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

The murders of Voncile Smith and her sons John and Richard set Pensacola, Florida on edge; the courts try to decide if this was an occult ritual or something much more basic: greed.

As the saying goes, he who represents himself in court has a fool for a client; in the case of Marc Benayer, who shot a man in his synagogue parking lot, was he a fool or did his mental illness affect whether the jury would find him guilty?

As shocking as the brutal double murder committed by vampire obsessed teenaged Rod Ferrell was, nobody expected him to plead guilty at the start of his trial, leaving just the monumental question of how young is too young for the death penalty.

The search for a missing mother of two during Hurricane Harvey.

In the investigation of the murder of a one-time millionaire, both his ex-wife and his son are suspects.

The investigation into two double murders committed five years apart leads police to a famous hospital and an unlikely suspect.

A court decision changes everything in the investigation into the murder of a couple and their daughter.

In 1976, a gunman dressed in black murders two people and wounds two more in the Texas mansion belonging to one of the victims.

DNA on one of two teenage girls killed similarly on a California beach six years apart leads investigators to a suspect who worked inside the police department.

A court decision changes everything in the investigation into the murder of a couple and their daughter.

In 1976, a gunman dressed in black murders two people and wounds two more in the Texas mansion belonging to one of the victims.

DNA on one of two teenage girls killed similarly on a California beach six years apart leads investigators to a suspect who worked inside the police department.

In Kentucky, a husband's marriage is threatened by the parties thrown on his luxury boat; a mistress plots to eliminate her romantic rival in England.

In Missouri, a preacher falling for a parishioner has consequences; a washing line provides clues as to what happened to a troubled wife in Canada.

Twisted lovers terrorize a pizza store in California; in England, a man's mistress takes matters into her own hands when he won't leave his wife.

In California, a wife in an affair with a doctor makes a choice; a birthday celebration ends in horror in Australia.

An obsessive ex-cop in Michigan is prepared to do anything for his lover; Sex becomes a powerful weapon as a marriage falls apart in Ontario, Canada.

In Newtown, Conn., a flight attendant vanishes into the night after returning home; in Virginia, a trip to an ATM ends in mystery and murder.

In Virginia Beach, VA, there is a twisted plot involving murder to try and secure a pay-out from the U.S.

In a suburb of Nashville, Tenn., a wife's secret lover sets up home in her closet; in Cave Creek, Ariz., a couple look like they are out for a drive, but only one of them is alive.

A brilliant banker is found dead wearing only a head-to-toe bodysuit.

Two gunmen execute a banker who is trying to clean up corruption in the Russian system.

When Army Pvt. Micah Xavier Johnson is discharged for sexual harassment, he becomes a deadly assassin bent on shooting police during a peaceful protest march.

Thirty-year factory employee Timothy Hendron snaps and goes on a shooting rampage, hunting down his boss and co-workers.

Vigilante Gavin Eugene Long targets Baton Rouge policemen in the line of duty.

More than 200 detectives are dispatched to find and arrest the man murdering prostitutes in Suffolk, England.

The murder of hometown NBA player, Lorenzen Wright remains unsolved until alleged accomplice Jimmy Martin reveals the location of the murder weapon, implicating Wright's ex-wife Sherra and her yardman Billy Ray Turner.

In a modern-day tale of Romeo and Juliet with a Florida twist, high schoolers Courtney Schulhoff and Michael Morin find solace in each other amidst a tumultuous family life; when their families force them apart, the couple's desperation turns deadly.

In the peaceful village of Essex Junction, Vermont, Michael Durenleau's life is cut short with a knife through the heart in the darkness behind Veronica's Tavern after celebratory drinks with his wife Rebecca.

Rosemarie Essa appears to die in a car crash; when police learn this was no more than a low-speed fender bender, they begin to suspect foul play by someone who knew what they were doing.

Ashley Biggs thought it was just another pizza delivery, and didn't know who was waiting on the other end; she didn't come back, and police found the delivery address abandoned, with a pool of blood on the ground.

When teenager Dennis Lewis is killed fighting off home invaders, all police have to go on is a single handprint; when lab results reveal who the print belongs to, no one wants to believe it.

The oldest serial killer in America reveals new information about his crimes in his first televised interview; journalist David Scott confronts Gary Hilton about his killing spree when he preyed on hikers in North Carolina, Georgia and Florida.

The oldest serial killer in America reveals new information about his crimes in his first televised interview; journalist David Scott confronts Gary Hilton about his killing spree when he preyed on hikers in North Carolina, Georgia and Florida.

The investigation into the death of a woman's husband reveals he is not the first man she married who died under suspicious circumstances.

A "48 Hours" report helps trip up a wanted fugitive who spent more than four years on the run for allegedly killing his wife and staging a kidnapping scheme.

A man charged with killing his wife maintains it was a suicide.

A filmmaker and a former Marine work to find a woman's killer.

A decorated former U.S. Army soldier who pretended to take on a hit job for two Houston-area doctors talks about the case.

A bloody crime scene leads police to a teenage girl, her adult boyfriend and their friend.

A filmmaker and a former Marine work to find a woman's killer.

A decorated former U.S. Army soldier who pretended to take on a hit job for two Houston-area doctors talks about the case.

A bloody crime scene leads police to a teenage girl, her adult boyfriend and their friend.

In a case that shocked the nation, a mother and son stand trial for the unthinkable; Shanda Vander Ark, once a promising law clerk, now faces murder charges in the death of her own child.

Richard Kananen Sr. abused his wife and three children so badly that no one bothered to report him missing when he disappeared; when his wife Marilyn vanished fifteen years later, it became clear that the evil in their father had been passed down.

A drug-fueled killing spree terrorizes a small California town; police believe they are dealing with a serial killer who lives quietly among them.

Australian Paul Denyer, 20, says he has received "the sign" to start carrying out violent attacks on women.

The murderer of more than 50 African-American women is finally caught, brazenly pushing his latest victim in a shopping cart in broad daylight.

Moses Sithole, the leader of a child-advocacy group, is convicted of 38 murder counts and is sentenced to 2,400 years in prison.

Anthony John Hardy is given three life sentences after a homeless man finds body parts in a garbage bin.

Mafia hit man Maurizio Avola, betrayed because he knows too much, turns informer in a secret ex-Mafioso compound.

English doctor Harold Shipman is found to have been providing lethal injections to his elderly female patients.

As detectives dig into the lives of a couple who were found stabbed, they discover a twisted relationship of secrets, jealousy, adultery and murder.

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

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.

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

Dorothy Lee Barnett on how she fled the United States with her daughter, eluding the FBI for two decades.

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

Paula Gutierrez fell in love as a teen with Nestor 'Chino' de Jesus; his manipulative and abusive behavior turned their romance into a nightmare that ended with Paula facing life in prison for a murder that she didn't commit.

Mark Dippolito couldn't believe it when the police told him his new bride Dalia had hired a hitman to have him killed; he was even more surprised when she claimed in court that it was his idea.

Cynthia Sommer's world was turned upside down when her 23-year-old husband Todd died; nearly five years later she was under arrest and accused of poisoning him.

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