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People Magazine Investigates

  • TV-14
  • 2016–
  • 9 seasons
  • Crime, Documentary
  • 8.6

Uncover the heart-wrenching true stories behind crimes that transcended headlines and became part of popular culture. Exclusive first hand interviews reveal shocking twists, new evidence, and unexpected resolutions.

Episodes

14 episodes
  1. 1Girl Scout Murders

    84 minJul 10, 2023

    The 1977 brutal assault and murder of three Oklahoma Girl Scouts away at summer camp: Lori Lee Farmer, Doris Denise Milner, and Michele Heather Guse is discussed.

  2. 2The I-70 Killer

    84 minJul 17, 2023

    An unknown shooter unleashes carnage from Indianapolis to Wichita, Kansas, killing six in the spring of 1992 at various retail stores near 1-70, a major east-west highway that runs through the very heart of the Midwest. A sketch of the suspect is developed from various eyewitness accounts, but police are at a loss ... until one victim survives.

  3. 3Where is Mark Himebaugh?

    43 minJul 24, 2023

    In 1991, a young boy leaves home to check out a local brush fire that was capturing his neighborhood's attention and never returns home. Decades have passed and police continue to look for his abductor(s), while his mother is still waiting for him to find his way home.

  4. 4Final Rodeo

    43 minJul 31, 2023

    A 16-year-old cowgirl goes missing in Nevada. Three days later her body was found draped under a blue tarp that had been dumped among the tumbleweeds. As police search for her killer, the investigation takes a sudden turn towards the boy she called "brother."

  5. 5The Strange Disappearance of Karlie Gusé

    43 minAug 7, 2023

    In 2018, a 16-year-old girl vanishes into thin air the morning after attending a high school party in an isolated California mountain town. The bizarre mystery leads to speculation by internet sleuths that her parents are somehow involved due to inconsistencies in their story.

  6. 6Brighton Ax Murder

    43 minAug 14, 2023

    In 1982, in an upscale suburb of Rochester, New York, a Kodak executive returns home and finds his wife dead with an ax in her head. People believed a madman was on the loose, so 40 years later when police make an arrest, everyone is stunned at who stands trial for the murder.

  7. 7Who Killed Our Girls?

    42 minAug 21, 2023

    Four teenage girls are brutally murdered in a yogurt shop in North Austin, Texas, in 1991, in what becomes the biggest mass murder in Austin history. The investigation that follows drags on for years, and even when police make an arrest, justice is not guaranteed.

  8. 8Held Captive: The Disappearance of Tanya Kach

    41 minAug 28, 2023

    After moving to a new city following her parents' divorce, a 14-year-old girl finds herself lost and unloved within her new surroundings; she starts running away from home until one time, she never returns. It takes ten years before dark secrets are revealed.

  9. 9Dead in Bed

    41 minSep 4, 2023

    In 2007, a 19-year-old woman is brutally murdered in the small town of Winnsboro, TX; the ensuing investigation reveals the small town has a few wolves masquerading in sheep's clothing. Some secrets come to light, but others may be buried forever.

  10. 10Star Crossed Killers

    41 minSep 11, 2023

    After a single mother fails to show up for work, police find her brutally stabbed and her 14-year-old daughter missing from their home in an affluent gated community. Everyone fears she's in danger, but what they uncover is darker than they could have imagined.

  11. 11The Times Square Killer

    84 minSep 18, 2023

    In the '60s and '70s, a serial killer stalks young women in New Jersey; at the same time, three women in New York City are sadistically murdered; no one expects that one man is causing the mayhem, let alone a seemingly ordinary father of three.

  12. 12Manhunt

    84 minSep 25, 2023

    In 2003, a bank heist escalates into a robbery-homicide, shattering the lives of those left behind; federal and local law enforcement have his picture and DNA, but they can't find the cold-blooded killer until they learn he hides in plain sight.

  13. 13Long Island Serial Killer: Mystery at Oak Beach

    43 minOct 2, 2023

    A terrified young escort calls 911 as she flees into the night and vanishes; her family pressures police to take up the search, and investigators uncover a strange cast of characters - plus 10 other bodies spread along a remote stretch of beach.

  14. 14Long Island Serial Killer: Caught

    43 minOct 2, 2023

    When police discover 10 bodies strewn along a remote beach, there are few answers and even fewer suspects; over a decade later, a new investigation uncovers old leads, and police finally think they've found their man.

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Series cast

Alicia DennisSelf - Executive Editorial Director, People Magazine28 episodes
Cynthia SanzSelf - Executive Editor, People Magazine24 episodes
Christine PelisekSelf - Senior Writer, People Magazine23 episodes
Jess CagleSelf - Editor-in-Chief, People Magazine17 episodes
Dan WakefordSelf - Editor-in-Chief, People Magazine17 episodes
Elaine AradillasSelf - Staff Writer, People Magazine12 episodes
David Christopher WellsNarrator (voice)11 episodes
K.C. BakerSelf - Staff Writer, People Magazine9 episodes
Johnny DoddSelf - Senior Writer, People Magazine7 episodes
Greg HanlonSelf - Crime News Editor, People Magazine6 episodes
Wendy NaugleSelf - Editor-in-Chief, People Magazine6 episodes
Kate CoyneSelf - Executive Editor, People Magazine5 episodes
Caitlin KeatingSelf - Contributing Writer, People Magazine4 episodes
Marc PeyserSelf - Senior Editor, People Magazine4 episodes
Janine RubinsteinSelf - Editor-at-Large, People Magazine4 episodes
Jeff TruesdellSelf - Staff Writer, People Magazine3 episodes
Patrick RogersSelf - Senior Editor, People Magazine3 episodes
Corin CesaricSelf - Associate Editor of Crime, People Magazine3 episodes

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