City Confidential - Season 1

← Back to All Seasons of City Confidential
Deadly Odds in Biloxi

1 - Deadly Odds in Biloxi

Air Date: November 7, 1998

The shocking murders of attorney Vince Sherry and his politically-active wife Margaret make the already-hot summer of 1987 sizzle in Biloxi, Mississippi.

The Chicago Horse Mafia

2 - The Chicago Horse Mafia

The deaths of a string of champion racehorses may be linked to the death of candy heiress Helen Vorhees Brach.

Faith and Foul Play in Salt Lake City

3 - Faith and Foul Play in Salt Lake City

Police investigate the bomb that blew apart the car of Mark Hoffmann, a highly respected and religious Mormon.

Sunny Days, Deadly Nights on Mercer Island

4 - Sunny Days, Deadly Nights on Mercer Island

A woman's naked body is found outside a Seattle nightclub, posed demurely with a pinecone in her hand.

Secrets and Superstition in Salem

5 - Secrets and Superstition in Salem

When a lobsterman discovers the ankle of a partially decomposed body in his trap, a local "witch" helps solve the crime.

Midnight in Miami

6 - Midnight in Miami

Stan and Joyce Cohen were living the high life in chic, trendy Coconut Grove--until multi-millionaire Stan was shot to death with his own gun as he slept in his mansion. Did Joyce, a beautiful socialite with expensive tastes, hire three hit men to murder her husband? Did Stan pay the ultimate price for her greed?

New Orleans: Betrayal in the Big Easy"

7 - New Orleans: Betrayal in the Big Easy"

In 1994, Kim Groves was gunned down in her front yard after Len Davis, a police officer who did side-work in dealing cocaine, ordered her death because she knew too much.

Nashville: Murder in Music City

8 - Nashville: Murder in Music City

Nashville performer and "Hee Haw" star David "Stringbean" Akeman had a strange habit. The banjo picker and joke teller kept $3,000 in cash in his overall's bib pocket, and ten times that hidden at home--cash for a rainy day. For Akeman and his wife, that rainy day never came. Murdered in 1973, their killers never found either stash.

Little Rock: The Politics of Murder

9 - Little Rock: The Politics of Murder

In 1982, Alice McArthur, the wife of Bill, a prominent criminal defense attorney, is killed by two men delivering flowers.

Las Vegas: Deadly Jackpot

10 - Las Vegas: Deadly Jackpot

Dallas: Arsenic and Old Money

11 - Dallas: Arsenic and Old Money

Ft. Lauderdale: Sin in the Sun

12 - Ft. Lauderdale: Sin in the Sun