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About The Perfect Murder

The Perfect Murder is a crime and documentary TV series that premiered on Investigation Discovery on April 20, 2014. It has 5 seasons and 49 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 5 Episode 10 "The Last Blitz", aired on September 27, 2018.

"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.

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Episodes

49 episodes · 5 seasons

Season 1

2014 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 12 years ago

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    6. 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 host.

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    5. 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 years to get to the bottom of this twisted case.

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    4. 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 potted plant. He was in the middle of a nasty custody dispute but the DNA doesn't match his ex-wife, Kelee.

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    3. 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 almost no evidence, and the case runs cold until detectives catch wind of a letter revealing the shocking truth.

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    2. 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.

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    1. Heart Shot

    Finale

    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 right under their noses.

Season 2

2015 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 11 years ago

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    10. Bedroom Basher

    Finale

    A young pregnant woman is raped and bludgeoned in California. It looks like the work of a serial killer called "The Bedroom Basher." But when she regains her memory, she blames her husband. Is Kevin really the killer, or can DNA set him free?

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    9. Homicide Hotel

    A maid finds a woman dead in Room 305 of an Oregon hotel. Her grieving husband reveals an open relationship - was an affair to blame? Or had this Ivy League grad fallen into a life of drugs? Then a prostitute comes forward with a shocking revelation.

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    8. Kill Thy Neighbor

    It's a brutal scene when Karen Gregory is raped and stabbed in her boyfriend's Gulfport, FL, home. After Detective Larry Tosi enlists the help of his firefighter friend, George Lewis, to solve the crime, the case takes a shocking turn.

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    7. Family Plot

    When an Orlando woman goes missing 15 years after the departure of her abusive husband, investigators wonder if her grieving children know more than they're saying.

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    6. Murder on the Cape

    When a single mother is stabbed to death in her home in Cape Cod, MA. The numerous suspects include her child's father, his wife, and her eccentric father's young girlfriend.

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    5. Deadly Divorce

    When a woman is murdered in Milwaukee in 1981, her sons describe a masked man with a ponytail fleeing from the home, and police investigate the victim's rancorous ex-husband and a neighbor who claims his gun was stolen. Police make a shocking arrest, but some have doubts to this day.

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    4. Death of a Salesman

    A business owner is shot to death outside his Bronx office. Police find he was deep in debt. Did his wife kill him or the insurance money? Or did he arrange a hit to provide for his family? Their only hope to solve the murder is to follow the money.

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    3. Vanishing Act

    An Exxon oil executive goes missing in front of his New Jersey home. Police fear a medical emergency until a ransom note arrives from an eco-terrorist organization. As the case stretches on, the kidnappers' behavior grows more and more baffling.

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    2. Kosher Killer

    An Orthodox Jewish mother finds her daughter strangled to death in their Staten Island home. Her Muslim ex-boyfriend had been stalking her. Computer techs uncover a dangerous online dating habit. But the real killer was someone much closer to home.

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    1. Ring of Fire

    A Bronx, NY, house fire reveals a charred body inside. Police learn it's 20-year-old Kimberly Antonakos, and she's been burned alive. Was it her ex-boyfriend, Psycho? Or is her father connected to the mob? The truth is far more tragic.

Season 3

2016 · 13 episodes · Last episode: 10 years ago

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    13. Curtain Call

    Finale

    California student Julie Kibuishi is found dead in the bed of her friend, Sam Herr – a decorated war hero. But Sam is nowhere to be found. As police hunt for their prime suspect, they'll find this case is far more complicated than it first appeared.

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    12. Prescription for Murder

    Wisconsin police are shocked in 2010 to find an elderly couple brutally murdered in their home. When family and neighbors start receiving death threats, police fear the killer isn't done. Can they solve the case before they strike again?

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    11. Disappearing Act

    California real estate developer Jana Koklich vanishes in the summer of 2000. Police suspect her job led her into danger, until a local pastor comes forward with a shocking confession. Someone is lying, but can detectives figure it out in time?

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    10. Murder-in-Law

    When Dallas mother Nancy Lyon dies of a mysterious illness in 1991, her wealthy father tells police she was poisoned by her own husband. But the case is far from closed, and the investigation will uncover family secrets with shocking implications.

