Court TV

Austin, Texas, TV executive Steven Beard is shot as he sleeps; with only a single shotgun shell to go on, police follow a trail from mansions and country clubs to bookstores and hospital psych wards.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

The cold-blooded murder of Ron Stovall, chased down and killed inside his own home, has signs of a mob hit; police believe they have their suspect after arresting a criminal with alleged ties to organized crime who possessed the murder weapon.

The people of Defiance, Iowa, find it strange when Scott Shanahan disappears, leaving his wife and kids, but Scott is always unpredictable and no one gives it much more thought.

Austin, Texas, TV executive Steven Beard is shot as he sleeps; with only a single shotgun shell to go on, police follow a trail from mansions and country clubs to bookstores and hospital psych wards.

Penny Scaggs believes in being a dutiful Christian wife and even teaches local women how to build harmonious relationships; she is later found brutally beaten and stabbed beside her beloved yellow piano.

When Susan Wright's husband, Jeffrey, is found buried in the backyard, stabbed 193 times, people dub her the blue-eyed butcher of the suburbs.

In Rocky Mount, North Carolina, a mortician falls in love in his funeral parlor; while in Mustang, Oklahoma, a sexual obsession turns deadly.

In Lebanon, Maine, an estranged wife trying to start a new life can't escape her violent past; while in Vincennes, Indiana, a married engineer falls for the babysitter, but it leads to murder.

A husband carefully plans a murder; a love triangle leads to a deadly conspiracy.

Love and lust leads to murders in Atlanta and Colorado.

A church minister and a teacher fall for a student.

A pregnant wife is killed execution style; an EMT is intent on taking a life.

Two murder cases where the victims are found in parks in New Jersey.

Two murder cases involving cheating spouses with evil minds in Pennsylvania.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

Sixty-four-year-old Thurman Martin ruled his family with an iron fist, brutally beating anyone who dared stand up to his emotional and physical abuse; then one day he vanished, his family telling police he'd left with just a few changes of clothing.

A successful woman's death at first appears to be a suicide, but after further investigation the police begin to suspect her estranged husband.

A married soldier begins a dangerous affair; a Canadian wife ends a life.

A newlywed wife with a violent ex-husband in Washington State and in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, a Fire Chief wants to extinguish a love rival.

A Kentucky airline pilot is murdered for money; in the UK, a former pro-golfer is attacked by his wife's lover.

In Washington, a husband goes missing; killer swingers in the UK.

Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true crime stories that are captivating the world over.

Sixty-four-year-old Thurman Martin ruled his family with an iron fist, brutally beating anyone who dared stand up to his emotional and physical abuse; then one day he vanished, his family telling police he'd left with just a few changes of clothing.

A married soldier begins a dangerous affair; a Canadian wife ends a life.

A newlywed wife with a violent ex-husband in Washington State and in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, a Fire Chief wants to extinguish a love rival.

A Kentucky airline pilot is murdered for money; in the UK, a former pro-golfer is attacked by his wife's lover.

In Washington, a husband goes missing; killer swingers in the UK.

In Las Vegas, a killer leaves a calling card; a car's trunk holds something shocking in Melbourne, Australia.

In Reno, someone makes a devious plan to kill a prominent politician; an office romance gets out of hand and leads to a woman's disappearance in Coventry, England.

An adulterous husband trains his lover in the art of killing in Daytona Beach, FL; a woman falls in and out of love in Sydney, Australia.

A gigolo sets a trap using his attractive girlfriend as bait in Sarasota, Fl; a South African doctor uses his medical knowledge to kill.

A former army medic devises a sick plan to kidnap women, impregnate them and keep them in his basement as part of a personal baby farm.

The murder of a millionaire doctor's wife sets off a massive manhunt throughout New England; law enforcement quickly locates the suspected killer only to find out he has a history of not only violence but also cross-dressing.

An unemployed teen mom and her new husband concoct a plan to kill an innocent man they meet on Craigslist, resulting in a vicious stabbing that sends shock waves through a small Pennsylvania community.

A father, husband and businessman is actually a sadomasochistic con-man who lures unsuspecting women with a web of lies and empty promises only to trap them in a world of sex slavery and murder.

A rogue broker's unauthorized speculative trading causes Barings Bank to collapse; Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is accused of doping.

A marriage plagued by affairs and resentment ends in a gruesome murder; a digitally orchestrated heist drains banks of nearly $45 million globally within a few hours.

Hours after robbing a bank, a teen culprit brags about it on YouTube; a promising biopharmaceutical company becomes a stock market predator.

A billionaire is arrested for insider trading; "The Wolf of Wall Street" defrauds more than 1,500 clients.

A troubled Royal Canadian Mountie officer kills one of his own; the son of a Las Vegas judge robs $1.5 million from a casino.

A website posts explicit photos without the subjects' permission, then demands payment to remove them; El Chapo runs one of the world's largest drug-trafficking organizations.

The ruler of a drug cartel is responsible for mass murders and billions of dollars in drug trafficking; one of the longest-serving U.S. mayors is accused of running a criminal enterprise.

Actress Alexandra Ducsay is murdered in her home; the downfall of a prominent pro-independence leader in Taiwan.

A Sunday afternoon movie date turns deadly when a confrontation over a cell phone and a bag of popcorn ends with a gunshot. Retired police captain Curtis Reeves claims he acted in self-defense, but will a jury believe that his life was in danger?

The annual Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wis., is struck by tragedy when Darrel Brooks drives his SUV through the parade route; the tragedy turns into a spectacle when Brooks decides to represent himself at trial.

When Ahmad Arbery is out jogging, three men assume he's a burglar and chase him down; they shoot him multiple times; the cellphone video captured by Arbery's assailants proves that these men were not the heroes they claimed to be.

Iowa farmer Tom Lyon is excited when a nearby plot of land goes up for sale, but he isn't the only one. When Lyon's body is discovered at the bottom of a well, the trail of blood leads through that very land.

The people of Defiance, Iowa, find it strange when Scott Shanahan disappears, leaving his wife and kids, but Scott is always unpredictable and no one gives it much more thought.

Austin, Texas, TV executive Steven Beard is shot as he sleeps; with only a single shotgun shell to go on, police follow a trail from mansions and country clubs to bookstores and hospital psych wards.

The girlfriend of an ex-Marine with a hidden life goes missing in Panama.

The Jodi Arias conviction.

A 40-year hunt for a convicted killer on the run.

A young woman who had been conned by her boyfriend goes missing.

The murder of an Aspen, Colo., heiress produces many suspects.

A 40-year hunt for a convicted killer on the run.

A young woman who had been conned by her boyfriend goes missing.