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48 Hours: Hard Evidence

Investigation Discovery presents 48 HOURS: HARD EVIDENCE, the thrilling non-fiction investigation series. The series features cutting-edge investigations that explore murder, gambling, jealousy and much more with host Maureen Maher. The show’s unique approach puts viewers inside cases from multiple angles with ...

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60 Minutes on ID

60 MINUTES ON ID takes the stories and brand from the CBS magazine show and expands the material for the ID audience into a 30 minute format – offering the best of hard-hitting interviews and timely investigations, anchored by Scott Pelley, one of 60 Minutes premiere correspondents.


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Alaska: Ice Cold Killers

This one hour-special tells the true story of serial killer Robert Hansen, an experienced hunter who sought the “cold rush” of something more challenging to feed his killer appetite: human prey.

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American Occult

This Halloween, Investigation Discovery brings viewers three full nights of creepy, chilling and scary real-life programming, anchored by the world premiere of AMERICAN OCCULT, a three-part mini-series that explores some of the most haunting subcultures in America.


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Behind Mansion Walls

BEHIND MANSION WALLS, hosted by society columnist Christopher Mason, tells the stories of crime, mystery, and murder that unfold behind the veil of wealth and privilege. Secret affairs, hidden accounts, and false identities are just the tip of the iceberg in a world clouded by money that could lead to murder.

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Big Law: Deputy Butterbean

Heavyweight boxer Eric "Butterbean" Esch barreled into the national ring in the ‘90s like a 400-pound wrecking ball. Now, Bean has been deputized by his hometown's Sheriff's office and is on a one-man mission to bring back a sense of community safety... no matter how many butts he has to kick.

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The Bureau

The 21st Century FBI is undergoing profound changes as it grapples with crime solving in a post 9/11 world. The Bureau is a groundbreaking series that for the first time, takes the audience inside the fascinating and intense world of modern day FBI.


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Children of Promise: The Legacy of Robert F. Kennedy

CHILDREN OF PROMISE: THE LEGACY OF ROBERT F. KENNEDY explores the work of the Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps in Massachusetts, an innovative agency founded in honor of the late senator that has a proven track record of successfully rehabilitating and mentoring children of crime, violence and neglect.

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Cocaine Cowboys

This stylized, riveting documentary reveals how smugglers and distributors changed a once sleepy retirement community into the epicenter of a $20 billion annual business fed by Colombia's Medellin cartel, and transformed Miami into the drug-and-murder capital of the country.

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Cold Blood

Combining the thrill of mystery with the visceral experience of true crime drama, this series presents competing versions of what may have happened, and re-enacts the events from different perspectives as new evidence comes to light.

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Cops & Coyotes

With unique access to Maricopa County's SWAT and Human Smuggling Units and the U.S. Border Patrol, this intense new series follows Arizona's elite police units as they battle to protect America against a Mexican crime wave flooding across the fragile border.

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Core Images

Investigation Discovery Network Core Images

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Cropsey: The Urban Legend

When five children go missing on Staten Island, filmmakers Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio realize the urban legends of their youth may have come true. In the documentary, Zeman and Brancaccio delve into the mystery surrounding the missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances.

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Cuff Me If You Can

After committing a crime, some perpetrators are willing to go to great lengths to escape their destiny behind bars. CUFF ME IF YOU CAN recounts true stories of cunning, determined and resourceful criminals who try to live their lives running from the law.


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Dark Minds

In Investigation Discovery's new series DARK MINDS, non-fiction crime author M. William Phelps and criminal profiler John Kelly revisit unsolved homicides believed to be the work of serial killers. Joining them in the hunt is an anonymous source: a convict serving multiple life sentences for a series of murders.

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Dateline on ID

Go behind the headlines with host Lester Holt to investigate with journalistic integrity and cutting-edge style, baffling crimes and compelling real-life dramas.

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Deadly Sins

DEADLY SINS examines the true evils that push everyday individuals beyond the limits of the law. From gluttony and greed to lust, envy, sloth, wrath, and pride, this series reveals scandalous crimes driven by the most basic of human instincts.

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Deadly Women

Femmes fatales, twisted sisters, desperate damsels: there's no shortage of these DEADLY WOMEN in season five of Investigation Discovery's cheeky hit series about women who kill for thrills. In addition, the two-hour special DEADY WOMEN: KILLER COUNTDOWN ranks the top ten perpetrators from all seasons as voted by viewers.

