A CONTROVERSIAL DISBARRED ATTORNEY WITH STRANGE TIES TO A STRING OF DEAD MEN SPEAKS OUT TO A JOURNALIST WHO HAS BEEN PLAYING A CAT AND MOUSE GAME WITH HER, IN "48 HOURS: CHASING CATHERINE SHELTON"

Saturday, April 30

For nearly three decades, controversial Texas attorney Catherine Shelton, now disbarred, has been dogged by mysterious circumstances surrounding the deaths of various men in her life. She has never been charged with murder. Now, in an exclusive, two-part edition of 48 HOURS, Shelton sits down with contributor Jenna Jackson to talk about her checkered past in "Chasing Catherine Shelton," to be broadcast Saturday, April 30 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+.

It's a story right out of a mystery novel, but this is real. Shelton is a former defense attorney who has been trailed by allegations and headlines for decades. She's been called a murderer, a stalker, a crazy lawyer and more. Back in 2003, Jackson produced an edition of 48 HOURS mainly focused on one of the murder cases linked to Shelton, and Jackson has been tracking the mysterious woman ever since.

"For years, I've been tangled up in a bizarre game of cat and mouse with a woman named Catherine Shelton," says Jackson.

"I've done a few things, yes," Shelton tells Jackson. "Yes, I do admit that I've - well, I've never stabbed anyone. All right? And I've never shot anyone with a shotgun."

Shelton's life - and her proximity to dead or injured men - has perplexed investigators for decades. Starting in the 1970s, one of Shelton's former boyfriends was bludgeoned to death, and another ex-boyfriend's apartment was allegedly set on fire. A former client who authorities said accidentally hanged himself was found dead and naked in Shelton's home. She says she had nothing to do with any of these incidents. She shot another boyfriend in the back. She admits to that but says it was self-defense. And there's more.

In this investigation featured over two editions of 48 HOURS, Jackson and her team reinvestigate many of the allegations against Shelton through conversations with people who knew her, dated her and investigated her, to ultimately answer the questions of whether all of these accusations are just a coincidence or if Shelton is guilty of anything.

What's fact and what's fiction in the Catherine Shelton story? And why is she willing to talk again? Jackson and 48 HOURS set out to find out.

"Well, there's a little more than I've been telling, of course," Shelton tells Jackson.

Part two of Shelton's story will be broadcast Saturday, May 7 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network and streamed on Paramount+.

48 HOURS: "Chasing Catherine Shelton" is produced by Chuck Stevenson and Gabriella Demirdjian. Emma Steele is the associate producer. Mead Stone is the producer-editor. Greg Kaplan, Wini Dini and Grayce Arlotta-Berner are the editors. Lourdes Aguiar is the senior producer. Nancy Kramer is the executive story editor. Judy Tygard and Jenna Jackson are the executive producers.

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