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52 Episodes 1997 - 1998
Episode 1
Thu, Sep 11, 1997
A report on how FBI and LAPD officers investigate bank robberies in Los Angeles.
Episode 2
Thu, Sep 18, 1997
48 Hours looks at the problem of road rage, including a case where a driving altercation led to murder; how a traffic fight ended in five deaths; and how the 'Smooth Operator' program aims to combat aggressive driving.
Episode 3
Thu, Sep 25, 1997
48 Hours head to Missouri as the police lead the longest and biggest manhunt in the state's history for suspected triple murderer Allis Ben Johns.
Episode 4
Thu, Oct 2, 1997
For 10 years, a woman tries to prevent the execution of her father's killer.
Episode 5
Thu, Oct 9, 1997
Dan Rather talks to 'All in the Family' star Carroll O'Connor, who tells '48 Hours' that he should have spied on his drug-addicted son before his suicide.
Episode 6
Thu, Oct 16, 1997
48 Hours focuses on dangerous and life-threatening jobs, including volcano researchers; the Lolo Hotshots facing California forest fires; and volunteer firefighters.
Episode 7
Thu, Oct 23, 1997
48 Hours talks to researchers who study infidelity and what prompts it.
Episode 8
Thu, Nov 6, 1997
In Wisconsin, a man says his wife was killed by an intruder, then claims it was suicide.
Episode 9
Thu, Nov 20, 1997
48 Hours looks at death, near-death, brink-of-death and out-of-body experiences, and profiles some of the people who claim to have experienced them.
Episode 10
Tue, Dec 9, 1997
48 Hours introduces you to some people who have gone through terrifying experiences - and lived. These men and women, including plane crash survivors and a target of the Unabomber, have cheated death.
Episode 11
Thu, Dec 18, 1997
48 Hours goes to Las Vegas and lifts the lid on high-stakes gamblers, among them Larry Flynt, and also exposes Sin City's seedy side, including teenage prostitution.
Episode 12
Thu, Jan 8, 1998
An update report on the winners who shared a $46 million Texas lottery jackpot.
Episode 13
Thu, Jan 15, 1998
48 Hours examines the issue of satanism and its allure to teenagers. Plus, an interview with country music legend Loretta Lynn.
Episode 14
Thu, Jan 22, 1998
A 48 Hours Special Report on the allegations of misconduct against President Clinton.
Episode 15
Thu, Jan 29, 1998
48 Hours examines the lives of sophomore year students at high school, as they experiment, build friendships, and acquire values.
Episode 16
Thu, Feb 5, 1998
Dan Rather reports from Nagano as the 1998 Winter Olympics are set to get under way.
Episode 17
Thu, Feb 26, 1998
48 Hours looks at the issue of obesity: including those who are seeking the quick fixes like liposuction and prescription drugs. Also, anorexia is explored, and a size 14 model is interviewed.
Episode 18
Thu, Mar 5, 1998
48 Hours explores the issue of young women who hide their pregnancies, and in some cases, give birth secretly and then abandon the baby.
Episode 19
Tue, Mar 17, 1998
48 Hours examines rare and devastating diseases.
Episode 20
Tue, Mar 24, 1998
Thirty years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a CBS News poll reveals only 1 in 10 Americans believe James Earl Ray was solely responsible. 48 Hours speaks to people who put forward other theories.
Episode 21
Thu, Mar 26, 1998
48 Hours looks at the devastation El Nino has caused, including mudslides in the Sonoma County town of Rio Nido.
Episode 22
Thu, Apr 2, 1998
48 Hours examines the problem of stalkers.
Episode 23
Thu, Apr 9, 1998
48 Hours introduces you to an information age world where your deepest secrets, even your own identity, are public property. This isn't science fiction. It's the reality of contemporary America.
Episode 24
Thu, Apr 16, 1998
48 Hours examines the issue of teachers who have used their position to abuse students.
Episode 25
Tue, Apr 21, 1998
Episode 26
Thu, Apr 23, 1998
48 Hours introduces you to some amazing new medical techniques that are keeping patients alive longer and increasing their quality of life. Among them - somnoplasty, a method that could help curing chronic snoring.
Episode 27
Thu, Apr 30, 1998
48 Hours examines how new technology is helping investigators solve old crimes. These include the identification of a woman only known as "Tent Girl"; the shotgun death of a student; and the 15-year-old murder of Laura Long.
Episode 28
Thu, May 7, 199860 mins
48 Hours looks at cases of vengeance and forgiveness, including a story about two preachers whose battle for vengeance spun out of control.
