The Confession Tapes

Sep 8, 2017

Following a gruesome murder, two teens are targeted by undercover police, who use a controversial technique to try to extract a confession.

Sep 8, 2017

As the trial for Burns and Rafay unfolds, the suspects begin to understand the massive implications of their confessions.

Sep 8, 2017

After his girlfriend is found murdered, a man insists he was coerced into confessing. Years later, DNA evidence tells the truth.

Sep 8, 2017

A fire leads to tragedy, and the victim’s mother is accused of -- and confesses to -- murder. At trial, the defense presents an alternate theory.

Sep 8, 2017

Police interrogate supposed gang members about a brutal attack following an anonymous tip. Oddly, no one in the neighborhood ever heard of the gang.

Sep 8, 2017

Following a double murder, circumstantial evidence points to the victim's nephew, who endures a marathon interrogation without a lawyer.

Sep 8, 2017

A man drives his four children into a river, where they drown. He wearily confesses to doing it purposefully, but later contends it was an accident.

Jun 21, 2019

Without a lawyer to advise him, a weary truck driver confesses to murdering a 17-year-old girl following an exhausting interrogation.

Jun 21, 2019

A double murder in Nebraska sparks a hunt for those responsible and a bizarre series of interviews that raise more questions than they answer.

Jun 21, 2019

In a long interview with police, Angelika Graswald admits to being "OK with" her fiancé drowning during a kayaking expedition. Cops and media pounce.

Jun 21, 2019

After Hamid Hayat admits to attending a terrorist camp, lawyers and his family question whether the taped confession reveals a very different truth.