7.0/1012 votes#1 - Kunz Family
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/15/2022
Just outside the sleepy town of Athens, WI, Kenneth Kunz returns to his family farm to find four of his family members murdered and one missing; investigators determine whether it was his mother, a local farm boy, or the rumored family drug dealing connections that led to the brutal slayings.
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- 7.0/105 votes
#2 - Julia Dawson
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/22/2022
The chief of police in Sparta, MI, leads an investigation into what happened to his family friend and babysitter, who is reported missing when she doesn't come home from Christmas shopping, and is found beneath a snow bank weeks later.
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- NaN/100 votes
#3 - Patricia Artz
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/29/2022
A young police officer in Jackson, MI, investigates a missing woman and finds that her husband has just had brain surgery and is acting strangely; when the officer inspects the couple's restaurant, he finds the kitchen has become a slaughterhouse.
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- NaN/100 votes
#4 - Erin Chorney
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/6/2022
When Erin Chorney disappears, suspicion falls on her ex-boyfriend Michael Bridges, the last person to have seen her; after investigators' searches come up empty-handed, they orchestrate an operation to woo Bridges into confessing her whereabouts.
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- NaN/100 votes
#5 - Rodney Fancher
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/13/2022
On the outskirts of Nashville, MI, Rodney Fancher's bullet-ridden body is found in a ditch; the hunt for a killer begins, pulling in police forces from across the state; as the case starts to turn cold, a startling confession emerges.
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- NaN/100 votes
#6 - Cathy Ford
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/20/2022
In the small community of Gormania, WV, Cathy Ford receives a mysterious phone call and is reported missing that same evening; a burnt car, blood-soaked trailer and a secret a?air all point to the idea that Cathy did not disappear willingly.
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- NaN/100 votes
#7 - James Duncan
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/27/2022
Family man James Duncan goes missing in a small West Virginian town known for its sweet mountain air. His family's search for him halts when the details of his murder are revealed, and they are almost as shocking as the murderer's identity.
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- NaN/100 votes
#8 - Summer Inman
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/3/2022
In the small town of Logan, OH, Summer Inman is violently abducted in a back alley behind her workplace; with multiple eye-witness accounts, investigators quickly zero in on three suspects who refuse to cooperate.
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- NaN/100 votes
#9 - Marlon Keith Smith
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/10/2022
Keith is known as a quiet but highly skilled artisan who takes good care of his mother, but after she becomes mysteriously ill and he is not heard from for three weeks, his girlfriend Betty comes under suspicion.
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- NaN/100 votes
#10 - Jake Millison
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/17/2022
Near Gunnison, CO, Jake Millison goes missing; the outcome seems grim as the months wear on, but a break in the case unravels the mystery behind his disappearance, revealing a greed-fueled plot far more sinister than anyone can imagine.
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- NaN/100 votes
#11 - Mark & Sean Cavaness
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/24/2022
Dr. Dale Cavaness is revered in his hometown of Eldorado, IL, but after his 22-year-old son is slain execution-style, authorities find that the good doctor has some skeletons in the closet.
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- NaN/100 votes
#12 - Alice Pepperl
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 7/1/2022
A motel housekeeper in Oakley, KS, discovers the body of her co-worker Alice Pepperl; the room lacks hard evidence to point to a suspect, but a special coin taken from the cash register could be all it takes.
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- NaN/100 votes
#13 - Larissa Dumansky & Piper Streyle
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/8/2022
Investigators hunt a sexual sadist who stalks and preys on young mothers in Sioux Falls, SD.
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- NaN/100 votes
#14 - Kurt Douglass Johnson
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/15/2022
On New Year's Eve in Cooperstown ND, an intoxicated Kurt Johnson is given a ride home from a local bar; when it's discovered that Kurt never arrived home, authorities begin their search, and what they uncover shocks them to their core.
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- NaN/100 votes
#15 - Dean Frank
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/22/2022
Outside the small town of Verdigre, NE, a domestic altercation ends in death; Frances Thompson claims to have killed Dean Frank in self-defense, but as investigators dig deeper, they're not so sure.
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- NaN/100 votes
#16 - Keith Black
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 7/29/2022
Taekwondo instructor Keith Black disappeared without a trace; years later that the truth behind Keith's whereabouts comes to light, and with it, comes the revelation of a vicious plot, one provoked by greed and resentment.
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- NaN/100 votes
#17 - Victoria Shachtay
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 8/5/2022
Victoria Shachtay survives a horrific crash, wins a large settlement and then dies after an explosion.
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- NaN/100 votes
#18 - Nicholas Brophy
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 8/12/2022
Nicholas Brophy is excited for his senior year, goes out to visit a friend and never returns. The case evolves as investigators connect the night of Nicholas's disappearance to gang activity in the area.
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- NaN/100 votes
#19 - Ivan Radocaj
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 8/19/2022
Former pro-wrestler Ivan Radocaj, known as the Croatian Giant, is ambushed and brutally murdered in the tiny Manitoba hamlet of Inwood; it looks like a robbery gone wrong, but what investigators hear over a wire tap brings a monstrous plot to light.
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- NaN/100 votes
#20 - Derk & Audrey Roelfsema
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 8/26/2022
The small town of Enderby, B.C., is shattered after well-loved residents Derk Roelfsema and Audrey Foster-Roelfsema are found murdered in their own home; as rumors fly about the violent crime, authorities struggle to solve the case.
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- NaN/100 votes
#21 - Taylor Van Diest
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 9/2/2022
18-year-old Taylor Van Diest is on her way to meet friends when she is assaulted and left for dead. She is discovered by her mother and friends, and succumbs to her injuries the following day.
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- NaN/100 votes
#22 - Sydney Loofe
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 9/9/2022
When hardware store clerk Sydney Loofe vanishes after an online date, investigators race against the clock to find her. But as the days wear on, a horrible truth emerges from the darkness.
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- NaN/100 votes
#23 - Doreen Bradley
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 9/16/2022
In a tiny hamlet just outside the town of Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada, 58-year-old Doreen Bradley, owner and operator of a successful fast food restaurant, is found murdered in her rural home.
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- NaN/100 votes
#24 - Frederick Banks
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 9/23/2022
Fredrick Banks is an eccentric senior who loves to show off his vintage cars and wallet stuffed with cash. When he is found slain in his garage, authorities hunt for the mysterious stranger who has recently been spotted lurking in town.
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- NaN/100 votes
#25 - Klaus Family
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 9/30/2022
A fire engulfs the home of the Klaus family in the middle the night while everyone is asleep, and the investigators suspect that it isn't an accident. The whole case changes when the son starts seeing the spirits of his dead family.
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Network:True Crime Network
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Kunz Family" is the best rated episode of "Heartland Homicide" season 1. It scored 7/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/15/2022. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Julia Dawson".