True Crime with Aphrodite Jones

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True Crime with Aphrodite Jones
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Genre Documentary
Starring Aphrodite Jones
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes63
Production
Executive producers
  • Jeanie Vink
  • Lloyd Fales
ProducerBruce Kennedy
Running time42 to 43 minutes
Production company Peacock Productions
Release
Original network Investigation Discovery
Original releaseMarch 11, 2010 (2010-03-11) 
July 18, 2016 (2016-07-18)

True Crime with Aphrodite Jones was an American television documentary series airing on Investigation Discovery, hosted by Aphrodite Jones. [1] The show was very similar in format to On the Case with Paula Zahn . Jones presents her take on crimes, often accompanied with footage, evidence and interviews. The series ran for six seasons, from March 2010 to July 2016. [2]

Contents

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesSeason PremiereSeason Finale
1 10March 11, 2010May 13, 2010
2 10March 31, 2011June 16, 2011
3 10January 7, 2013March 11, 2013
4 13October 17, 2013January 16, 2014
5 10March 16, 2015May 25, 2015
6 10May 2, 2016July 18, 2016

Season 1 (2010)

No. in
series
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
11"Scott Peterson"March 11, 2010 (2010-03-11)
22"O. J. Simpson"March 18, 2010 (2010-03-18)
33"Staircase Killer"March 25, 2010 (2010-03-25)
44"Phil Spector"April 1, 2010 (2010-04-01)
55"Zodiac Killer"April 8, 2010 (2010-04-08)
66"Dog Mauling"April 15, 2010 (2010-04-15)
77"Menendez Brothers"April 22, 2010 (2010-04-22)
88"Michael Jackson"April 29, 2010 (2010-04-29)
99"Skylar Deleon"May 6, 2010 (2010-05-06)
1010"Chandra Levy"May 13, 2010 (2010-05-13)

Season 2 (2011)

Filming of Episode 11, in Boulder, Colorado, in 2010 True Crime with Aphrodite Jones.jpg
Filming of Episode 11, in Boulder, Colorado, in 2010
No. in
series
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
111"JonBenét Ramsey"March 31, 2011 (2011-03-31)
122"Anna Nicole Smith"April 7, 2011 (2011-04-07)
133"Killer Contestant"April 14, 2011 (2011-04-14)
144"Loyalty, Lies, and Loss"April 21, 2011 (2011-04-21)
155"Twist of Faith"April 28, 2011 (2011-04-28)
166"West Memphis Three"May 5, 2011 (2011-05-05)
177"Casting A Killer"May 12, 2011 (2011-05-12)
188"A Tragic Testimony"May 19, 2011 (2011-05-19)
199"Children of Thunder"May 26, 2011 (2011-05-26)
2010"A Woman Scorned"June 16, 2011 (2011-06-16)

Season 3 (2013)

No. in
series
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
211"Sex & Death in the OC"January 7, 2013 (2013-01-07)
222"Casey Anthony Bella Vita"January 14, 2013 (2013-01-14)
233"To Catch a Killer"January 21, 2013 (2013-01-21)
244"Chosen to Kill"January 28, 2013 (2013-01-28)
255"A Bite, a Bullet, & a Broken Heart"February 4, 2013 (2013-02-04)
266"Loved to Death"February 11, 2013 (2013-02-11)
277"Blood Money"February 18, 2013 (2013-02-18)
288"Girl, Gone"February 25, 2013 (2013-02-25)
299"Burning Passions"March 4, 2013 (2013-03-04)
3010"Confessions and Lies"March 11, 2013 (2013-03-11)

Season 4 (2013-14)

No. in
series
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
311"Sins of the Father"October 17, 2013 (2013-10-17)
322"Good People, Badlands"October 24, 2013 (2013-10-24)
333"Taylor's Tale"October 31, 2013 (2013-10-31)
344"Sex, Death and Videotape"November 7, 2013 (2013-11-07)
355"Paging Dr. Essa"November 14, 2013 (2013-11-14)
366"The Mystery of Steve McNair"November 21, 2013 (2013-11-21)
377"A Hollywood Hit"December 5, 2013 (2013-12-05)
388"Never Too Late"December 12, 2013 (2013-12-12)
399"The Ballad of Billi-Jo"December 19, 2013 (2013-12-19)
4010"The Devil at the Daycare"December 26, 2013 (2013-12-26)
4111"A Deadly Downfall"January 2, 2014 (2014-01-02)
4212"The Cleveland Conudrum"January 9, 2014 (2014-01-09)
4313"Murder on Route 91"January 16, 2014 (2014-01-16)

Season 5 (2015)

No. in
series
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
441"Guilty Until Proven Innocent"March 16, 2015 (2015-03-16)
452"What Happens in Vegas..."March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23)
463"A Halloween Horror Story"March 30, 2015 (2015-03-30)
474"Memories of Murder"April 6, 2015 (2015-04-06)
485"A New Set of Eyes"April 13, 2015 (2015-04-13)
496"Father Doesn't Know Best"April 20, 2015 (2015-04-20)
507"Broken Commandments"April 27, 2015 (2015-04-27)
518"Cold Case in Hotlanta"May 4, 2015 (2015-05-04)
529"Virtual Drive-By"May 18, 2015 (2015-05-18)
5310"Every Move She Makes"May 25, 2015 (2015-05-25)

Season 6 (2016)

No. in
series
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
541"A Murder & an Open Marriage"May 2, 2016 (2016-05-02)
552"Road to Nowhere"May 9, 2016 (2016-05-09)
563"Discreet House Cleaning"May 16, 2016 (2016-05-16)
574"Sex, Drugs and Murder"May 23, 2016 (2016-05-23)
585"Blood Brotherhood"May 30, 2016 (2016-05-30)
596"A Deadly Dream"June 13, 2016 (2016-06-13)
607"Head Case"June 20, 2016 (2016-06-20)
618"Homicide in the Heartland"June 27, 2016 (2016-06-27)
629"Burning Man"July 11, 2016 (2016-07-11)
6310"Too Young to Die"July 18, 2016 (2016-07-18)

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