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Devil You Know

DEVIL YOU KNOW delves into the secret lives of men and women who masquerade as law-abiding citizens but, behind the charade, are hiding deadly intentions from their loved ones. As each story unfolds, family and friends give first-hand accounts of the unimaginable betrayal that left them in the dark.

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Disappeared

DISAPPEARED follows the unpredictable twists of missing person cases, tracking investigations aimed at solving how and why people simply vanish.


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Facing Evil with Candice DeLong

Retired FBI criminal profiler Candice DeLong sits face to face with the actual women who appeared in episodes of the hit series, Deadly Women. This six-part Thanksgiving special, premiering during ID's annual “Black Widows Week,” features intimate interviews between DeLong and these perpetrators from behind prison walls.

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Fall Program Guide

This fall, the fastest-growing network in television rolls out a robust programming slate featuring the return of eight fan-favorite series built around mystery and mayhem. Anchoring the fall lineup is the world premiere of ID's newest original series, HOMICIDE HUNTER: LT. JOE KENDA.

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Fatal Encounters

FATAL ENCOUNTERS recounts the fateful relationship between killer and victim as their paths intertwine. As an on-screen clock counts down the victim’s final hours, days, or even years, viewers track the decisions and actions that bring the victim closer to their killer’s fatal trap.

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FBI: Criminal Pursuit

FBI: CRIMINAL PURSUIT profiles the modern Federal Bureau of Investigation and explores the determination required to solve some of the most mystifying cases of the 21st Century. The challenges range from combating arsonists to tracking down terrorists, and the goal is always to bring the culprits to justice.

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Final Judgment

The world television premiere of Roger Weisberg and Vanessa Roth’s riveting film "No Tomorrow," which explores the role of media in the criminal justice system and provides a contemporary commentary on the use of the death penalty in the United States, one of the only developed nations still to use capital punishment.

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Friday the 13th Lineup

If you’re looking for a good scare this upcoming fright night, forget about the supernatural stories of ghosts and goblins. Investigation Discovery’s lineup of real-life horror tales is sure to leave viewers gripping their seats…and locking their doors


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Gone: The Disappearance of Aeryn Gillern

In 2007, Kathy Gilleran received a call from Austria reporting that her son, Aeryn, was missing. A retired policewoman, Kathy immediately flew overseas to aid in the search, but was shocked to learn that local police had no interest in helping. That's when Kathy embarked on the most harrowing investigation of her life.


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Halloscream Scarathon

This Halloween, our tricks are our treat with Investigation Discovery’s primetime HALLOSCREAM SCARATHON on Saturday, October 29 from 8-11 PM ET. We suggest watching it with a nightlight and one hand placed strategically over your eyes.

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Hardcover Mysteries

Featuring some of America’s most popular writers of thrillers and whodunits, HARDCOVER MYSTERIES explores the crossover from fact to fiction. In this exciting new eight-part series, New York Times best-selling authors discuss the real-life cases that compelled their fascination and inspired their page-turners.

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Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda

HOMICIDE HUNTER is a new investigative series of murder cases told through the personal experience of retired detective, Lieutenant Joe Kenda.

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Hookers: Saved on the Strip

Blonde, brash and fearless, former high-class call-girl Annie Lobért answers to a higher calling now and bravely patrols the streets of Las Vegas to combat sex trafficking.

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Hostage: Do or Die

Step into the world of hijackings, kidnappings, and standoffs in HOSTAGE: DO OR DIE, a collection of harrowing stories told from the perspective of the hostage negotiators, victims, witnesses, and sometimes the criminals themselves with narration from NYPD veteran negotiator Detective Dominick Misino.


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I (Almost) Got Away With It

For these perpetrators, their stories may be different, but their motives are always the same - to stay out of prison and live life on the lam. The people profiled in I (ALMOST) GOT AWAY WITH IT evaded justice for years, sometimes decades, by using their families, fake identification and even violence to avoid capture.

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I Didn't Do It

I DIDN'T DO IT follows a murder investigation in Austin, TX that's gone terribly awry. It seems like an open-and-shut case when two unlikely suspects are charged with killing 20-year-old Nancy DePriest, but in actuality, Chris Ochoa and Richard Danziger are completely innocent.

