About this season
From the outside, families seem like harmonious units in loving homes. But you don't necessarily know what secrets families are hiding from the outside world. Narrated by actress Brenda Strong, the voice of Desperate Housewives character Mary Alice Young, this series explores families hiding the most extreme of family secrets: murder. Each episode explores a death in a family, unravelling the motives of the family members, all of whom are potential suspects - and potential victims.
Episodes (13)
1. Splitting Heirs
Aired 15 March 2013 • 43 min
In Laceyville, PA, the town barber, Joe Colegrove, and his wife Marlene are thought to be perfect parents with a knack for raising strapping sons. But when half the family is slaughtered in their own beds, all eyes turn to the surviving kin.
2. Saints & Sinners
Aired 22 March 2013 • 43 min
In a wealthy suburb of San Diego, CA, a divorce attorney, Tim MacNeil, and his wife Doreen enjoy a charmed life with their two teenage children. When one family member is brutally murdered, a blood relative's diabolical conspiracy surfaces.
3. The Lies That Bind
Aired 29 March 2013 • 43 min
In Tucson, AZ, the churchgoing Sanchez family of six seems perfect. But when the decomposed body of one member is found in the desert, investigators find a killer living very close to home.
4. Flesh and Blood
Aired 5 April 2013 • 43 min
In Seminole, FL, police receive two frantic 911 calls from separate members of the Kyne family, each accusing the other of murder.
5. Paging Doctor Death
Aired 12 April 2013 • 43 min
For the disciplined Kazigo family in Westchester County, NY, secrets bubble to the surface and all roads lead to murder. A hunt for the victim's body leads investigators to unmask one family member hell-bent on revenge.
6. Family From Hell
Aired 19 April 2013 • 43 min
In suburban Placentia, CA, the Jessee family does battle with cancer, never suspecting another killer lurks within their midst. With survivors pointing fingers at each other, police embark on an epic, decade-long murder investigation.
7. Home Wrecker
Aired 26 April 2013 • 43 min
In the seaside town of Cary, NC, the Britt family lives a charmed existence until the housing market crashes, igniting a blaze of greed that will leave one family member dead and another behind bars.
8. Let's Slay Together
Aired 3 May 2013 • 43 min
In Tampa, FL, multimillionaire lottery winner, Jeffrey Dampier, is sharing the wealth with his extended family. But lady luck can be fickle, and this family's red-hot winning streak is soon to end in cold-blooded murder.
9. Dead Over Heels
Aired 10 May 2013 • 43 min
In the sleepy town of Bridgeville, DE, a beautiful autumn is interrupted by the mysterious disappearance of Billy Sproates and his uncle John Charbonneau. As investigators dig deeper, a family's disturbing secrets are revealed ... at the bottom of a shallow grave.
10. Cradle to the Grave
Aired 17 May 2013 • 43 min
In the city of Rock Hill, SC, the Robertsons seems to have it all: wealth, success and two loving sons. No one suspects there are dark secrets locked within their home's brick walls or that one family member's greed will lead to murder.
11. Buzz Kill
Aired 24 May 2013 • 43 min
When the quiet Connecticut town of Ledyard is shaken by the brutal murder of one of its most-colorful citizens, Buzz Clinton, investigators uncover a complex murder plot with a little girl at its dead center.
12. Rest in Pieces
Aired 31 May 2013 • 43 min
In the idyllic lakeside town of Nice, CA, Don and Mary Ann Duvardo seem to have it all: a dream home and three thriving children. But someone in the family is living a tangled web of lies. Soon, resentment and greed drive one blood relative to murder.
13. Devil Went to Georgia
Aired 7 June 2013 • 43 min
In idyllic Tifton, GA, the Evans family runs a charming flower shop and a successful trucking business and live seemingly perfect lives. But when infidelities threaten their bliss, desperate attempts to stick together end in murder.