About this season
Weaving harrowing narratives of quiet Middle American towns torn apart by provocative murders. Each town's tale is given life by the combined perspectives of its residents, who are more than just storytellers. They are also key witnesses to each of the crimes, and they hold critical clues to puzzles that not only have forever changed their lives but how they have come to view their once-idyllic hometowns.
Episodes (13)
1. The Farmer's Daughter
Aired 8 December 2020 • 43 min
Bubbly college student and waitress, Mindy Morgenstern, is found strangled and stabbed in her own apartment. Family, friends, and the entire town of Valley City, ND, help law enforcement identify who could have committed this violent crime.
2. Money Can't Buy You Love
Aired 15 December 2020 • 43 min
When a local resident of Dunlap, TN, is picking up cans, he makes the shocking discovery of a murder victim's body floating in the river. Authorities must discover first who the deceased is and then who could have committed the horrendous crime.
3. Beautiful Mess
Aired 22 December 2020 • 43 min
When twenty-something Patricia Richmond is found tied up, and murdered in her future in-laws' home, the resort town of Steamboat Springs, CO, is at a loss. Who would have taken this bride-to-be's life in such a brutal way?
4. Driven to Murder
Aired 29 December 2020 • 43 min
After locals smell what can only be the scent of charred meat, police find burned remains in an abandoned mining pit in the small town of Hibbing, MN. Before they can investigate who committed the crime, first they must identity the body.
5. Love on the Rocks
Aired 5 January 2021 • 43 min
In Montrose, CO, rock quarry owner and mother, Irene Trujillo, suddenly goes missing. When her daughter's search for their mom comes up empty, 911 is called. Those closest to Irene, including her employees, are suspected of foul play.
6. Ozark Enchantment
Aired 12 January 2021 • 43 min
In hopes of making it big in the Ozarks, Joy Dishneau set her sights on becoming a small business owner. But when she is found murdered in her own shop, all of her employees become suspects.
7. Mother of It All
Aired 19 January 2021 • 43 min
A lively slumber party turns into a nightmare when a loving mother, Dianne Watts, her young daughter, and her daughter's friend, are murdered. The town of McMinnville is turned upside down, knowing there is a killer amongst them.
8. Farming for a Motive
Aired 4 May 2021 • 43 min
A farmhand In Rapelje, MT finds her co-worker murdered. As authorities look for the murderer, all of the employees on the pig farm become suspects.
9. Caught in the Act
Aired 11 May 2021 • 43 min
Baseball-loving wife and mother, Diane Fortenberry, is found unconscious on the floor of her burglarized home. Hours later, at the hospital, Diane succumbs to her injuries, and the entire resort town of Osakis, MN, aids law enforcement.
10. Unbrotherly Behavior
Aired 18 May 2021 • 43 min
After a long battle with cancer, David Weedman is found dead in his home with a gunshot wound. His family believes his death is not a suicide - and they may be right. Investigators soon turn their focus to David's best friends.
11. Serial Killer in the Making
Aired 25 May 2021 • 43 min
Nurse Lorie Kirkley goes missing from her home in what appears to be a burglary gone wrong. Soon the entire town of Valparaiso, IN, comes under suspicion, as the police belive there may be more to it than a robbery gone wrong.
12. Officer Down
Aired 1 June 2021 • 43 min
The small town of Higginson, AR, only has two full-time police officers. When one of them is gunned down on duty, everyone in the community wants answers.
13. Dangerous Obsession
Aired 8 June 2021 • 43 min
Young mother Casey Morgan is found dead inside her home, and police must unravel her dating history with the help of her friends and neighbors to unmask the killer.