The First 48 Season 29 Episode 4, The Cool Mom, airs January 22, 2026, on A&E, following a North Charleston homicide ...

A new season of After the First 48 has premiered on A&E, giving fans fresh episodes of the best spinoff in true crime. Unfortunately, the return of the series is also drawing renewed attention to the ...

Edgar Barrientos-Quintana served nearly 16 years in prison for a murder in Minneapolis before he was exonerated. Photo by Amy Anderson Photography/courtesy of the Great North Innocence Project. Eleven ...

Hosted by former “First 48″ detectives, “The First 48 Presents Critical Minutes” looks back at some of the most unforgettable moments in the series’ history. “The First 48 Presents Critical Minutes” ...

The season 11 finale of the popular true-crime docuseries After the First 48 premieres on A&E Thursday, Dec. 18 at 8/7c. During the season finale, investigators must sift through murky details to ...

Edgar Barrientos-Quintana spent 16 years behind bars wrongly convicted for a shooting featured on “The First 48.” The Minnesota attorney general’s office effectively alleged that the show shaped the ...

The midseason premiere of the hit crime docuseries The First 48 Presents Critical Minutes premieres on A&E Thursday, April 10 at 8/7c. On this week’s new episode, the series revisits three cases from ...

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