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I Escaped: Real Prison Breaks

I ESCAPED: REAL PRISON BREAKS recounts incredible true stories of some of the greatest jailhouse escapes in history. Barred windows, barbed-wire fences, and maximum security couldn’t keep these inmates behind bars as they refused to surrender to incarceration.

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I Married A Mobster

If after your wedding, Colombo, Luchese, and Franzese are names in your new family, then having in-laws with baggage has a whole new meaning. Season two of Investigation Discovery's I MARRIED A MOBSTER is an insider's perspective into the reality of New York mafia families from the first-person point-of-view of the Mrs.

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ID Brand Spot - Look Closer

Look Closer

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ID Investigates: 9/11 Crime Scene Investigators

This one-hour special profiles the NYPD’s elite Crime Scene Unit and its search for evidence and survivors in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Led by Detective Sergeant Joe Blozis, the Crime Scene Unit was tasked with a search of epic magnitude on the biggest crime scene investigation in history.

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ID Investigates: For the Love of Money

In a bankruptcy ten times bigger than Enron, Lehman Brother's collapse in September 2008 sent shockwaves through the world’s financial markets. This special examines how and why Lehman Brothers went bust.

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ID Investigates: Why Is Bin Laden Alive?

Hosted by CNN’s national security analyst, Peter Bergen, this special examines popular conspiracy theories surrounding the disappearance of the world’s most notorious villain as well as the continued threat from al-Qaeda.

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The Injustice Files

In Investigation Discovery is proud to present a search for justice, once and for all, for some of the most senseless crimes of the Civil Rights era. Teaming filmmaker Keith Beauchamp and the FBI's Civil Rights Unit Chief, each of the three episodes of Injustice Files reopens cold cases from our country's past.

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The Injustice Files: At The End Of A Rope

In Investigation Discovery's new special, THE INJUSTICE FILES: AT THE END OF A ROPE, investigative filmmaker Keith Beauchamp probes the shocking claim that lynchings may still be a reality in modern-day America.

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Investigation Discovery Upfront 2011

Investigation Discovery Upfront 2011

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Investigation Discovery's Upfront Images: 2010/2011

Images for Investigation Discovery's Upfront Season 2010/2011


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James Ellroy's LA: City of Demons

This new six-part series shamelessly showcases Ellroy’s larger-than-life personality and his vivid verbal style as he exhumes, explores and exposes the delicious dirt that cascades behind the silver screen. Each episode guides viewers through the crevices of crime that demonically define the City of Angels.


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Kidnapped for Love

Violent killer Joseph Chester Palczynski made his way to his girlfriend's house and held her family hostage at gunpoint. His one demand: to speak to the girl he loved. For four days, police desperately tried to negotiate with Palczynski until those on the inside finally decided to take matters into their own hands.

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Killer Trials: Judgment Day

This true-crime series examines some of the world’s most horrifying and sensational cases to be brought to trial. Each episode recounts a notorious crime and reconstructs the investigation that brings the criminal to justice, using archival footage as well as trial footage to capture the critical courtroom moments.


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Main Street Mysteries

Main Street Mysteries explores crimes that happen in the most unexpected places, committed by the most unexpected perpetrators. Small town havens of Americana instantly become MAIN STREET MYSTERIES.


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Nightmare Next Door

How well do you know your neighbors? NIGHTMARE NEXT DOOR tells the tales of mysterious murders from behind white picket fences that rocked Middle America. Each hour bring a new murder mystery and a new look into the evil that can lurk in the heart and soul of a tight-knit community.

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Nothing Personal

The motive in murder-for-hire plots may vary from case to case, but for the hired hit man it’s always business as usual. Plunge into the sinister undertaking of contract killings in NOTHING PERSONAL.


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On Death Row

Through interviews with five =inmates awaiting their appointment with a lethal injection in the Texas and Florida prison systems, Herzog conducts a uniquely thought-provoking analysis of why people, and the state, kill.

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On the Case with Paula Zahn

ON THE CASE WITH PAULA ZAHN returns this October for its fifth season as Investigation Discovery's brand-defining original newsmagazine.


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Prison Wives

PRISON WIVES is a captivating 13-part documentary series that introduces audiences to men and women who have fallen in love despite one spouse serving time behind bars.


