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Four University of Idaho students are stabbed to death in the middle of the night, capturing the world's attention and putting the spotlight on a small-town police department.

After Dan Markel's murder by two hitmen, his former mother-in-law, Donna Adelson, is now accused of orchestrating the plot; with her son and his girlfriend already convicted, prosecutors allege Donna was the mastermind.

Once prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh's life begins to unravel after the murders of his wife, Maggie and youngest son Paul as an investigation uncovers years of drug abuse and theft of millions of dollars.

First it was her cop husband, then her firefighter boyfriend; when the men close to Lynn Turner keep dying of what looks like the flu, investigators take a closer look at what she keeps in the basement.

Linda Yancey and day-laborer Marcial Cax-Puluc are shot in the Yancey basement; Derrick Yancey, a 17-year veteran, had a tearful tale of self-defense; but a trail of evidence forces investigators to take a closer look at one of their own.

In 2001, University of South Carolina student Shelton Sanders disappeared while planning a friend's bachelor party; he was never seen again; when evidence leads to an arrest, however, prosecutors are left with a tall task.

When Vicki Beckham was found dead in her car on the side of a mountain road, with very little evidence, police called it almost the perfect crime; but a series of clues blew the case open, taking them from a strip club bouncer to a Bishop's son.

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.

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.

Oscar Pistorius shoots and kills his girlfriend just eight months after competing in the London Olympics, telling police that he believed she was an intruder and he was acting in self-defense.

A man calls 911 to report that his pregnant wife has died by suicide; the case is closed until a suspicious house fire 24 years later leads police to question what really happened that day.

When the wife of a wealthy Florida real estate developer is found dead in her bathroom, two theories emerge; her supposedly loving husband may not have been so loving after all, or a completely different culprit.

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