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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Dead Silent Season 4 Episode 1 - Quiet the Dogs
    6.5/10(16 votes)

    #1 - Quiet the Dogs

    S4:E1

    Native Texans Connie Hilton and her husband George Newman moved out to rural Tyler, TX. Very early one morning in September 1990, their peaceful country life is abruptly and brutally shattered.

    Director:Stacia Crawford
    Writer:Castor Fernandez

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  2. Dead Silent Season 2 Episode 4 - Fatal Friendship
    7.1/10(27 votes)

    #2 - Fatal Friendship

    S2:E4

    Recent high-school graduate Stephanie Neiman gives her friend a ride, which ends with Neiman fighting for her life.

    Director:Rob Schmidt
    Writer:Chip Selby

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  3. Dead Silent Season 4 Episode 7 - All the Lights Were On
    7.1/10(13 votes)

    #3 - All the Lights Were On

    S4:E7

    After getting engaged, Nikki Ansley takes a job at a local convenience store to pay for her upcoming nuptials. But her best-laid plans are horrifically derailed when two unwelcome customers show up right before closing time.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dead Silent Season 4 Episode 4 - The Red River
    7.2/10(17 votes)

    #4 - The Red River

    S4:E4

    After Allison Walker mysteriously goes missing just days before Christmas, investigators scour her pig farm in Adairville, KY, in search of clues. They quickly discover that the deep, dark secret to her whereabouts lies within her own family.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dead Silent Season 4 Episode 10 - The Model Home Murders
    7.2/10(15 votes)

    #5 - The Model Home Murders

    S4:E10

    Between her upcoming wedding, a new home, and a thriving real estate career, it looks like everything in Lori Brown's life is headed in the right direction. But one fateful Monday afternoon, her life takes an unforeseeable and tragic turn.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dead Silent Season 4 Episode 12 - The Sinner and the Saint
    7.2/10(12 votes)

    #6 - The Sinner and the Saint

    S4:E12

    A troubled young man befriends Jessica Vega via social media, and the kind-hearted college student and single mom does her best to steer him towards a better path. Unfortunately, her good intentions will soon come back to haunt her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Dead Silent Season 3 Episode 2 - Out in the Sticks
    7.3/10(20 votes)

    #7 - Out in the Sticks

    S3:E2

    Heather Young and her boyfriend, Gary, relocate to Onoway, MI, in the tranquil Lower Peninsula, for a fresh start. After a couple months, a nasty fight leads to an explosive and terrifying outcome.

    Director:Damon Russell
    Writer:Chip Selby

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  8. Dead Silent Season 2 Episode 6 - Secrets of the Santa Cruz Mountains
    7.4/10(26 votes)

    #8 - Secrets of the Santa Cruz Mountains

    S2:E6

    In Santa Cruz, Calif., 19-year-old Linda Jozavich vanishes from work one night in 1979; then, years later, the murder of another local teenager, Lois Sigala, gives investigators a lead that puts them one step closer to solving Jozavich's case.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dead Silent Season 3 Episode 4 - Get Out
    7.4/10(29 votes)

    #9 - Get Out

    S3:E4

    Young love leads 15-year-old Jessica Keen down an increasingly rebellious path that culminates in a night of grave and unfathomable terror in rural Madison County, Ohio.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Mary A. Lively, Andrea Hall

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  10. Dead Silent Season 3 Episode 5 - Taken For A Ride
    7.4/10(22 votes)

    #10 - Taken For A Ride

    S3:E5

    Reeling from a recent breakup, 23-year-old Jacey McWilliams is down in the dumps until she meets a hot, new man; just as they're about to take their relationship to the next level, it takes a horrific turn.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dead Silent Season 2 Episode 2 - Run for Your Life
    7.5/10(28 votes)

    #11 - Run for Your Life

    S2:E2

    In an Oklahoma town, Amanda Burney and her fiancé, Ethan Walton, run an errand that turns into a run for their lives.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Dead Silent Season 2 Episode 5 - A History of Violence
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #12 - A History of Violence

    S2:E5

    In 1979, a walk in the woods turns out to be a deadly mistake for single mother Marie Huckins; then, 20 years later, her daughter, Patricia, finds herself following in the same fateful footsteps.