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Red, White & Prison Blues - 4th of July Marathon

Toast the “Red, White & Prison Blues” with a marathon of ID’s new hit series BEHIND MANSION WALLS beginning at 6 PM (ET) on Monday, July 4 and culminating with the premiere of an all-new episode, “Above the Law,” at 10 PM (ET).

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Rip-Off

Investigation Discovery Unveils the World of Billion Dollar Greed of Marcus Schrenker and Dennis Kozlowski in the Tax Day Special, RIP-OFF


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Scorned: Love Kills

SCORNED: LOVE KILLS examines the dark side of love with a voyeuristic peek into the lust and obsession that fueled some of the most senseless, but definitely not emotionless, crimes of passion to make front-page headlines.

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The Shift

Focusing on the efforts of some of the best homicide detectives in the country, THE SHIFT chronicles IMPD's "middle shift" and its chain of command, from the initial radio call requesting officers at the scene to the ultimate satisfaction of clicking the cuffs on a suspect.

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Sin By Silence

With unprecedented access inside California’s oldest women’s prison, SIN BY SILENCE is a gateway into the lives of women who are domestic violence’s worst-case scenarios: women who have killed their abusers and, due in part to state laws prohibiting legal defense from including evidence of battering, are now behind bars.

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Sins & Secrets

This immersive true-series centers around one particular crime, but makes the city in which the crime happened in the main character. Each episode shows how a crime alters the community in which it occurred, and reveals how the people and place have been irrevocably changed by the terrible aftermath of a crime.

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Solved

This series goes deep undercover to expose some of the career-defining – and sometimes life-changing – cases of police officers and FBI agents. Each episode sees a mysterious murder case told through first-person accounts directly from America’s elite law enforcement officers.

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Solved: Extreme Forensics

Welcome to the next generation in forensic drama - it's raw, it's unbelievably riveting, and it's real.

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Stalked: Someone's Watching

With over three million people falling victim to stalking in the United States each year, this widely misunderstood crime reaches far beyond celebrities and people in the public eye. STALKED profiles six emotional stories of stalking victims and explores the twisted psychology of the people who relentlessly pursued them.

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Stand Up For Kids: National Safe Schools Week

STAND UP FOR KIDS: NATIONAL SAFE SCHOOLS WEEK, a comprehensive initiative aimed at raising awareness of effective ways to keep children safe in the classroom, on the playground and at the computer.

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Stolen Voices, Buried Secrets

This series shares the unique perspective of the victim through fictionalized, first-person narration based on the facts of each case. While the all-seeing narrator knows who was responsible, the series creatively allows viewers to piece together who is the culprit based on clues from investigators, family and friends.

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Summer Program Guide

This summer, chill out with the hottest network in television as Investigation Discovery launches five new sinfully sizzling series and returns five of its favorite staples. From June to August, ID’s stacked schedule of “guilty pleasure” programming promises to make a splash with even the most sun-seeking beach goer.


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True Crime with Aphrodite Jones

As a true crime series for the tabloid buff, each episode follows crime writer Aphrodite Jones as she conducts her own investigations into some of the most headline-making crime stories of our time. Jones lands pivotal interviews and gains insider’s access to those connected to the case.

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True Grime: Crime Scene Clean Up

TRUE GRIME introduces viewers to the strong-stomached team at Crime Scene Cleaners who do just that. Follow owner Neal Smither and his crew as they respond to calls in real time and try to erase the physical reminders of graphic events.

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Twisted

TWISTED takes an in-depth look at some of the world’s most prolific and infamously iconic serial killers through the eyes of the people who knew them best.


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Unusual Suspects

Investigation Discovery shines a light on some UNUSUAL SUSPECTS, showing that even the nicest neighbor can have a sinister side.


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Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry?

Investigation Discovery unveils a new season of double lives and deceived wives in its hit series WHO THE (BLEEP) DID I MARRY?

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Wicked Attraction

This series reveals the true stories of people driven to commit murder together. Forensic psychologists and criminal profilers delve inside the criminal mind to explore the psychological motivations behind deadly duos.

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The Will: Family Secrets Revealed

Each hour-long episode of THE WILL presents the most curious and contentious real-life stories of family inheritance, capturing personal drama filled with conspiracies, mysteries, tension and turmoil.