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    9. Murder By The Book

    In 1988, a Burbank couple is shot in their own home – husband Dan Montecalvo survives, but wife Carol dies in the hospital. The investigation will reveal a dubious past, and a scheming killer who almost got away with the perfect murder.

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    8. No Happy Ending

    44-year-old masseuse Larissa Macriello vanishes from her Miami apartment in June of 2013. Police find there's a dangerous edge to her carefree lifestyle, and they're thrust into a web of sex, lies, and secrets as they try to find her.

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    7. Silent Killer

    Diane Girts is found dead in the bathtub of her home adjoining her husband's funeral home, and nobody can determine exactly how she died. As the case unfolds, detectives will uncover troubling clues pointing to a cunning and dangerous killer.

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    6. The Honeymoon Killers

    A Belgian honeymoon comes to a tragic end when a freak car accident leads to a tragic death. The investigation takes police down a rabbit hole of violence and deceit, culminating in an international manhunt for a calculating killer.

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    5. Death and the Maiden

    27-year-old mother Dana Satterfield is found brutally raped and strangled in her South Carolina hair salon. Detectives soon discover they're chasing a dangerous killer who may not be finished.

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    4. Last Dance

    Two beautiful dancers are strangled in their West Harlem apartment. The case will lead cops all across New York City, where dreams of fame and stardom can drive young people to desperate measures, and devour them along the way.

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    3. Driving with the Devil

    A car pulls into a Long Island gas station with a mother shot dead in the front seat. Her husband claims a stranger shot her on the highway, but he's foggy on the details. Is this a case of deadly road rage, or does he know more than he's telling?

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    2. Horror in Harlem

    Middle-aged couple Carmen Quinones and Ruben Frederick are brutally stabbed to death in their East Harlem apartment next to $16,000 in cash. Were they murdered for their money, or something far more personal?

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    1. The Body in the Swamp

    Miami businessman Henry Diaz goes missing the night before a family vacation. His business success has earned him many enemies... even within his own family. But before police can figure out who killed Henry Diaz, they'll need to find his body.

Season 4

2017 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 9 years ago

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    10. Football Fatale

    Finale

    Star Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor is shot dead by an intruder in his Miami home. And when it comes to the rich and famous, it seems like everybody has a motive...

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    9. Love and Death

    Atlanta pre-school teacher Julie Love goes missing just a week after getting engaged to her boyfriend Mark. Detectives uncover numerous suspects, but the evil truth is worse than they ever could have imagined...

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    8. Death in the Family

    Randy Scheffield's family finds him dead in his bed, and their first thought is a heart attack. But detectives will slowly uncover a murder conspiracy that will rock this small town for years to come...

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    7. Murder Well Done

    When 39-year-old Dawn Viens goes missing in 2009, her husband assumes she ran away to escape her problems. But the investigation will lead detectives to a most unexpected killer. They've heard of disposing of a body, but never like this...

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    6. The Devil Made Me Do It

    Robert Schwartz, a father of three, is murdered brutally in his own home - stabbed 32 times with an X carved into his neck. It looks like a ritualistic killing, but the investigation will uncover a killer much closer to home...

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    5. Body in the Glades

    42-year-old Miami mother Raquel Calderin vanishes without a trace on her way home from work in 2012. The investigation will lead detectives deep into a disturbing family picture, and the truth will haunt them for years to come.

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    4. Ride with the Devil

    26-year-old car dealer Christopher O'Brien takes a strange man for a test drive and never returns. Did O'Brien's criminal past finally catch up with him? Or is the truth something more sinister?

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    3. Garden of Evil

    Daniel Ott is just one day from moving with his girlfriend when an intruder shoots him dead with a shotgun. A stunning coincidence will lead the investigation into the heart of one of the most dangerous criminal rings in the country.

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    2. Fade to Black

    Film director Adrienne Shelly is discovered hanging by a bed sheet from the shower rod in her bathroom. It looks like a suicide, but her husband insists it was murder. And detectives are starting to believe him...

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    1. A Shot in the Dark

    New York City fashion photographer Joel Schoenfeld is shot dead in his Greenwich Village studio one cold January morning. Joel appears to have it all, but detectives will eventually uncover a dark secret and a twisted tale of revenge...

