What started as an idea to check out boxes in the Harris County evidence room turned into now Season three of ‘The Evidence Room’ where we look in-depth into some of the most well-known criminal cases in Houston. We’ve done more than 20 episodes and we plan to keep on going! See the most surprising things we learned about some of the most recent cases.

Robert Durst spent most of his adult life under a cloud of suspicion. ‘The Evidence Room’ looks at the case from the disappearance of his first wife to the murder of his next-door neighbor, Durst was the target of multiple investigations in several states.

Take a look back at the case that rocked the Clear Lake community after a mother, Andrea Yates, killed her five children in her home’s bathtub in 2001.

Each year on or near April 21, people from all over visit the San Jacinto battlegrounds to witness the re-enactment of the famous fight.

HOUSTON – After 44 years of covering some of the biggest stories in Houston Phil Archer is signing off from his reporting duties at KPRC 2. Phil Archer reflects on his time at KPRC 2. I mean I’m hearing from people, I haven’t talked to in decades, wishing me happy retirement,” said Phil Archer. AdRELATED: Phil Archer reunites with dog he, sheriff saved in 2016 floodsPhil and Archer were reunited on Houston Life. RELATED: Thank you, Phil: Look back at the 44-year career of KPRC 2 senior reporter Phil Archer

After telling Houston’s story for more than four decades, KPRC 2 senior reporter Phil Archer is retiring. All this week, KPRC 2 has been looking back at the 44 years Archer spent at the station. KPRC 2 legends meet againKPRC 2 anchor Bill Balleza came out of his own retirement to turn the tables on Archer and interview him. Four decades as Houston’s newsmanArcher started his career at KPRC 2 as an overnight police-beat reporter. Read alsoKPRC 2 viewers share their well-wishes for PhilAdPhil Archer Day declared in HoustonKPRC 2 senior reporter Phil Archer reflects on career and reunites with rescued dog on ‘Houston Life’

A proclamation from Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner declares March 4, 2021, as Phil Archer day in Houston. HOUSTON – KPRC 2′s senior reporter Phil Archer is retiring this week after nearly 45 years of telling Houston’s story. In honor of Archer’s years of service, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has declared March 4 “Phil Archer Day” in the city. “Phil Archer truly represents the vitality and character of Houston, having dedicated over four decades to keeping the residents of Houston informed on worldwide, national, state and local happenings,” Turner wrote in his proclamation. “You’ve been such a part of my life, me getting to watch you all these years,” Abbott said.

AdJanet Dominguez: Congratulations Phil Enjoy Your Retirement Relax, Read, take a trip, Enjoy Family Thank you for your 45 yrs. Enjoy retirement, Phil. Happy retirement Phil!!!! Robin: Wishing you a very happy retirement Mr. Phil Archer you will be missed ❤️Richard Kranz: Thanks for the great 45-year ride. Nicholas Nilson: HAPPY RETIREMENT PHIL Archer!!!

HOUSTON – After nearly 45 years of covering the news in Houston, KPRC 2 senior reporter Phil Archer is retiring. Archer, a native of Wichita Falls, began his career with KPRC 2 in 1976, starting out as a police beat reporter and photographer. He has won awards from the Associated Press, UPI, Houston Press Club, Houston Fire Department, Association for Retarded Citizens, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, and American Quarter Horse Association. In 1978, he received the Perringer Award from the Texas Association of Broadcasters after being stabbed and hospitalized while covering the Moody Park Riot. Veteran reporter KPRC2 Phil Archer discusses when he was stabbed during the Moody Park riots in May 1978.

HOUSTON – A Houston native tragically lost four members of her family to carbon monoxide poisoning after Hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The people who died were all members of a large, tight-knit, Lake Charles family. Sheletta Brundidge said four of her family members were found dead and one was seriously hurt from carbon monoxide poisoning after the storm. After the family survived the monster hurricane that was Laura without any issues, far-flung family members thought the worst was over. Rosa’s husband Charles was found in critical condition and rushed to the hospital.

Houston is full of places said to be haunted by real ghosts and tragic stories.

Fifteen years ago, Rusty Yates returned home from work to find his five children had been drowned, at the hands of his wife Andrea Yates.