    Director:Dan Bush
    Writer:David Bryant

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  13. Dead Silent Season 3 Episode 1 - Picture of Evil
    7.5/10(22 votes)

    #13 - Picture of Evil

    S3:E1

    A picture-perfect dinner for two dissolves into a nightmare for college sophomore Dominique Nicky Hurd and a fellow classmate after they become the targets of a deranged predator.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Dead Silent Season 3 Episode 6 - When a Stranger Knocks
    7.5/10(22 votes)

    #14 - When a Stranger Knocks

    S3:E6

    After fleeing her troubled marriage, Deborah Brown and her children seek refuge at her brother’s house in rustic Lebanon, Maine. When a stranger shows up in the dead of night, Deborah and her family are unprepared for what happens next.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dead Silent Season 1 Episode 2 - Welcome to the Devil House
    7.6/10(44 votes)

    #15 - Welcome to the Devil House

    S1:E2

    A mansion deep in the Georgia woods is said to house terrible secrets. Everyone in this rural county has heard the rumors, but no one knows the truth ... until a 1982 visit to Corpsewood Manor by a group of young locals turns deadly.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dead Silent Season 4 Episode 3 - The Girl on the Billboard
    7.6/10(15 votes)

    #16 - The Girl on the Billboard

    S4:E3

    After 15-year-old Jasmine Block mysteriously vanishes into thin air, her mother Sarah launches a crusade to find her before it's too late. But when the sickening truth behind Jasmine's disappearance surfaces, it leaves Sarah in shock.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Dead Silent Season 4 Episode 9 - The Bodies in the Bunker
    7.6/10(12 votes)

    #17 - The Bodies in the Bunker

    S4:E9

    When 16-year-old aspiring film producer Bohdi Potter and her boyfriend go missing, the grave truth behind their disappearance lies deep in the hollow corridors and dark caverns of an old, abandoned military bunker.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Dead Silent Season 4 Episode 5 - The Torture Chamber
    7.7/10(18 votes)

    #18 - The Torture Chamber

    S4:E5

    When Lisa Holden has a baby, gets married and then moves to an isolated home in rural Ben Wheeler, TX, it triggers a long, inexplicable estrangement from her family. But at the root of this painful divide lies something far more evil than her family could ever imagine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Joanna Brooks

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  19. Dead Silent Season 1 Episode 4 - Madness on the Lake
    7.8/10(34 votes)

    #19 - Madness on the Lake

    S1:E4

    The case of Larry Cragun, a resident of a remote lakeside town in Idaho who found the quietness of the community disturbing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Dead Silent Season 1 Episode 6 - The Desert Drifter
    7.8/10(42 votes)

    #20 - The Desert Drifter

    S1:E6

    In the peaceful and secluded desert of California's Indian Creek, three teenagers are looking for an adventure, and find a drifter who is on a mission to kill.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dead Silent Season 2 Episode 1 - Till Death Do Us Part
    7.8/10(28 votes)

    #21 - Till Death Do Us Part

    S2:E1

    In 1988, Doug and Rozina Anderson's decision to spend a long weekend in the peaceful woods of Northern California turns out to be a fateful mistake.

    Director:Dan Bush
    Writer:Andrea Hall

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  22. Dead Silent Season 4 Episode 6 - Open 24 Hours
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #22 - Open 24 Hours

    S4:E6

    To pay for college in the summer of 1979, Donna Ferres takes a job working the overnight shift at a local convenience store in Glen Burnie, MD. But after a familiar face walks into the store one night, her routine shift takes a sick and twisted turn.

    Director:Jacob Vaughan
    Writers:Castor Fernandez, Jacob Vaughan

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  23. Dead Silent Season 4 Episode 11 - His Blue Light
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #23 - His Blue Light

    S4:E11

    In the mid-to-late 1990s, a sexual predator police dub "The Blue Light Rapist" goes on a serial attack spree across Arkansas. As authorities scramble to stop him in his tracks, he sets his sights on seventeen-year-old Shannon Woods.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Dead Silent Season 1 Episode 5 - A Killer in the Swamp
    7.9/10(36 votes)

    #24 - A Killer in the Swamp

    S1:E5

    A young woman moves to the Ocala National Forest in Florida in search of peace and a fresh start, but the remote paradise turns out to be the opposite of what she hoped.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Dead Silent Season 3 Episode 3 - Savage Country
    7.9/10(26 votes)

    #25 - Savage Country

    S3:E3

    On their way to Oregon in January 1981, young lovers Kevin Thorpe and Laura Craig come face to face with evil on the mountainous, desolate back roads of Northern California.

    Director:Damon Russell
    Writer:Andrea Hall

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Quiet the Dogs" is the worst rated episode of "Dead Silent". It scored 6.5/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by Stacia Crawford and written by Castor Fernandez, it aired on 10/20/2020. This episode scored 0.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Fatal Friendship".