We usually link big scandals to big cities, but this documentary special investigates the secrets that have hit small-town America. A controversial drug sting polarizes the town of Tulia, Texas, suspicious murders rock Oregon City, Ore., and a border-town battle pits vigilantes against Quaker activists in Douglas, Ariz. This one-hour special reveals the underbelly of small-town America.

All those gun-totin', Sun-Tzu reading, NASCAR-watching, Oliver Stone-thinkin' types are out there. Best of all, most of them love to talk. And shoot. Everything's a conspiracy, everyone's suspect and maybe, just maybe, they might make half a bit of sense. CMT Most Shocking: Survivalists seeks out the backwoods patriots and front-office spokesmen for those who prepare, week in and week out, for the moment when destiny and circumstance call. We track the training and tactics of the Michigan Core Militia: Wolverines, an organization nearly 100,000 strong. We spend time with Alex Jones, the Drudge of the anti-New World Order echelon. We even search the hills and forests seeking those who range even farther off the beaten path, turning their backs on a society they feel has gone so far astray.

It's not the muscle-bound men in black, or the one-eyed jack with a sawed-off and a leather motorcycle jacket busting into a desert hideaway, finger on the trigger, toothpick in the corner of his mouth and a well-worn quip on his lips. This is the real world of the modern bounty hunter -- dudes in grubby T-shirts digging through empty sacks of Cheetos to find their secondhand Kevlar vest, because their suspect finally walked out of his grandmother's house to grab the paper after three days of a stakeout. It's not a glamorous job. CMT Most Shocking: Bounty Hunters follows the bail recovery process, from skip to take to seizure. Ride shotgun with the real men and women who risk their time and self-respect (and sometimes even life and limb) to get their percentage of the percentage and haul in the wayward criminal element.

CMT investigates the backwoods brewing of illegal substances, both past and present, in CMT Most Shocking: Moonshine Madness. Find out how running moonshine played a part in the birth of NASCAR, with drivers honing their skills running liquor from the stills to the distributors. Meet old-time moonshiner Popcorn Sutton. You may think this infamous liquor is a thing of the past, but we'll cover a present-day bust (one of the biggest ever) and look deeper into the claims that it still flows freely.

This special takes you beyond the grave for firsthand accounts of ghostly encounters, photos, spine-chilling spirit recordings, exorcisms, voodoo and more. CMT Most Shocking: Ghosts! travels to Adams, Tenn., for the infamous Bell Witch and the mysterious cave she's said to inhabit; Savannah, Ga., the ""country's most haunted city"" to seek out specters among the moss covered oaks and cemeteries; Charleston, S.C., for low country spirits; and finally to New Orleans, for the voodoo they do so well.

Sports-related scandals involving gambling, sex, murder, recruiting violations and drugs have made headlines throughout the years and brought dishonor to college athletics. Hosted by Trace Adkins, CMT Most Shocking: College Sports Headlines examines felonious activity and corruption on campuses where collegiate sports programs have been plagued with point shaving, murder, rape, recruiting violations and volatile actions by coaches such as Woody Hayes and Bobby Knight. This CMT original program includes an interview with U.S. Sen. John McCain about proposed legislation to ban gambling on college sports. He tells CMT, ""Look, I don't pretend to be the expert on this situation, but I don't know how we can ignore the college presidents and the coaches association who say this is their highest priority."" McCain adds, ""This is a terrible temptation for our players, and we don't want the temptation in their paths."" Topics include a sports-related murder and cover-up at Baylor University, as we

Some of America's most unusual occupations and uniquely creative ways to make a living are revealed in CMT Most Shocking: Ways to Make a Buck. They are the sort of occupations that will have you pondering, ""How does someone get that job?"" Intriguing and often eccentric vocations such as human cannonballs, crime-scene cleaners and American matadors are featured. The show also delivers the action of alligator wranglers, how professional mermaids eat and drink under water, the nail-biting heights of the steeplejack and the daily drama and suspense of the bounty hunter in a one-hour episode that reminds us there are a million ways to make a buck -- from professional pooper-scoopers to the crack-fillers at Mt. Rushmore.

If it's true that ""love is where you find it,"" then CMT has discovered some of America's most unusual places to become a target for Cupid's arrow. CMT Most Shocking: Ways to Fall in Love tells the real-life stories of eight unique couples who have fallen in love on motorcycles, strapped to parachutes, in a Wild West show, and even on a bucking bronco -- no bull. Some of the amazing stories include Tammy and Frank Kelly who met in a rodeo ring. Frank was the bull-riding instructor teaching Tammy how to hang on for eight seconds; now they're hanging on to each other for life. Michelle Moore and Dan Zack met while parachuting into a fire during a life-saving training session. Now married, they are both smoke jumpers. And it's not your usual pick-up line, but when Matthew Molotov asked Felecity if he could throw a knife at her, the sparks also flew. Now the two perform in a Wild West show where their act includes swallowing swords and eating fire.

CMT explores some of the most intriguingly eccentric inhabitants and strangely curious happenings in an expedition to the underbelly of small towns across America in CMT Most Shocking: Small Town Secrets 2. This episode includes the discoveries of a walled-in cult leader in Texas; feral chickens in Key West, Fla.; anti-government groups in Abbeville, S.C.; the off-season home of traveling carnies in Gibsonton, Fla.; and the story of disappearing Americans on the Texas border.

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