Episode 29
Thu, May 14, 1998
Is it possible to have five parents? With the latest in fertility technology, the answer is yes. But what happens when those people don't agree on who should have custody? That's exactly what happened in the case of little JayCee Buzzanca.
Episode 30
Thu, May 21, 1998
A 48 Hours Special introduced by Dan Rather, featuring a rebroadcast of a 1965 interview of Frank Sinatra by Walter Cronkite.
Episode 31
Thu, May 28, 1998
In an update to the 1997 episode "Uproar in Wenatchee", a teen insists her convicted parents are not guilty of sexual abuse.
Episode 32
Thu, Jun 11, 1998
48 Hours pours over the investigation into the death of Princess Diana, and interviews several people were part of Diana's security team and circle of friends.
Episode 33
Mon, Jun 22, 1998
48 Hours provides an update to its 1995 episode on the case of Lauren O'Dell, who was charged with beating a 2-year-old boy to death. Also, a look at child abuse in America through the lens of this particularly gripping and tragic case.
Episode 34
Thu, Jun 25, 1998
Five teens discuss the skills and talents they will need for life in the next century.
Episode 35
Mon, Jun 29, 1998
In 1966, Kenneth McDuff, then 20, brutally murdered three innocent teenagers in his hometown of Rosebud, Texas. Escaping the death penalty, he was paroled in 1989, and would return to his murderous ways. 48 Hours takes a look at the case.
Episode 36
Thu, Jul 2, 1998
An update to the 1997 episode "Vegas Stripped", which has a look at the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas.
Episode 37
Mon, Jul 6, 1998
An update to the 48 Hours episode broadcast on 6th November 1997, focusing on the death of Jane Neumann.
Episode 38
Thu, Jul 9, 1998
Eyewitness testimony can be a decisive factor in a courtroom. 48 Hours examines how faded memories can jam the wheels of justice, convicting the innocent and allowing the guilty to go free.
Episode 39
Mon, Jul 13, 1998
Update to the 1995 episode "The Journey Home", covering the story of Marjorie Chappell, a mother whose husband kidnapped their two children. 48 Hours examines the horrifying and, ultimately, happy, case of the children's journey home.
Episode 40
Thu, Jul 16, 1998
48 Hours takes a look at a few people who dreamed of making it big in entertainment, including several who did, such as actor Vin Diesel and novelist Nicholas Sparks.
Episode 41
Mon, Jul 27, 1998
An update to the 1994 episode "A Teacher's Touch" - the story of a teacher in Fairfax County, Virginia, who fought allegations of sexual abuse at a public school board hearing.
Episode 42
Thu, Jul 30, 1998
48 Hours takes a look the experience of caring for older Americans, and people's experiences of nursing homes.
Episode 43
Mon, Aug 3, 1998
An update of 48 Hours' earlier episode "Fatal Mistake", examining the crime of neonaticide - the murder of babies. Are cases of neonaticide a matter of murder, or of mental stability?
Episode 44
Thu, Aug 6, 1998
An updated version of 48 Hours' 'Afterlife' episode of 1997, which examines the stories of people who believe they have experienced life after death.
Episode 45
Mon, Aug 10, 1998
48 Hours provides an update to a 1994 episode, which focused on Russell Obremski, a man convicted of the brutal murder of two women.
Episode 46
Thu, Aug 13, 1998
48 Hours profiles warring neighbors. The Tarantos and the Amadeos turn their street into a war-zone; a sex offender moving in next door causes problems, and one man riles his neighbors by building a baseball diamond in his yard.
Episode 47
Mon, Aug 31, 1998
It has been exactly a year since Princess Diana, Dodi Fayed, and their driver, Henri Paul, were killed in a horrific car crash in a Paris tunnel.
Episode 48
Thu, Sep 3, 1998
A 48 Hours update of the 1997 episode profiling people who have suffered cord injury and paralysis, including Christopher Reeve and Charlie Hince. Plus, a look at the advances of the treatment of spinal cord injuries.
Episode 49
Mon, Sep 7, 1998
An update to the earlier 48 Hours episode "Cheating Death".
Episode 50
Thu, Sep 10, 1998
An update of the episode "Who's My Mommy?" from May this year, examining a case where a court decides the parentage of a child of an engineered birth.
Episode 51
Fri, Sep 11, 1998
A 48 Hours Special examining the findings of the Starr Report, and the implications of possible impeachment offenses against President Clinton.
Episode 52
Mon, Sep 14, 1998
48 Hours covers the unsolved murder of four teenage girls in a yogurt shop in Austin, Texas. Plus, the unusual case of a man convicted of abetting a suicide after a friend begged him to shoot him.