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The Worst Episodes of Dead of Winter

Every episode of Dead of Winter ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Dead of Winter!

Haunting true tales of murder set in the cruelest conditions. Featuring raw, emotional first-person interviews with family and investigators, each chilling episode explores what happens...
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Nightmare in North Dakota" is the worst rated episode of "Dead of Winter". It scored 7.1/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/6/2020. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Last Christmas".

  • Nightmare in North Dakota
    7.1/1016 votes
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    #1 - Nightmare in North Dakota

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/6/2020

    After a blizzard, a son visits his parents, only to find them murdered. A peculiar local might know what happened during the snowstorm.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Last Christmas
    7.2/1027 votes
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    #2 - Last Christmas

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/7/2019

    Weeks after the Christmas disappearance of 22-year-old Dean Fawcett, detectives discover a headless body in the snow; a handwritten note points to a dangerous set of suspects, sending investigators on a cross-country manhunt to unravel the truth.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Killing Field
    7.2/1023 votes
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    #3 - The Killing Field

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 1/30/2020

    A teenage couple disappears from a Colorado neighborhood in the middle of winter; their car turns up abandoned and burnt in a field and everyone is looking for answers, but the winter's thaw reveals the truth.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Midnight Mass
    7.5/1028 votes
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    #4 - Midnight Mass

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/21/2019

    In the middle of a cold January night, a family of four is murdered in their home. As fear grips the small town of Evansville, Indiana, detectives launch a desperate manhunt for a deranged killer. But will they be too late?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • 40 Years Winter
    7.6/1031 votes
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    #5 - 40 Years Winter

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/2019

    After Christmas shopping, 18-year-old Linda Velzy vanishes into upstate New York's frozen landscape; the primary suspect refuses to talk to detectives, so Linda's father hatches a plan, but temperatures are dropping, and time is running out.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Winter's Bone
    7.6/1024 votes
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    #6 - Winter's Bone

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/24/2019

    A pastor finds bartender Robbie Schmidt strangled in the snow shortly before Christmas; Robbie's family is shocked when suspicion falls on his closest friend.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Widows of Winter
    7.6/1022 votes
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    #7 - The Widows of Winter

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/2019

    Seventy-four-year-old widow Virginia Johannessen is shot dead in her home; then, another widow is murdered on the same street; as police unravel the truth, they discover they've made a chilling mistake.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Frozen Waters
    7.6/1027 votes
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    #8 - Frozen Waters

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/16/2020

    A woman and her two young children go missing, then two other boys also disappear, prompting investigators to ask whether there's a serial predator on the loose in the wintry landscape of rural Missouri.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cold Blue
    7.7/1024 votes
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    #9 - Cold Blue

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/9/2020

    Kay Weden finds her mother inexplicably murdered inside her own home. Then, investigators discover the frozen remains of her boyfriend in the icy peaks of Blue Ridge Mountains. Only by speaking with Kay do investigators realize she's being stalked.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • As He Lay Froze
    7.8/1026 votes
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    #10 - As He Lay Froze

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/2020

    On a freezing Minnesota night, a shooting leaves a young police officer fighting for his life by the roadside; as his wife awaits his fate, a heart-stopping manhunt ensues.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Empty Chair
    8.0/1037 votes
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    #11 - The Empty Chair

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/16/2019

    High school freshman Shaun Ouillette vanishes the day after a snowstorm; an anonymous letter leads detectives into the frozen woods, where they make a discovery that will tear the small town apart.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Icy Depths
    8.1/1019 votes
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    #12 - Icy Depths

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/23/2020

    Noel Alkaramla, 21, vanishes just before Thanksgiving; investigators interrogate Noel's girlfriend and many others, but the answers can only be found in the icy depths of the Hudson River.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A