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48 Hours · 1,151 episodes with transcripts

“48 Hours” uncovers the narrative behind crime and justice cases that have left a lasting mark on society.

Spoken has transcripts of 1,151 48 Hours episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 20, 2026.

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  | jq -r '.episodes[] | "\(.id) \(.title)"' \
  | while IFS=' ' read -r id title; do
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      [ -f "${id}-${slug}.md" ] && continue
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        -o "${id}-${slug}.md" \
        https://spoken.md/transcripts/$id || rm -f "${id}-${slug}.md"
      sleep 0.34
    done

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Latest 48 Hours transcripts

Post Mortem | The Detective and the Chewing Gum Sting

October 20, 2026

Anne-Marie Green (0:10)

Welcome to a new season of Post Mortem. I'm your host, Anne-Marie Green, and I'm so excited to be back in the studio, taking you behind the scenes of every 48 Hours episode. With me is 48 Hours correspondent, Peter Van Sant. And today we're discussing our season premiere. It is moving. It's an emotional roller…

Peter Van Sant (0:45)

Hey, Anne-Marie. Great to see you again.

Anne-Marie Green (0:47)

A reminder, of course, for everyone, if you haven't watched or listened to this episode, it's called The Detective and the Chewing Gum Sting. Go check it out now and then come on back for our conversation. So let's take you back to 1984 on the evening of June 1st. Forty-two-year-old Judy Weaver and her fiance, Bill…

As she had been drinking, Judy decided she was going to walk home alone. Bill stayed behind at the bar to continue celebrating. Back at her apartment, she was attacked by an unknown assailant. She was sexually assaulted, bound with electrical cords, and strangled. Her bedroom was then set on fire in what…

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