• Air date: 05 Nov '15 30 episodes
      The First 48 follows detectives from around the country during these first critical hours as they race against time to find the suspect. Gritty and fast-paced, it takes viewers behind the scenes of real-life investigations with unprecedented access to crime scenes, autopsies, forensic processing, and interrogations.
  • List of Episodes (30)
    • 1. The House on Madrona Street

      05 Nov '15
      In the season premiere, an Atlanta woman is strangled and the investigation unearths more potential crimes.
    • 2. Blood on Bourbon

      12 Nov '15
      Investigating a mass shooting in New Orleans.
    • 3. Blood Lust

      19 Nov '15
      A killer terrorizes Atlanta and investigators try to track him down.
    • 4. Secrets and Lies

      03 Dec '15
      When a young woman is executed on a street corner in Tulsa, investigator Nathan Schilling discovers her friends may be hiding information about the murder.
    • 5. Murder on Maiden Lane

      10 Dec '15
    • 6. Last Shift

      17 Dec '15
      A violent attack in a Tulsa, Okla., barbershop leaves an employee dead and numerous people wounded; the hunt begins for a killer with an AK-47 assault rifle.
    • 7. M.I.A.

      07 Jan '16
      A welder has vanished under very suspicious circumstances and Tulsa homicide gets the case. Detective Matt Frazier and the rest of the team suspect foul play as they dive
    • 8. Knock Knock

      14 Jan '16
      Police must wade through a web of secrets and lies when a man is found dead in his Tulsa, Okla., hotel room.
    • 9. The Third Man/Cash Money Murder

      21 Jan '16
      When a popular New Orleans hip-hop promoter is gunned down next to his limousine, the search for the killer leads Detective Clinton Givens to more than he bargained for. In Tulsa, a friendly night of drinking at a senior center apartment complex leaves one man dead and another wounded. Detective Mark Kennedy must find a third man who was there to uncover what happened.
    • 10. Moonie/Dark Impulse

      28 Jan '16
      A New Orleans woman is found stabbed to death and stuffed in a trash bin the day before Thanksgiving; an Atlanta man's friend and girlfriend become suspects in the case of his fatal stabbing.
    • 11. Bloody Valentine/Storm Warning

      04 Feb '16
      A young father is killed while visiting his son in Tulsa and a home invasion kills one teenager and leaves two more wounded in Atlanta.
    • 12. The Case That Haunts Me 2

      11 Feb '16
      A Tennessee family is attacked by a vicious home intruder; a rookie detective and his veteran partner probe the case of a severed head found in the Florida Everglades.
    • 13. The Case That Haunts Me 1

      18 Feb '16
      Veteran homicide Lt. Rick Zimmerman recalls the case of a woman and two young boys who were tortured before being brutally murdered.
    • 14. In a Lonely Place

      10 Mar '16
      A young New Orleans mother is found shot and burned in the trunk of her car following a night out on the town.
    • 15. Broken Home

      17 Mar '16
      The case of a young New Orleans mother who was ambushed at home and fatally shot hinges on the eyewitness account of a 4-year-old girl.
    • 16. The Fighter/Final Ride

      24 Mar '16
      A New Orleans father and his friends are ambushed while sitting in a parked car; a feud between households in an Atlanta apartment complex leads to the killing of a promising boxer.
    • 17. The Ties That Bind

      31 Mar '16
      An Atlanta man is gunned down in his home by an AK-47; the victim's wife holds a dark secret that could tear the family apart.
    • 18. Old Wounds

      07 Apr '16
      The target of a drive-by shooting in Tulsa, Okla., walks away from the attack, while his girlfriend is not so fortunate; police uncover a long-simmering feud as they hunt for the killer.
    • 19. Bloodline

      14 Apr '16
      A Tulsa, Okla., detective hunts a family of elusive criminals after a former Marine is fatally shot while trying to recover his stolen bicycle.
    • 20. Dark Corners / Gundown

      21 Apr '16
      In New Orleans, a transgender female is shot four times - the victim of an apparent robbery. In Atlanta, two men draw guns in an underground mall, but only one survives.
    • 21. Down on Bourbon / Deadly Trap

      19 May '16
      A double killing on New Orleans' Bourbon Street leaves the city on edge; Tulsa, Oklahoma, detectives believe that a shooting victim may have been lured into a trap.
    • 22. House of Cards

      26 May '16
      A Tulsa, Okla., detective pieces together fragmented accounts from five potential witnesses as he investigates a crime involving a lethal combination of guns and meth.
    • 23. Mother of Two

      23 Jun '16
    • 24. Snapshot

      30 Jun '16
    • 26. 1000 Cuts / Draw

      07 Jul '16