A man walks into a convenience store. He pulls out a gun. He shoots the clerk. He grabs the cash. He runs out. He thinks he has gotten away. He forgot about the camera above the door. He forgot about the camera at the gas station across the street. He forgot about the camera on the bus he took home. He is arrested within 24 hours. He asks the detective how they found him so fast. The detective says you were on TV.

In this episode, I examine the many ways that surveillance footage has solved murders. The cameras are everywhere. Doorbell cameras. Traffic cameras. ATM cameras. Store cameras. Gas station cameras. Bus cameras. License plate readers. The killer cannot avoid them all. He might avoid one. He might avoid two. He cannot avoid fifty.

The episode breaks down specific cases where footage was the key piece of evidence. A man who killed his wife and claimed she fell down the stairs was caught because a neighbor's doorbell camera captured him carrying her body up the stairs hours before she fell. A woman who killed her husband and claimed he was shot by a stranger was caught because a traffic camera captured her car leaving the scene at 3 AM. The footage does not lie. The footage does not forget. The footage does not care about your alibi.

Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play because when you are caught on camera committing murder, your trial is just a formality.

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