S01E01 Heart Shot
In 1999, 47-year-old Sunday school teacher Miriam Illes is shot by a sniper through her kitchen window in Williamsport, PA. Convoluted evidence and anonymous handwritten letters throw them off the scent, but the killer is...
The Perfect Murder
S01E02: Daddy Dearest
In 1985, pretty 23-year-old new mom, Linda Brown, is shot dead in her bedroom, and her 14-year-old stepdaughter Cinnamon confesses to the crime. The case is as good as closed, but detectives suspect there's more to this twisted family than meets the eye, and they're right.
Overview
"The Perfect Murder" brings viewers some of the most diabolical, perplexing murder cases to land on detectives’ desks – the kind of cases that make or break careers and provide fodder for Hollywood mystery movies. These ingenious killers are every detective’s worst nightmare. Whether by planting false evidence, or writing anonymous letters to police, these murderers will stop at nothing to stay one step ahead and get away with the perfect murder. Detectives hit dead end after dead end, and wrong suspects are discarded. But one new clue can lead to another and the cold case suddenly gets hot. The truth is that it is the perfect murder -- until it's not.
Episodes
S01E02 Daddy Dearest
In 1985, pretty 23-year-old new mom, Linda Brown, is shot dead in her bedroom, and her 14-year-old stepdaughter Cinnamon confesses to the crime. The case is as good as closed, but detectives suspect there's more...
S01E03 Skating Death
In 1996, 24-year-old Vietnamese-American graduate student Thien Minh Ly goes out rollerblading on the night of the Superbowl. He never returns and is later found stabbed on the Tustin High School tennis courts. There is...
S01E04 The Curious Case of the Persian Violet
At 11:00 PM on July 9th, 2004, 27-year-old graduate student and young father Jarrod Davidson is shot by a high-powered rifle outside his apartment in Santa Barbara, CA; lying next to him is a suspicious...
S01E05 Millionaire Murder
In 1994, 55-year-old Newport Beach millionaire Bill McLaughlin is shot dead in his mansion. The emotional killing and keys found in the door indicate a killer in his close circle but it takes detectives 15...
S01E06 Frozen Killer
In 2004, 31-year-old Julie Keown dies of antifreeze poisoning in Waltham, MA. Detectives rule out suicide and accidental ingestion. Then, after untangling a web of lies, they turn to her husband, James, a popular radio...
Cast
Bill Graves
Narrator (voice)
