About this season
A non-fiction investigative series of murder cases told through the personal experience of retired detective, Lieutenant Joe Kenda. Through re-enactments, discussions with investigation teams, and interviews with victims' families and other involved persons, the show highlights Kenda's successes with his 400 homicide case history and 92 percent solution rate.
Episodes (10)
1. I Now Pronounce You Dead
Aired 2 October 2012 • 43 min
Dianne Hood, a mother of three, is shot to death by a masked gunman on her way home, and Lt Joe Kenda uncovers a sordid web of lust and greed.
2. A Gathering of Evil
Aired 9 October 2012 • 43 min
After teenage runaway Maggie Fetty is found strangled to death on a mountain road, Lt Joe Kenda must turn suspects against each other in order to solve the crime.
3. Last Call for Murder
Aired 16 October 2012 • 43 min
Joe Kenda examines a fuzzy image from a newly installed surveillance camera, while investigating the murder of five people at a shopping centre where much of the evidence is destroyed in a fire set by the killer.
4. The Spy Who Killed Me
Aired 30 October 2012 • 43 min
The body of housewife Elsie Jennes is found in the basement of her burning house. Lt Joe Kenda finds no leads, until her son William arrives at a police station meters away.
5. Slaughterhouse Six
Aired 6 November 2012 • 43 min
When soldier and young father Layne Schmidtke is brutally beaten to death by a group of teenagers, Joe Kenda must reconstruct the chaotic scene using witness testimonies and forensic evidence.
6. Drive Thru Murder
Aired 13 November 2012 • 43 min
Fast food manager Missy Berry is found dead inside a running car at a deserted intersection, and Joe Kenda learns someone from her past may have wanted her dead.
7. Primal Fear
Aired 20 November 2012 • 43 min
Lt. Joe Kenda must comb through unreliable testimony from teenage witnesses when investigating the shooting death of a 14-year-old student stemming from a heated lunchroom confrontation.
8. A Beautiful Shade of Death
Aired 27 November 2012 • 43 min
When police discover the lifeless bodies of Sophia Gerardo, her four children and a cat, they suspect a ritualistic mass murder, then Lt. Joe Kenda uncovers a cause more frightening and deadly than anyone could've imagined.
9. Shot Through the Heart
Aired 4 December 2012 • 43 min
Fifteen-year-old Chuck Limbrick finds his mother, Betty, shot to death when he comes home from school. Evidence suggests a robbery, but Kenda suspects something more.
10. Mr. Violence
Aired 11 December 2012 • 43 min
Lt Joe Kenda gets an unexpected tip while investigating the case of 29-year-old Chris Devoy, who was shot to death outside a neighborhood bar.