her to death? Ri...

Episode 22 Ambushed

22. Ambushed

Aired: Apr 20, 2013

A special report on manhunt and capture of Boston Marathon bombing suspects

Episode 23 Power and Passion

23. Power and Passion

Aired: Apr 27, 2013

A gang of bodybuilders hatch a plan to kidnap and kill wealthy people. Corres...

Episode 24 Caught

24. Caught

Aired: May 4, 2013

A special report on the manhunt and capture of the Boston Marathon bombing su...

Episode 25 Muscle and Mayhem

25. Muscle and Mayhem

Aired: May 11, 2013

An investigation into the case that inspired the 2013 movie "Pain & Gain".

Episode 26 Over the Edge

26. Over the Edge

Aired: May 17, 2013

Convicted of murder, "48 Hours" interviews were evidence in her trial. Will s...


Info about 48 Hours

Current Status: Currently Airing

Network: CBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Crime, Documentary