Investigation Discovery HD
United States
Investigation Discovery HD airs nonfiction programming centered on criminal investigations, forensic science, and real-life legal cases. The channel’s content primarily draws from true crime documentaries, courtroom analysis, and interviews with law enforcement professionals. In the United States, its schedule leans heavily on reenactments and archival footage to reconstruct unsolved homicides, missing person cases, and historical criminal events. Some programs explore the psychological profiles of offenders, while others follow the procedural steps of detectives and prosecutors. The network does not broadcast movies, music, sports, or religious programming; its focus remains on factual storytelling about crime and justice.
Viewers can access Investigation Discovery HD through standard cable and satellite television packages across the country. The channel also offers selected episodes and full series on its official website and through affiliated streaming platforms that require a subscription or cable login. TV guide listings for the channel typically group programs by theme, such as cold cases or interrogation techniques, but no fixed schedule is published here. The high-definition feed provides clearer visuals of evidence photos, crime scene diagrams, and on-location footage compared to the standard-definition version.
Schedule
00:00 - 01:00
Disappeared
Mountain of Mystery
Series, Documentary, Crime, Mystery
In May 2020, Dahvonte Morgan, a family man from San Francisco, disappears in the mysterious town of Mt. Shasta, Calif.; as his family searches, it becomes clear the community is wary of outsiders and his girlfriend may know more than she shares.
01:00 - 02:00
Disappeared
Lost in Paradise
Series, Documentary, Crime, Mystery
Alex Gumm, a Maine musician interested in Eastern philosophy and all things extraterrestrial, vanishes in Hawaii on Feb. 22, 2018; Alex's disappearance raises several questions, and his childhood friends risk their lives to find the answers.
02:00 - 03:00
American Monster
Tempest
Series, Crime, Biography, Documentary
Vincent Taylor is stuck in a controlling relationship with his Jekyll and Hyde wife. After a violent knife attack results in Vincent's death, his wife claims she was the victim of an abusive relationship. However, Vincent's phone will reveal the truth.
03:00 - 05:00
The Serial Killer's Apprentice
Special, Crime, Interview, Documentary
Dr. Katherine Ramsland interviews Elmer Wayne Henley, the sole survivor of the 1973 Houston mass murders, to unravel his chilling journey from manipulated teen to convicted killer and the truth behind the line between victim and predator.
05:00 - 06:00
American Monster
Love Is Deaf
Series, Crime, Biography, Documentary
When Christie meets Marcus in high school, they think they've found love's young dream. As the relationship becomes rocky, Christie begins to fear Marcus's violent tendencies. Little does she know, all her fears will soon become a reality.
06:00 - 08:00
The Serial Killer's Apprentice
Special, Crime, Interview, Documentary
Dr. Katherine Ramsland interviews Elmer Wayne Henley, the sole survivor of the 1973 Houston mass murders, to unravel his chilling journey from manipulated teen to convicted killer and the truth behind the line between victim and predator.
08:00 - 09:00
American Monster
Love Is Deaf
Series, Crime, Biography, Documentary
When Christie meets Marcus in high school, they think they've found love's young dream. As the relationship becomes rocky, Christie begins to fear Marcus's violent tendencies. Little does she know, all her fears will soon become a reality.
09:00 - 10:00
American Monster
Tempest
Series, Crime, Biography, Documentary
Vincent Taylor is stuck in a controlling relationship with his Jekyll and Hyde wife. After a violent knife attack results in Vincent's death, his wife claims she was the victim of an abusive relationship. However, Vincent's phone will reveal the truth.
10:00 - 11:00
Diabolical
Evil Sister Act
Series, Crime
When Samuel Johnson Jr. suddenly vanishes, investigators find themselves face-to-face with two sisters who know something; through a series of interrogations, they reveal an elaborate murder plot meticulously engineered by a puppeteer.
11:00 - 12:00
Diabolical
Masking Evil
Series, Crime
A burning car is found by the side of a highway on the same night a single mother of two is reported missing; the two events are related and connecting the dots leads investigators to a notorious criminal who has been hiding in plain sight.
12:00 - 13:00
Diabolical
Devil Wear False Eyeslashes
Series, Crime
Three men die over a span of a dozen years, with no suspicion of wrongdoing and no files charged; but when a deadly car explosion rips through downtown Pensacola, Fla., a new investigation begins; all suspicion points toward just one person.
13:00 - 15:00
People Magazine Investigates: The Cult of the Soulful Journey
Special, Crime, Documentary
A health and wellness group based out of Minnesota promises meditation, healing, and spirits from another dimension; however, ex-members say it's a manipulative cult fueled by control, unpaid labor, and unquestioning devotion to its leader.
15:00 - 16:00
People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer
Surviving the Devil in Chicago
Series, Crime
John Wayne Gacy is infamous for his Chicago house of horrors in the 1970s, but several courageous boys who come face-to-face with the serial killer and somehow survive step forward, ready to share their chilling story.
16:00 - 17:00
People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer
Surviving the Beauty Queen Killer
Series, Crime
In 1984, a serial killer targets young women across America until he abducts a teenager for a nine-day road trip of torture.
17:00 - 18:00
People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer
Surviving the Thrill Killer
Series, Crime
An abusive lover hunts the Dallas suburbs for his ex; he unleashes his revenge on residents.
18:00 - 19:00
Signs of a Psychopath
Unorthodox and Weird
Series, Crime
A 19-year-old woman vanishes, and the suspect is a former high school classmate with whom she had been communicating days earlier. The family is weary, for the suspect has a notorious past filled with sexual deviancy and homicidal urges toward women.
19:00 - 19:30
Signs of a Psychopath
You're Not Leaving
Series, Crime
A 33-year-old oil rig worker calls 911 to report his girlfriend missing; he seems to be helping in the time-critical hunt to find her; a failed polygraph test leads detectives to suspect this seemingly caring boyfriend is a psychopath.
19:30 - 20:00
Signs of a Psychopath
Make Sure You Get My Good Side
Series, Crime
A road rage incident turns deadly as an elderly man is beaten to death by a teenager who claims he was acting in self-defense; detectives not only find holes in his story but uncover that he is a remorseless and manipulative psychopath.
20:00 - 20:30
Signs of a Psychopath
I Love Something So I Kill It
Series, Crime
On a quiet winter night, a mother finds her 22-year-old son horrifically dismembered in her basement. The lone suspect is the victim's ex-girlfriend, who is at her home in an emotionless state, with blood on her hands.
20:30 - 21:00
Signs of a Psychopath
You're Never Going to Get It out of Me
Series, Crime
After meeting with her divorce attorney and estranged husband, a devoted mother of three vanishes into air; as friends and family desperately try to locate her, the husband instead plays a psychopathic game of cat and mouse with investigators.
21:00 - 22:00
Homicide Hunter: American Detective
The Curse
Series, Crime, Documentary
An attacker beats an elderly Vietnamese couple to death and stuffs them inside their closet. Detectives uncover bizarre evidence that points to a sinister plot of unpaid debt, a bad luck curse, and deadly betrayal.
22:00 - 23:00
Homicide Hunter: American Detective
Catfished to Kill
Series, Crime, Documentary
Detective Ryan Jorstad follows a digital trail of evidence after police find a man shot and robbed in his own truck; as he uncovers a series of messages, he reveals a perpetrator who will stop at nothing to protect his identity.
23:00 - 00:00
Homicide Hunter: American Detective
Puppet Master
Series, Crime, Documentary
Investigators initially suspect a demonic sacrifice when they find a mother executed in an abandoned building; a bizarre video confession and a series of strange interrogations expose an evil conspiracy concocted by those closest to the victim.