48 Hours - Season 39 - Eps 1: The Boy Who Killed His Twin

2025-09-2742 min⭐ 7.3/10

Seventeen-year-old Benjamin Elliott fatally stabs his twin sister, Meghan, in the middle of the night – a crime with no known motive and an act his defense claims he committed while sleepwalking. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

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About 48 Hours

48 Hours

Title: 48 Hours

First Air Date: 1988-01-19

Last Air Date: 2025-11-15

Status: Returning Series

Rating: 7.3/10 (from 51 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 40

Total Episodes: 1145

Network: CBS

Genres: News, Crime, Documentary

Production Companies: CBS News Productions

Synopsis

This newsmagazine series investigates intriguing crime and justice cases that touch on all aspects of the human experience. Over its long run, the show has helped exonerate wrongly convicted people, driven the reopening — and resolution — of cold cases, and changed numerous lives. CBS News correspondents offer an in-depth look into each story, with the emphasis on solving the mystery at its heart.

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