City Confidential (1998)

Crime · Documentary

Tells the story of one crime, the ensuing investigation, and the ripple effect it had on a community. Speaking with family, friends, detectives, journalists, and others close to the case, the series mixes firsthand accounts and archival footage to explore the crime and its outcome.

IMDb rating: 8.6 (859 votes)
Seasons: 14
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video · Hulu · Philo · A&E · A&E Crime Central Apple TV Channel · The Roku Channel · Pluto TV · Tubi TV · Hoopla · Spectrum On Demand
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 14 seasons indexed

Cast

Mike Colter Self - Narrator (voice)

Seasons

Season 1 (1998)

8.03 avg 12 episodes 8.3 → 7.8 45 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Deadly Odds in Biloxi	8.3	36
2	The Chicago Horse Mafia	8.4	28
3	Faith and Foul Play in Salt Lake City	7.1	26
4	Sunny Days, Deadly Nights on Mercer Island	8.2	27
5	Secrets and Superstition in Salem	8.7	8
6	Midnight in Miami	7.7	22
7	New Orleans: Betrayal in the Big Easy	8.4	19
8	Murder in Music City	7.4	10
9	Little Rock: The Politics of Murder	8.0	18
10	Las Vegas: Deadly Jackpot	8.1	19
11	Dallas: Arsenic and Old Money	8.2	23
12	Ft. Lauderdale: Sin in the Sun	7.8	22

Season 2 (1999)

8.23 avg 12 episodes 8.2 → 7.8 42 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hermosa Beach: Missing in Paradise	8.2	21
2	Bermuda: Death on the Rock	8.0	16
3	Gibsonton: The Last Side Show	8.2	21
4	San Francisco: Betrayal by the Bay	7.8	20
5	Soho: The Art of Murder	7.7	17
6	Virginia City: Showdown at the Mustang Ranch	7.9	16
7	Fairbanks: Mining for Murder	8.1	17
8	Greenwich: Who Killed Martha Moxley?	9.0	16
9	Middleburg: Pistols, Ponies, and Foul Play	9.1	11
10	Skidmore: Frontier Justice	9.1	16
11	Scottsboro: Foul Play in the Bible Belt	7.9	13
12	Newberry: Small Town Justice	7.8	14

Season 3 (1999)

8.42 avg 13 episodes 8.5 → 8.6 46 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Wilmington: Dangerous Affairs	8.5	19
2	Atlantic City: The Mayor and the Mob	8.0	15
3	Ingleside: Dirty Deals, Buried Secrets	8.6	19
4	Key West: Pirates in Paradise	8.1	16
5	St. Augustine: The Socialite and the Politician	8.4	15
6	Carlsbad: Danger in the Desert	8.1	14
7	Phoenix: Shady Deals in Sun City	8.9	15
8	Greenwood: The Devil and the Delta Blues	7.8	11
9	Great Falls: The Criminal Next Door	8.3	9
10	Philadelphia: Double Dutch Bust	9.4	11
11	Rock Springs: Deadly Draw in the Wild West	8.6	15
12	Gatlinburg: Smoky Mountain Nightmare	8.2	15
13	Boston: Betrayal in Beantown	8.6	22

Season 4 (2001)

8.19 avg 15 episodes 8.2 → 7.4

Bad finale

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Bigfork: Silent Night, Deadly Night	8.2	15
2	Ruthton: Tragedy in the Heartland	8.1	13
3	Greensboro: Clash with the Klan	8.4	16
4	Austin: Empty Graves	8.6	10
5	Hilo: Betrayal on the Big Island	8.3	18
6	Paradise Valley: Showdown in the High Desert	8.4	18
7	Akron: Brother Against Brother	8.4	13
8	Bad News in Battle Creek	8.4	17
9	Chattanooga: Dangerous Trespassing	8.0	17
10	Tyler: Fallen Rose	8.3	14
11	Lopez Island: Foul Play on the Friendly Isle	8.2	14
12	Green Bay: Terror in Titletown	7.4	12
16	Horror in Amityville	8.1	17
17	Aspen: Murder on the Slopes	8.7	14
26	San Antonio: Maximum Justice	7.4	14

Season 5 (2001)

8.14 avg 13 episodes 9.3 → 8.3 120 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Baton Rouge: Scandal on the Bayou	9.3	10
2	Malibu: The Murder of Good Time Charlie	8.5	14
3	Santa Monica: A Woman Scorned	6.6	13
5	Berkeley: Murder in a College Town	7.7	10
6	Ozark: Deadly Medicine	7.8	16
7	Detroit: A Co-ed's Secret	8.6	15
8	Deadly Games in Little Washington	8.1	19
9	Youngstown: Mob Hits and Misses	8.7	18
10	Kansas City: The Final Curtain	8.7	13
11	Denver: Campaign for Cover-up	7.6	12
12	Paducah: Cruel Summer	7.5	13
13	Bad Medicine in Bangor	8.4	13
14	Huntsville: Twins on Trial	8.3	10

Season 6 (2002)

