
Recounts the stories of humble Middle-American towns – and the shocking crimes that tore through them and devastated the local community.
Recounts the stories of humble Middle-American towns – and the shocking crimes that tore through them and devastated the local community.
Episode 1
A single mother is found beaten and strangled in her own home with her four-year-old son present. The investigation that ensues quickly uproots the community.
Episode 2
In rural Missouri, a hunter is found murdered in his car near the popular deer trails. Was this a hunting accident gone wrong, or something more sinister?
Episode 3
In Twinsburg, Ohio, Charlene Puffenbarger's three-year-old son is the only witness to her brutal murder. An unexpected source leads them to the killer.
Episode 4
When an Ohio couple is found dead in their ransacked home, detectives turn to the community for help. Can investigators uncover the truth of what happened?
Episode 5
A tip comes in from an unexpected Missouri resident that leads to the final resting ground of missing newlyweds Russell and Rebecca Porter.
Episode 6
When a good-natured casino worker is found dead in the woods in the small town of Laurel, Montana, every customer becomes a suspect.
Episode 7
In Howard City, Michigan, detectives investigate a night of horror that ends with the shooting of beloved couple Robert and Norma Bean in a gravel pit.
Episode 8
In Ohio, college junior Emily Murray goes missing one night after quitting her job at a bar. A month later, someone finds her body in a remote trailer.
Episode 9
When someone stabs Trina Langenbrunner and leaves her on a road in Minnesota, her community and law enforcement work together for over 12 years to find her killer.
Episode 10
After James Skinner turns up dead in his own bedroom, the community of Brownstown enters a paranoid spiral, unsure who killed this beloved local rodeo rider.
Episode 11
When law enforcement finds James Nibbe dead after a home invasion, they must dig beneath the surface of Lake Crystal, Minnesota, to root out the killer.
Episode 12
The grotesque murder of a beloved elderly citizen, Betsy Ball, shatters the quiet farm community of Vinton, Ohio.