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    A Crime to Remember Season 2 Episode 4 - The 28th Floor
    8.7/10(80 votes)

    #1 - The 28th Floor

    S2:E4

    Austin, TX, 1966: A rain of bullets descends on students and faculty at the University of Texas. But when the smoke clears there remain more questions than answers: who could have done this evil, hideous thing? And why?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. A Crime to Remember Season 1 Episode 4 - Time Bomb
    8.6/10(108 votes)

    #2 - Time Bomb

    S1:E4

    Denver, CO, 1955. When United Airlines Flight 629 bound for Seattle explodes in mid-air, killing everyone aboard, the new-to-air travel nation grieves over the terrible tragedy. But when crash investigators find a few strange inconsistencies in the wreckage they start to wonder if it was an accident at all. What follows is the discovery of the first-ever act of commercial airline sabotage in the United States...the motive? Money.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. A Crime to Remember Season 2 Episode 1 - 38 Witnesses
    8.6/10(94 votes)

    #3 - 38 Witnesses

    S2:E1

    Kew Gardens, Queens, 1964: Kitty Genovese is raped and stabbed to death outside her apartment building as her neighbors watch and do nothing, introducing America to the "bystander effect." But is this really the whole story...?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. A Crime to Remember Season 3 Episode 3 - And Then There Was One
    8.5/10(70 votes)

    #4 - And Then There Was One

    S3:E3

    Chicago, IL, 1966: The crime of the century begins when a man knocks on the door of a dormitory of nursing students and murders all…but one, who will live to help police attempt to bring him to justice.

    Director:Nicholas McCarthy
    Writer:Nicholas McCarthy

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  5. A Crime to Remember Season 3 Episode 6 - The Wrong Man
    8.4/10(62 votes)

    #5 - The Wrong Man

    S3:E6

    Bay Village, OH, 1954: When Marilyn Sheppard is found beaten to death in her bedroom, it will take more than thirty years to piece together the truth of what happened the night she died.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. A Crime to Remember Season 3 Episode 8 - Bye Bye Betty
    8.4/10(74 votes)

    #6 - Bye Bye Betty

    S3:E8

    Odessa, TX, 1961: Teenager Betty Williams isn't home. She’s not at school. Police are sure she is a runaway, until they uncover a shocking high school rumor that will change this small town forever.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. A Crime to Remember Season 5 Episode 1 - Once Upon a Crime
    8.4/10(53 votes)

    #7 - Once Upon a Crime

    S5:E1

    The story behind author Truman Capote's classic non-fiction novel, "In Cold Blood," which details the Clutter family murders in 1959 and the nationwide manhunt that followed for the killers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. A Crime to Remember Season 1 Episode 3 - Judge, Jury, Executioner
    8.3/10(95 votes)

    #8 - Judge, Jury, Executioner

    S1:E3

    West Palm Beach, FL, 1955. Judge Curtis Chillingworth (58) and his wife (50's) say their goodbyes to friends at swank dinner party, step into their car and drive away. They are never seen again. When police start investigating they unravel a tale of corruption, moonshine and numbers-running that leaves Florida in shock.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. A Crime to Remember Season 3 Episode 7 - Damsel on Death Row
    8.3/10(54 votes)

    #9 - Damsel on Death Row

    S3:E7

    Los Angeles, CA, 1934: Eric Madison is found dead in a boarding house at the back of the Warner Brother’s lot. But in an age where propriety is paramount, will the punishment fit the crime?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. A Crime to Remember Season 4 Episode 2 - Luck Be a Lady
    8.3/10(66 votes)

    #10 - Luck Be a Lady

    S4:E2

    Kansas City, MO, 1960: When Patricia Jones’ bullet-ridden body turns up by the side of lovers’ lane, Detective Browning forges ahead on a catch me if you can trail from Missouri to Mexico, taunted by the sly smiles of his provocative arch nemesis.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. A Crime to Remember Season 5 Episode 2 - The Bad Old Days
    8.3/10(56 votes)

    #11 - The Bad Old Days

    S5:E2

    The city of Chicago is gripped with terror after three bizarre and savage murders go unsolved. Amidst this public furor, both the police and the local newspapers are desperate to give the people what they want: someone to blame.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. A Crime to Remember Season 5 Episode 3 - Hearts of Darkness
    8.3/10(52 votes)

    #12 - Hearts of Darkness

    S5:E3

    In what became known as "The Crime of The Century," a boy from one of Chicago's wealthiest families is kidnapped and found murdered. The ensuing investigation zeroes in on the wealthy, thrill-seeking college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. A Crime to Remember Season 3 Episode 2 - Last Night Stand
    8.2/10(62 votes)

    #13 - Last Night Stand

    S3:E2

    New York, NY, 1973: When a twenty-eight year old schoolteacher for deaf children is murdered in NYC, detectives immerse themselves in the swinging world of 1970's nightlife, where club-goers and activists rub shoulders with wide-eyed career girls.

