Plot Synopsis

From Executive Producer Dick Wolf, CRIMINAL CONFESSIONS is a one-hour docuseries that delves into the psychological showdown that transpires inside actual police interrogation rooms between investigators and suspects and dissects what it takes to yield a confession. Each hour-long episode takes viewers through the emotional twists and turns of a real homicide case from the 911 call to the crime scene and leading up to the interrogation room where detectives corner their prime suspect. The police officers and detectives will walk us through their strategy while interviews with the suspects' and victims' friends and family shed light on the heartbreaking details, taking viewers on an emotional journey with the hope of finding justice. In every case, the interrogating officer will "break" the suspect and get a shocking reveal of what led to the atrocious crime.

The sophomore season of CRIMINAL CONFESSIONS premiered on Saturday, October 13, 2018 from 8-10pm ET/PT, as Oxygen debuted back-to-back new episodes.

Season 3 of CRIMINAL CONFESSIONS premiered on Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 6pm ET/PT on Oxygen with a special 90-minute episode. In the season opener, "Chris Watts: Confession Untold," investigators speak for the first time on one of the most baffling cases they've encountered, exposing the devastating truth about what happened to Shanann Watts and her two daughters at the hands of seemingly devoted husband and father, Chris Watts. The rest of the season features one-hour episodes, debuting at 6pm on Saturdays.
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On Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 6pm ET/PT, Oxygen premiered "Cold Justice Confessions," the Season 3 finale of CRIMINAL CONFESSIONS. In 1981, a mother vanishes from the Hernando woods and the case goes cold. 33 years later, local detectives take the baton from Kelly Siegler and the Cold Justice team only to find that obtaining a confession may be the only way to solve the case.