User:ContributingHelperOnTheSide/List of Law & Order: Criminal Intent Ripped from the Headline episodes

The following is a list of episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent that have been Ripped from the headlines.

Season 1

Ep#	Episode Title	Real Life Incident(s)/Case(s)
3	Smothered	The Patricia Margello case.
6	The Extra Man	The Christophe Rocancourt case.
7	Poison	The Stella Nickell case. The Chicago Tylenol murders.
8	The Pardoner's Tale	Ripped from the pages of the book The Pardoner's Tale.
9	The Good Doctor	The Gail Bierenbaum case.
16	Phantom	The Jean-Claude Romand case.
19	Maledictus	The Robert Durst case.
21	Faith	The Kaycee Nicole hoax case.
22	Tuxedo Hill	The 2001 Enron scandal.

Ep#	Episode Title	Real Life Incident(s)/Case(s)
1	Dead	The 2002 Tri-State Crematory scandal.
2	Bright Boy	The Justin Chapman case.
3	Anti-Thesis	The Charles Sobhraj case.
6	Malignant	The Robert Ray Courtney case.
10	Con-Text	The Lisa McPherson case.
11	Baggage	The Susan Taraskiewicz case.
15	Monster	The Robert Chambers (a.k.a. "The Preppie Killer") case. The Trisha Meil (a.k.a. "The Central Park jogger") case.
17	Cold Comfort	Based on Ted Williams's family wanting him to be cryonically frozen. The history of Senator Edmund Muskie's presidential candidacy.

Ep#	Episode Title	Real Life Incident(s)/Case(s)
1	Undaunted Mettle	Based of the life story of Louis Kahn.
5	Pravda	The Jayson Blair plagiarism scandal.
8	Sound Bodies	The 2003 Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church poisonings. The Manson family case.
9	Happy Family	The Ted Ammon case.
13	Pas de Deux	The death of Brian Douglas Wells.
14	Mis-Labeled	The Travenol pharmaceutical company scandal. The Armour pharmaceutical company scandal.
16	The Saint	The Mark Hofmann case.
20	D.A.W.	The Dr. Harold Shipman case.

Ep#	Episode Title	Real Life Incident(s)/Case(s)
1	Semi-Detached	Inspired by the well-known personalities of Howard Stern, Rush Limbaugh, and Spalding Gray.
3	Want	The Jeffrey Dahmer case.
5	Eosphoros	The Madalyn Murray O'Hair case.
7	Magnificat	The Andrea Yates case.
8	Silver Lining	The Blaine Nordahl case.
9	Inert Dwarf	Based on the recent controversy involving famous astrophysicist Stephen Hawking and the unauthorized use of the "theory of everything".
11	Gone	Based on the life of chess master Bobby Fischer.
14	Sex Club	Based on the lives of actress Jeri Ryan and her ex-husband Jack Ryan.
17	Shibboleth	The Dennis Rader (a.k.a. "The BTK Killer") case.
19	Beast	The Dr. Barton Corbin case.
21	The Unblinking Eye	The Nicole duFresne case.
22	My Good Name	The Bernie Kerik scandal.
23	False-Hearted Judges	The Matthew Hale case.

Ep#	Episode Title	Real Life Incident(s)/Case(s)
3	Prisoner	The Bobbi Parker case.
4	Unchained	The Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa case.
5	Acts of Contrition	The Howard Beach racial incident.
6-7	In the Wee Small Hours (Part 1)/ In the Wee Small Hours (Part 2)	The Natalee Holloway case.
11	Slither	The Charles Sobhraj case.
13	Proud Flesh	Based on the life of Wendi Deng Murdoch
14	Wasichu	The Jack Abramoff Native American lobbying scandal. The Valerie Plame (a.k.a. "Plamegate") scandal.
15	Wrongful Life	The Alexia Harriton case. The Keeden Waller case.
16	Dramma Giocoso	The Helen Mintiks case.
21	On Fire	The 2006 Alabama church fires.
22	The Good	The Thomas Kinkade fraud suit.

Ep#	Episode Title	Real Life Incident(s)/Case(s)
2	Tru Love	The Mary Kay Letourneau case. The Debra Lafave case.
3	Siren Call	The Peter Cook/Christie Brinkley scandal. Inspired, in part, by the life of supermodel Kathy Ireland.
6	Masquerade	The murder of JonBenét Ramsey and the 2006 confession by John Mark Karr.
7	Country Crossover	The 2006 Lizzie Grubman scandal.
9	Blasters	Based around actor Dustin Diamond's monetary woes.
10	Weeping Willow	Based on the Lonelygirl15 hoax.
12	Privilege	The Anthony Dryden Marshall abuse accusation involving Brooke Astor.
13	Albatross	Based on the scandal involving Al and Jeanine Pirro.
15	Brother's Keeper	The Ted Haggard scandal.
16	30	The Alexander Litvinenko case.
19	Rocket Man	The Lisa Nowak case.
20	Bombshell	Based around the deaths of Anna Nicole Smith and her first son, Daniel Wayne Smith.
21	Endgame	The William Richard Bradford case.

Ep#	Episode Title	Real Life Incident(s)/Case(s)
2	Seeds	The Dr. Cecil Jacobson case.
3	Smile	Based on the 2007 Chinese imported dental products scandal, which was found contaminated with diethylene glycol worldwide.
6	Courtship	Based on the then-ongoing series of events involving the divorce between celebrities Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger.
7	Self-made	Based on the scandal involving James Frey's popular memoir A Million Little Pieces.
8	Offense	The 2006 Duke lacrosse case.
10	Senseless	The Shahid Baskerville case.
14	Assassin	The assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
16	Reunion	Based on the life of musician Pete Townshend, and the 2003 scandal surrounding his alleged possession of Internet child pornography.
17	Vanishing Act	Based on the tricks used by illusionists Criss Angel and David Blaine.

Ep#	Episode Title	Real Life Incident(s)/Case(s)
7	Folie à Deux	The Madeleine McCann case. The Caylee Anthony case.
9	Family Values	The John List case.
16	Revolution	Inspired by the financial crisis of 2007–08 and the Bernie Madoff scheme.

Ep#	Episode Title	Real Life Incident(s)/Case(s)
1-2	Loyalty (Part 1)/Loyalty (Part 2)	Based on attacks by Somalian pirates off the coast of Somolia.
4	Delicate	The Pauline Parker/Juliet Hulme case.
15	Inhumane Society	Based on the Bad Newz Kennels dog fighting investigation case, which involved Michael Vick.