    Director:Nicholas McCarthy
    Writer:Chloë Boxer

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  14. A Crime to Remember Season 1 Episode 5 - A New Kind of Monster
    8.1/10(95 votes)

    #14 - A New Kind of Monster

    S1:E5

    Michigan, 1967. A young co-ed from Eastern Michigan State University goes missing. Her body is found months later, rotting in a field. A year later, another co-ed, disappears and is found stabbed to death. A few months after that, a young law student is found shot and strangled in an Ypsilanti cemetery. The young women of Southeastern Michigan are terrified and the police commence a massive hunt for the monster they call The Co-Ed Killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. A Crime to Remember Season 3 Episode 1 - Lock Up Your Daughters
    8.1/10(79 votes)

    #15 - Lock Up Your Daughters

    S3:E1

    Gaffney, SC, 1968: When a local reporter receives a mysterious phone call from a murderer who threatens to kill again, Gaffney police must race against the clock to try to save the town’s teen girls.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. A Crime to Remember Season 4 Episode 5 - The Gentleman Killer
    8.1/10(57 votes)

    #16 - The Gentleman Killer

    S4:E5

    Bronx, NY, 1941: When tea for two becomes a murder of one, investigators from all across New York City must act upon the testimony of a few brave women to bring the killer to justice.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. A Crime to Remember Season 5 Episode 4 - Coffin for Christmas
    8.1/10(51 votes)

    #17 - Coffin for Christmas

    S5:E4

    Heiress Barbara Mackle is kidnapped and buried alive in a coffin-like capsule; local police and the FBI race to Mackle's abductor before her time underground runs out.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. A Crime to Remember Season 5 Episode 5 - Beast With a Badge
    8.1/10(45 votes)

    #18 - Beast With a Badge

    S5:E5

    A detective struggles to exonerate his black friend from rape allegations pinned on him by the LAPD's all-white brass; he must navigate entrenched racism, lead a stake-out and employ the magic of Hollywood to ensnare the real predator.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. A Crime to Remember Season 2 Episode 5 - The Pied Piper
    8.0/10(74 votes)

    #19 - The Pied Piper

    S2:E5

    Tucson, AZ, 1965: When Gretchen Fritz and her sister Wendy leave for a movie and never come home, police must infiltrate the tight-knit world of Speedway teens to discover the disturbing truth behind the girls’ disappearance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. A Crime to Remember Season 3 Episode 5 - Comedy of Terrors
    8.0/10(62 votes)

    #20 - Comedy of Terrors

    S3:E5

    Macon, GA, 1960: When wealthy Mary Burge is found strangled in her bed, detectives encounter a world of hooded Klan members and blue blood Yankees where the truth truly is stranger than fiction.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. A Crime to Remember Season 4 Episode 1 - Teenage Wasteland
    8.0/10(53 votes)

    #21 - Teenage Wasteland

    S4:E1

    Lincoln, NE, 1958: When two love-struck, sex-crazed teenagers embark on a killing spree in Lincoln, Nebraska, it will fall to one local sheriff to put the brakes on this nightmare of a joy ride.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. A Crime to Remember Season 4 Episode 3 - Devil's Advocate
    8.0/10(55 votes)

    #22 - Devil's Advocate

    S4:E3

    St. Paul, MN, 1963: Carol Thompson, church-going wife and devoted mother of four, is found in a bloody heap on her neighbor’s doorstep. Detectives must peel away the layers of her picture-perfect life to reveal the painful secrets of this housewife.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. A Crime to Remember Season 4 Episode 6 - Guess Who?
    8.0/10(55 votes)

    #23 - Guess Who?

    S4:E6

    Los Angeles, CA, 1922: When a husband is found dead and his wife discovered locked in a closet, detectives find themselves lost in a world of seduction and obsession where the ghosts are all too real.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. A Crime to Remember Season 1 Episode 2 - The Career Girl Murders
    7.9/10(114 votes)

    #24 - The Career Girl Murders

    S1:E2

    New York, NY, 1963. When two young women - just out of college, starting their first jobs in The Big City - wind up dead in their Upper East Side apartment, raped, mutilated, the victims of a terrible, heinous attack, the City is thrown into chaos. If these girls aren't safe, who is? The NYPD is under such pressure to solve the high-profile case it makes a tragic mis-step in the investigation of the case the newspapers dub "The Career Girls Murders."

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. A Crime to Remember Season 5 Episode 8 - Mother's Little Helper
    7.9/10(45 votes)

    #25 - Mother's Little Helper

    S5:E8

    After the blood-soaked body of 76-year-old Franklin Bradshaw is found behind the counter of his auto-parts store, detectives dig into the strained history of his family and uncover a hotbed of deceit, manipulation and all-consuming greed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The 28th Floor" is the best rated episode of "A Crime to Remember". It scored 8.7/10 based on 80 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/2/2014. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Time Bomb".