Investigation Discovery TV Guide — Sunday, 17 May 2026

Browse the full Investigation Discovery TV guide for Sunday, 17 May 2026. 26 programmes listed , including 6 tonight. UK listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

00:00 1h

Deadly Sins

S2 · E10 · Betting on Death

An up and coming porn star's hatred for himself ends in a horrific final scene

A spoilt rich girl and her toy boy gamble recklessly, leading to murder. Plus, an up and coming porn star's hatred for himself results in a horrific final scene

01:00 1h

Deadly Sins

S6 · E1 · Lethal Misconduct

A Marine's wife's deadly love triangle

The shy Marine wife's whose loneliness landed her in the centre of a deadly love triangle, where cheating had deadly consequences. Plus, the young nurse whose taboo romance led to the ultimate betrayal

02:00 1h

Death by Fame

S3 · E6 · Off the Deep End

A runway model turned mom-a-ger turns up dead at the bottom of her pool

A runway model turned mom-a-ger lived a fairytale life of luxury. When she turns up dead at the bottom of her pool, police uncover deep motives

03:00 1h

Death by Fame

S3 · E7 · Diary of a Madman

Police sift through hours of surveillance to catch a killer in the act

A young actress gets her big break in a hit movie. After her brutal murder, police sift through hours of surveillance to catch her killer in the act

04:00 1h

Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry?

S6 · E3 · Bad and Blue

The crimes of Valerie Cincinelli,

When Isaiah Carvalho meets officer Valerie Cincinelli, he thought his dreams had come true. He soon found she was not only cheating but also had hired a hitman to kill him

05:00 1h

Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry?

S6 · E6 · Mark the Mark

A woman who stole her new husband's retirement savings

Single found Mark finds love with Charity. Just months after they wed, she depleted his retirement savings, and he learned he was only the latest in a string of victims

Morning

06:00 30m

Teleshopping

Home shopping

Buying goods from the comfort of home

06:30 30m

Teleshopping

Home shopping

Buying goods from the comfort of home

07:00 30m

Teleshopping

Home shopping

Buying goods from the comfort of home

07:30 30m

Teleshopping

Home shopping

Buying goods from the comfort of home

08:00 1h

Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall

S4 · E1 · If I Can't Have You

How revelations led to the deterioration of a new relationship

How a graduate student was swept off her feet, only to find as the relationship progressed that revelations suggested nothing was quite what it appeared to be

09:00 1h

Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall

S4 · E2 · Taunting Evil

A case in which a woman went missing after breaking up with her boyfriend

A case in which a woman broke up with her abusive boyfriend and moved in with a relative to make a fresh start. When she suddenly went missing, foul play was suspected

10:00 1h

Swamp Murders

S4 · E6 · Dark Water

Killings where the bodies were located in swampland

Killings where the bodies were located in swampland, principally due to the perpetrators believing such terrain helps conceal vital evidence against them

11:00 1h

Swamp Murders

S4 · E8 · Rocky Waters

A murder in Ohio's Scioto River

How, after a baby was found abandoned along Ohio's Scioto River, police discovered the child's mother had been murdered. Officers considered whether the killer was connected to the woman's past

Daytime

12:00 1h

Real Time Crime

S1 · E5 · Under Siege / Where's Chynna?

Mississippi police turn to city-run cameras to ID suspects of a shooting spree

Mississippi police turn to city-run cameras to identify suspects of a shooting spree. In Utah, a missing person's case becomes a murder investigation

13:00 1h

Real Time Crime

S1 · E6 · Almost Home/Smoke Screen

The case of a man was shot dead on the Fourth of July

When a man was shot dead on the Fourth of July, detectives used social media to track down the killer. Plus a case from Washington, where police investigated a raging fire

14:00 1h

Evil Lives Here: Shadows of Death

S1 · E1 · The Path

A shocking common thread amid a stack of cold cases in Maryland

In 1997, in quaint Anne Arundel County, Maryland, a detective inherited a stack of cold cases. As he began to unravel each one, he uncovered a shocking common thread

15:00 1h

Evil Lives Here: Shadows of Death

S1 · E2 · The Ride Along

The murder of an officer during a routine traffic stop

Late one night in 1993, a California police officer was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop. The only witness was his 12-year-old nephew. However, he was too traumatised to tell police what he had seen

16:00 1h

Faking It: Tears of a Crime

S2 · E2 · Tracie Andrews & Mike Gifford-Hull

The cases of Tracie Andrews and Mike Gifford-Hull

The case of Tracie Andrews, whose 1996 road rage attack killed her lover Lee Harvey. Plus, Hampshire businessman Mike Gifford-Hull's TV plea for his missing wife Farsi that hid the true facts of her disappearance

17:00 1h

Faking It: Tears of a Crime

S2 · E3 · Shafilea Ahmed & Gordon Wardell

The cases of Shafilea Ahmed and Gordon Wardell

The murder of building society manager Carol Wardell in September 1994, by her husband Gordon. Plus, the 'honour killing' of 17-year-old Shafilea Ahmed in September 2003, suffocated by her parents Iftikhar and Farzana

Tonight's Highlights

18:00 1h

Forbidden: Dying for Love

S4 · E1 · Living in Sin

How the burden of reconciling sexuality and faith became too much to bear

How when two female nursing assistants in a devout community in Pennsylvania fell in love, tragedy struck when the burden of reconciling sexuality and faith became too much to bear

19:00 1h

Obsession: Dark Desires

S4 · E1 · Texts, Lies, and Videotape

A man who bided his time to wreak a bloody revenge

The case of Todd Ray, who following the end of a brief relationship with Katie Call, began stalking her. He also hid video cameras and microphones in her home, biding his time to wreak a bloody revenge

20:00 1h

Someone You Thought You Knew

S2 · E6 · High School Homicide

The 2010 disappearance of Kathy Chou

The April 2010 disappearance of Washington 19-year-old Kathy Chou. A surprising tip led to police focusing on her former boyfriend Ezekiel Watkins, who later confessed to murder

21:00 1h

Mother, May I Murder?

S2 · E6 · Murder in Law

Police responding to a domestic assault find a shock discovery in the backyard

Police respond to a domestic assault, but a shock discovery in the backyard reveals a dark and sinister familial plot, fuelled by control and revenge

22:00 1h

999 Murderer Calling

S1 · E5 · Killer in the Woods

Andrew Pearson kidnapped and killed his ex-partner

Scheming killers call 999, set out to escape justice, deceive police and lie about committing murder, only to be damned by their own words. Detectives unravel the false trails and deception within the 999 call to expose the truth and catch the killer.

23:00 1h

American Monster

S11 · E2 · Mom is Always Right

A Mississippi husband turns violent when his wife tries to end their marriage

A Mississippi husband who uses a wheelchair turns violent when his loving wife tries to end their marriage. Was it self-defence - or murder

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