7.90 avg 10 episodes 8.6 → 8.0 45 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Milwaukee: The Legend of Bambi Bembenek	8.6	15
2	Albuquerque: The Black Widow	7.3	14
3	Atlanta: Devil Down in Georgia	8.8	13
5	Houston: Cheers and Fears	8.3	10
6	Beverly Hills: Brothers in Arms	7.3	12
7	Lynchburg: The Heiress and Her Lover	8.2	15
8	Horror in Amityville	7.3	9
9	Orlando: Faith and Felonies	7.5	14
10	Memphis: Burning Betrayal	7.7	16
12	Fresno: Fatal Inheritance	8.0	16

Season 7 (2003)

8.00 avg 12 episodes 8.8 → 6.8

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Durham: Dangerous Housewife	8.8	19
2	Archer City: Under Suspicion	7.6	10
3	El Paso: Outlaw Attorney	8.4	8
4	Miami Beach, FL: Smugglers & Speedboats	8.0	17
5	Portland, ME: Unfriendly Fire	7.5	16
6	Los Angeles, CA: Silenced Partner	7.6	12
7	San Diego, CA: Badge of Dishonor	8.4	14
8	Pittsburgh, PA: Til Death Do Us Part	8.3	10
9	Charlotte, NC: Panther on the Run	9.0	9
10	Spokane: Predator in the Parks	8.2	13
11	Palm Beach: Deadly Infestation	7.4	12
12	Hanover: Tragedy 101	6.8	8

Season 8 (2003)

8.10 avg 9 episodes 9.5 → 8.2 44 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	Brownsville: Black Magic	9.5	9
3	Cherry Hill: Sins of the Rabbi	8.3	13
4	Carthage: Frozen Assets	8.4	13
5	Wellesley: The Doctor's Double Life	8.2	8
6	Macon: Spoonful of Arsenic	8.4	18
7	Sebring: Social Insecurity	6.7	12
10	Potomac: Eliminating the Competition	7.2	8
11	St. Louis: Family Man, Hit Man	8.0	12
12	Elkhart: Crimes of Passion	8.2	8

Season 9 (2004)

7.69 avg 9 episodes 7.8 → 6.7 45 min avg

Bad finale

Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Somerset, KY: A Killer Campaign	7.8	12
2	Boise, ID: Last Dance	7.1	12
3	Panama City, FL: Autopsy of a Marriage	7.6	11
5	Honesdale: Highway to Hell	7.5	21
6	Milford: Death and Taxes	7.8	9
7	Lexington, KY: A Parting Shot	7.9	12
8	Barrington: Terror in the Suburbs	9.1	10
9	Darlington, WI: Bad Judgment	7.7	13
10	Duchesne, UT: Blown Away	6.7	9

Season 10 (2004)

7.89 avg 9 episodes 8.0 → 8.0

Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	Seattle, WA: Long Walk Home	8.0	9
3	Cookeville, TN: Deadly Politics	8.0	8
4	Orange County, CA: A Family Affair	7.5	9
5	Riggins, ID: Frontier Faceoff	8.1	17
6	Pikeville, KY: Kentucky Gothic	8.1	11
7	Providence, RI: The Mayor and the Mob	8.6	8
8	Knoxville, TN: Phantom Hitman	7.4	11
9	Emporia, KS: Thou Shalt Not Kill	7.3	10
10	Conway, SC: Fatal Friendship	8.0	14

Season 11 (2005)

8.36 avg 8 episodes 8.4 → 7.9

Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Rochester, NY: The Big Heist	8.4	8
2	Merion, PA: Recipe for Murder	8.4	14
4	Amarillo, TX: High School Hit & Run	8.5	9
5	Minneapolis, MN: Deadly Investment	8.2	8
7	Lake Tahoe, NV: The Casino Bomber	8.7	10
8	Saddle River, NJ: From Russia with Murder	8.4	10
9	San Leandro, CA: The Sausage King	8.4	8
10	Elizabeth, NJ: Death of a Don	7.9	19

Season 12 (2007)

7.94 avg 5 episodes 7.6 → 8.7 120 min avg

Big finale

Season 12 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	Murder in Amish Country	7.6	9
3	Bloodshed in Brookland	8.5	7
5	Death Dorm	7.4	6
6	The Last Call Killer	7.5	7
10	Old Hollywood: Silent Stars, Deadly Secrets	8.7	91

Season 13 (2023)

7.88 avg 6 episodes 7.5 → 9.0

Big finale

Season 13 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Boston's Little Girl Lost	7.5	6
3	Peace Love and Murder in Marin	8.1	7
4	San Saba's Deadly Harvest	7.8	5
5	Big Island Blow Out	7.5	6
9	Nightmare in New England	7.4	5
10	The Dark Days of Bucks County	9.0	7

Season 14 (2025)

7.14 avg 11 episodes 7.0 → 5.9

Season 14 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Abducted in Anchorage	7.0	6
2	Bourbon City Horror	6.6	7
3	Kansas Creeper	7.4	7
4	Soldier Down at Fort Meade	8.1	8
5	Midnight Pain in Georgia	7.0	6
6	The Lost Boy Of Haddon Township	7.3	6
7	Homicide In Little Haiti	7.8	6
8	California Scheming	7.2	5
9	Sun, Sand And Secrets On Singer Island	7.4	8
10	Hartford's Fallen Star	6.8	5
11	Holy Terror In The Heartland	5.9	7

City Confidential (1998)

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