Post Mortem | The Detective and the Chewing Gum Sting
48 Hours

Post Mortem | The Detective and the Chewing Gum Sting

Oct 20, 2026
26:21
E1149
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About this episode

In the season premiere of “48 Hours Post Mortem”, correspondents Anne-Marie Green and Peter Van Sant discuss the brilliant undercover operation that used chewing gum to catch a killer in two cold cases. They reveal how Detective Susan Logothetti and her colleagues developed the ruse, what it was like to confront the murderer, Mitchell Gaff, and why he spent over two decades in a treatment center for sexually violent predators.

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