Season 5

2018 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 8 years ago

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    10. The Last Blitz

    Finale

    Marlin Barnes, a popular linebacker for the University of Miami and his friend, Timwanika Lumpkins, are beaten to death in Marlin's apartment. As detectives search for the vicious killer, the crime sends shockwaves through the campus and community.

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    9. Jump Shot

    Hollywood "golden boy" Gavin Smith a 20th Century Fox executive and former star UCLA basketball player goes missing. For years, his family and detectives search tirelessly for answers, but a group of heartless characters holds fast to their secrets.

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    8. Vanished in Vegas

    Multi-millionaire Las Vegas real estate developer Ron Rudin goes missing. In order to find him, detectives will trace twisted a path filled with haunting spirits, dark obsession, and greed.

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    7. The Green-Eyed Monster

    In December 1998, Peter Theriault, 51, fails to arrive for his shift at a car plant in Commerce City, California. Pete hasn't missed a day of work in almost three decades. Friends and family immediately suspect something is very wrong.

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    6. Whidbey Island Mystery

    After Christmas in 2003, on Whidbey Island off the coast of Washington State, Russel Douglas is found shot in the head, in his car along a deserted road. It's the start of a case that will take a decade to solve, and leave many with lingering questions.

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    5. Defenseless

    A car races up to the ER of a Westchester hospital. Carlos Perez-Olivo, the driver, has been shot in his side and his wife, Peggy has been shot in the head. What horror has befallen this couple? The answer will challenge even experienced investigators.

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    4. A Motive Most Bizarre

    Jeffrey Locker, a 52 year-old successful motivational speaker, is found stabbed to death in East Harlem. Detectives first suspect Locker was in the wrong place at wrong time. The truth, they will learn, is far more complex and shocking.

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    3. Mother Dear

    The strangled body of 47-year-old mother, Joyce Aparo, is found off the side of the road 70 miles from her home in Glastonbury, Connecticut. The investigation will lead detectives into a dark world of abuse, sexual obsession and lies.

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    2. Gone Girl

    The body of 20-year old student Sandra Bonaventure is discovered in a garbage bag, on the sidewalk in New York City. The trail of clues will eventually lead detectives to a cold-hearted killer, with an astonishing talent for deception.

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    1. Bizarre Love Triangle

    Ann Anastasi returns home from shopping to find her husband, Anthony, lifeless in bed, a gun beside him. Police soon find a second victim, Jacqueline Riggs, in the basement, stabbed to death. What happened here is a dark tale of love, lust and violence.

Cast & crew

  • Ankur Rathee

    Ankur Rathee

    Diaz Brother

  • Lisa Tirone King

    Lisa Tirone King

    Joyce Aparo

  • Michelle Young

    Michelle Young

    Karin Aparo

  • Nick Daly

    Dennis Coleman

  • Lou Piccoli

    Detective

  • Joel Shaw

    Detective

  • Pamela Ehn

    Mrs. Markov

  • Warren Richards

    Chris Johnson (uncredited)

  • Ann Rule

    Ann Rule

    Self - Author, "If You Really Loved Me"

  • Stephen Singular

    Self - Author, "A Killing in the Family"

  • Stella Sands

    Self - True Crime Author, 'Wealthy Men Only'

  • Caitlin Rother

    Caitlin Rother

    Self - True Crime Author, 'I'll Take Care of You'

  • Lara Bricker

    Self - Author, "Lie After Lie"

  • Larry Celona

    Larry Celona

    Self - Reporter, New York Post

  • Hannah Cruz

    Hannah Cruz

    Aliza Parsy

  • Judith Anna Di Donato

    Judith Anna Di Donato

    Sima Parsy

The Perfect Murder FAQ

Will there be new episodes of The Perfect Murder?

The Perfect Murder has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on September 27, 2018.

When did the latest episode of The Perfect Murder come out?

The most recent episode of The Perfect Murder, Season 5 Episode 10 "The Last Blitz", aired on September 27, 2018.

How many seasons of The Perfect Murder are there?

The Perfect Murder has 5 seasons with 49 episodes in total.

When did The Perfect Murder first air?

The Perfect Murder first aired on Investigation Discovery on April 20, 2014.

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