Episode
The First 48: Birthday Party Nightmare
Overview
In Tulsa, a father is killed protecting his daughter when gunfire erupts at a family birthday party.
Details
- Series
- The First 48
- Season
- Season 29
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2026-03-05
Episode context
Birthday Party Nightmare is Episode 10 in Season 29 of The First 48. It aired on 2026-03-05.
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Episode 9: Blood Brothers
When gunfire from an automatic weapon leaves an innocent man dead, Tulsa Homicide searches for the intended target and the truth behind the attack.
Episode 11: In Blood
A breakthrough in forensic technology breathes new life into the case of a Gwinnett County man stabbed in his home five years ago.
More episodes from this season
Episode 8: Circle of Friends & Rearview Murder
In Tulsa, detectives follow a trail of blood to a community where one person's accusations have consequences. In Mobile, a possible collision between two strangers escalates into a shooting.
Episode 12: Mystery Man
A Gwinnett County man is found strangled and shot in his truck. Detectives track the killer into a neighborhood where he seems to vanish into thin air.
Episode 7: Murder in the Bud Room & A Mother Taken
In Tulsa, a heated argument spirals out of control, ending in the murder of a father of six.
In Gwinnett County, a young boy is the only witness to the violent abduction of his mother, leaving detectives racing to find her before it's too late.
Episode 13: A Troubled Mind
A father discovers his son stabbed multiple times in his own home, leading Tulsa Homicide on a cross-country search for his killer.
Episode 6: R Is for Random
When a young father is executed in broad daylight, Gwinnett County detectives race against the clock to figure out if one man was passing innocently through the neighbourhood or if he's the killer.
Episode 14: A House Divided
After a Tulsa man returns home from jail to find another man with the mother of his children, he is shot and killed in the middle of the street.
Episode 5: Unfriendly Fire
A college student is gunned down in a doorway; Tulsa Homicide detectives explore whether a feud between friends escalated to murder.
Episode 15: The Devil's Hands
In Gwinnett County, a 20-year-old woman is found in her apartment a day after being brutally stabbed over 40 times. In Mobile, dozens of bullets are fired at a busy intersection leaving two men dead in a crashed car.
Episode 4: The Cool Mum
After a North Charleston mother of four is found beaten to death in the bushes, a rookie detective battles it out in the interview room with her suspected killer.
Episode 16: Drive into Darkness
In Tulsa, when a deadly ambush leaves two teens dead and two others critically injured, Det. Jason White follows leads from Tulsa to Mexico in his pursuit for justice.