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48 Hours

Blood and Money on Horseshoe Bay

48 Hours

CBS News

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.17.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Texas millionaire, Charlie White, accumulated wealth and friends, but also his share of enemies. One of them had left him beaten and strangled to death at his lakeside mansion, and while there was no shortage of potential suspects, police zeroed in on someone closer to home: Charlie's son, Darin. “48 Hours" Correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 5/29/2010. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Charlie White was bigger than life.

0:13.0

The way he carried himself, his enthusiasm, his come on, let's go.

0:18.0

He had a zest for life.

0:20.0

He always wore a huge smile.

0:22.6

My name is Kathy Hastings and I was a friend of Charlie White.

0:27.6

Charlie White on the jet plane.

0:28.6

He had his own jet and his own pilot.

0:31.6

He loves the Cowboys. Charlie was in the top three or four of the longest season ticket holders.

0:36.6

He loved the Mavericks. $500 seats, he knew in the top three or four of the longest season ticket holders. He loved the Mavericks.

0:39.3

$500 seats. He knew all the players. He watched their points. It was his love.

0:44.3

He lived in a million dollar home on the waterfront.

0:47.3

Charlie was a very successful person in life.

0:50.3

He was a self-made millionaire. He was a playboy.

0:53.3

He fancied himself as being a ladiesman.

0:57.0

He loved being around beautiful women. He loved looking at women.

1:02.0

There's no crime against having girlfriends in the United States of America, to my knowledge.

1:08.0

Well, the three times I had sex with him, it was the worst I've ever had in my life.

1:12.6

Hi, Jordan.

1:13.6

Charlie was a very likable person by first impression.

1:16.6

Hi, baby.

1:17.6

But once you got to know him, he became a very evil person.

1:21.6

They have absolutely no clue who Charlie White is.

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