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The First 48

  • TV-14
  • 2004–
  • 30 seasons
  • Documentary, Drama
  • 7.9

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.

Episodes

19 episodes
  1. 1Four Shots

    86 minJan 1, 2026

    In North Charleston, a construction worker is killed by a stray bullet during an attempted robbery inside a trailer park; as investigators follow the suspects' trail, they discover things are not what they seem.

  2. 2Betrayal

    86 minJan 8, 2026

    In Tulsa, the murder of two women sends detectives on a desperate search for a missing third who may also be a victim of homicide.

  3. 3A Lonely Place to Die

    Jan 15, 2026

    When a father of six is found shot in an urban encampment, Tulsa Homicide calls on the unhoused community to help them find the killer.

  4. 4The Cool Mum

    Jan 22, 2026

    After a North Charleston mother of four is found beaten to death in the bushes, a rookie detective battles it out in the interview room with her suspected killer.

  5. 5Unfriendly Fire

    Jan 29, 2026

    A college student is gunned down in a doorway; Tulsa Homicide detectives explore whether a feud between friends escalated to murder.

  6. 6R Is for Random

    Feb 5, 2026

    When a young father is executed in broad daylight, Gwinnett County detectives race against the clock to figure out if one man was passing innocently through the neighbourhood or if he's the killer.

  7. 7Murder in the Bud Room & A Mother Taken

    Feb 12, 2026

    In Tulsa, a heated argument spirals out of control, ending in the murder of a father of six. In Gwinnett County, a young boy is the only witness to the violent abduction of his mother, leaving detectives racing to find her before it's too late.

  8. 8Circle of Friends & Rearview Murder

    45 minFeb 19, 2026

    In Tulsa, detectives follow a trail of blood to a community where one person's accusations have consequences. In Mobile, a possible collision between two strangers escalates into a shooting.

  9. 9Blood Brothers

    Feb 26, 2026

    When gunfire from an automatic weapon leaves an innocent man dead, Tulsa Homicide searches for the intended target and the truth behind the attack.

  10. 10Birthday Party Nightmare

    Mar 5, 2026

    In Tulsa, a father is killed protecting his daughter when gunfire erupts at a family birthday party.

  11. 11In Blood

    Mar 12, 2026

    A breakthrough in forensic technology breathes new life into the case of a Gwinnett County man stabbed in his home five years ago.

  12. 12Mystery Man

    Mar 19, 2026

    A Gwinnett County man is found strangled and shot in his truck. Detectives track the killer into a neighborhood where he seems to vanish into thin air.

  13. 13A Troubled Mind

    45 minMar 26, 2026

    A father discovers his son stabbed multiple times in his own home, leading Tulsa Homicide on a cross-country search for his killer.

  14. 14A House Divided

    45 minApr 2, 2026

    After a Tulsa man returns home from jail to find another man with the mother of his children, he is shot and killed in the middle of the street.

  15. 15The Devil's Hands

    45 minApr 9, 2026

    In Gwinnett County, a 20-year-old woman is found in her apartment a day after being brutally stabbed over 40 times. In Mobile, dozens of bullets are fired at a busy intersection leaving two men dead in a crashed car.

  16. 16Drive into Darkness

    45 minApr 16, 2026

    In Tulsa, when a deadly ambush leaves two teens dead and two others critically injured, Det. Jason White follows leads from Tulsa to Mexico in his pursuit for justice.

  17. 17Blind Fire

    45 minApr 23, 2026

    Tulsa Detective Vernon McNeal confronts a group of childhood friends to find a killer who blindly shot into a bedroom window.

  18. 18Fatally Misinformed

    42 minApr 30, 2026

    When a young father is gunned down at a hotel in Gwinnett County, detectives must sort through rumors and hours of surveillance video to track down his killers.

  19. 19Unforgotten: Rob

    42 minMay 7, 2026

    In North Charleston, Detective Corey Shaffer catches the toughest case of his career when musician and father-of-two Robert 'Rob' Cobain Brown is found brutally murdered in his home.

Where to watch The First 48

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Series cast

Dion GrahamNarrator610 episodes

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