48 Hours

@48hours · Podcast

Latest segments

• Kensington serial killer probe, 2026-10-30
  Recaps the digital evidence and the 58 identified
  Recaps the digital evidence trove and the 58 people identified from the images, with an FBI clip on how hard confident determinations are. Stays inside what the September briefing already put on the record.
• Bones at Chew Avenue, 2026-10-30
  Confirms the bones were animal and DNA pending
  Walks through the yard excavation and the luminol treatment in the basement, confirming the recovered bones were animal and that DNA results are still pending. Stays inside the search coverage already on the record.
• Philadelphia house of horrors files, 2026-10-30
  Dates the sewer excavation to August
  Walks through the physical search of the house: the basement lab, the 55-gallon drum and sludge containers, drones and trash pulls, and the sewer work. Dates the sewer excavation to August, where earlier coverage had it in July.
• Eugene Horsch's Independence Mall arrest, 2026-10-30
  Profiles the Olney house and Raymond's strictness
  Profiles the Olney house itself - built in 1950, three stories, shared by Raymond and Eugene before Raymond's death. A high school acquaintance says Raymond was strict and asked her to star in one of his films at 20. Background, with the reminder that Eugene faces no charges tied to the missing women.
• Bones at Chew Avenue, 2026-10-30
  Adds the 95 search warrants as a hedge
  Adds a procedural figure to the Chew Avenue search: more than 95 search warrants executed, framed as a hedge against suppression given an unknown number of incidents over perhaps a decade. Stays with the excavation story rather than the arrest or the video material.
• Philly snuff film case, 2026-10-30
  Reports the recruiting pattern and overdose deaths
  Goes to the recruiting pattern behind the videos: Horsch offered drugs or money to women with addiction histories, mostly met in Kensington, and the Inquirer found at least five died of accidental overdoses. Closes on Amy McHale's last call from the house.
• Bones at Chew Avenue, 2026-10-30
  Reads Horsch's books for the allegations
  Walks through Horsch's books and films as a window into the allegations: the Empathy blurb, the claim in one book that he strangled a woman and broke her body down with chemicals in his basement, and Tonzelli's remark about a man talking of melting bodies. Stays inside the liquid-cremation thread already on the record.
• Eugene Horsch's Independence Mall arrest, 2026-10-30
  Fills in Raymond's 1970s record and prison term
  Fills in Raymond Horsch's criminal record: 1970s counterfeiting and meth arrests, a bail skip to New Zealand with a forged Stanford diploma, the 2009 Bucks County raid, and 54 months in federal prison. The 2009 raid is already on the record; the earlier history is not.
• Eugene Horsch's Independence Mall arrest, 2026-10-30
  Recaps the traffic stop that started the case
  Recaps the June traffic stop near Independence Mall that started the case: the ranger, the woman's cry, the two handguns, the drugs, the Tonzelli ID. Adds that Tonzelli's bank cards turned up at the Chew Avenue house and that Eugene faces no charges over the missing women.
• Bones at Chew Avenue, 2026-10-30
  Adds the Bundy letter found in the house
  Opens the episode with Amy McHale's daughter and mother, who describe how Raymond Horsch met Amy and brought her home. It adds one piece of physical evidence to the record: a letter referencing Ted Bundy found in the house.
• Michelle Parker disappearance, 2026-10-23
  Reconstructs the day through the family's discovery
  Reconstructs the day of the disappearance through the family's discovery: the missed school pickup, the missed shift, and Smith's claim that Parker was headed to Waterford. Adds the 11-year-old son and Smith's own account of her destination to the record.
• Michelle Parker disappearance, 2026-10-23
  Weighs the show episode as trial evidence
  Weighs whether the People's Court episode could serve as trial evidence on timeline or motive, then recaps Judge Milian's regret and Smith's 2003 Marine discharge. It stays inside facts already on the record.
• Michelle Parker disappearance, 2026-10-23
  Plays the couple's on-air backstory clips
  Plays People's Court clips of the couple's on-air backstory - four on-and-off years from 2006, the proposal on a Cocoa pier - and Parker calling Smith mean when drinking. Benavides adds that Parker found the episode humiliating. Retells the relationship the earlier coverage already established.
• Michelle Parker disappearance, 2026-10-23
  Reports how the mother learned of the arrest
  Reports from the family sit-down: Parker's mother got no advance notice and learned of the arrest hours before the announcement from a large group of detectives. The family calls it the beginning of justice and believes Smith knows where her remains are.
• Michelle Parker disappearance, 2026-10-23
  Adds the no-bond custody detail
  Recaps the 2011 People's Court episode and the arrest, then adds a custody detail: Smith is being held without bond at the Orange County Jail. The rest retells the ring dispute and the not-guilty plea already on the record.
• Bhatt murder trial, 2026-10-16
  Recaps Sarita's testimony and widens to DV context
  Recaps Sarita's testimony about the phone and bank accounts, then widens out to domestic violence context: CDC lifetime figures, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and the community's support events for Mamta. Stays inside the trial's established account.
• Bhatt murder trial, 2026-10-16
  Adds the October 1 defense motion on DV evidence
  Adds a pretrial fight to the trial file: the defense moved on October 1 to keep domestic violence allegations out of jury selection and openings, and the judge let family friend Sarita testify about a bruise and about Naresh hitting Mamta and cutting off her phone and bank accounts.
• Bhatt murder trial, 2026-10-16
  Adds Bhatt's bid to dismiss his own lawyers
  Adds two procedural developments from inside the trial: Naresh Bhatt twice addressed the judge to complain about his defense attorneys and tried to dismiss them, which the prosecution called a stall tactic, and jury selection drew over 300 potential jurors before narrowing to 11 women and six men.
• Bhatt murder trial, 2026-10-16
  Interviews the reporter who knocked on his door
  The WUSA9 reporter who knocked on Naresh's door eight days before his arrest describes the interview: he had just held a press conference, the 11-month-old was crying in the background, and neighbors were dropping off groceries. A first-hand account of the doorstep exchange, distinct from the welfare-check visit already on the record.
• Bhatt murder trial, 2026-10-16
  Opens with the mother's testimony and trial length
  Opens the trial coverage with Mamta's mother Gita Kafle testifying through a translator, then recaps the welfare check, the missing persons report and the arrest. The new fact is the trial's expected length: up to seven weeks.