Browse all episodes of Homicide for the Holidays

A deranged shooter attacks a family Thanksgiving dinner, leaving four dead and even more wounded. This horrific crime sets off a massive holiday-season manhunt to catch the killer – before they can strike again.

A Deadly Thanksgiving

The holiday season screeches to a halt when six members of the Anderson family are discovered to have been gunned down in their home. Detectives work closely with family friends to track down the shocking murderer.

Christmas Carnage in Carnation

The Ortega family's annual Christmas Eve party is destroyed when a man dressed as Santa, wielding handguns and a homemade flame-thrower opens fire. Detectives are led down a terrifying path that leads them to a sociopath.

A Christmas Massacre

A holiday is ruined when a couple is gunned down in their bed during what looks like a brutal home invasion. Police soon discover the true motive for the double homicide - a shocking tale of deception and betrayal.

A Christmas Morning Murder

Earl and Terry Robertson are found brutally murdered in their home just before Thanksgiving; investigating whether this is a holiday robbery gone terribly wrong, or a crime committed by someone the couple knew and trusted.

Thanks-killing

Firefighters respond to a house fire and discover three gunshot victims inside; authorities pursue the heavily armed murderer through Christmas.

Holiday Terror

On Christmas Eve in a quiet town, elderly couple Bob and Idella Young are brutally slain at home; a bloody glove found at the crime scene has the killer's DNA, but no one matches the sample.

Christmas Mourning

New Year’s in a tiny town, Joanna and Carl Dutcher ring in the year with their grandson. Days later, they are found violently killed. The hunt for the killer leads police to a sinister group that threatens the entire community.

New Years Evil

Two days after Christmas a mass shooting terrorizes a small town. After killing two people and wounding many more the gunman is taken into custody. When police search for answers they uncover the worst family massacre in US history.

Christmas Rampage

Just before Christmas, the body of a young mother is found strangled inside a burning car in a quiet Minneapolis suburb. As detectives hunt for her killer, they become convinced she was killed by someone very close to her.

Christmas Rager

When a mother and her two daughters fail to show up for Christmas dinner, officers enter their home and discover all three have been shot to death. The search for their killer reveals an unthinkable family nightmare.

Silent Night, Lethal Night

Just before New Years, a hockey mom is gunned down at her front door. Later that night, seven more bodies are found in another suburban home. Police discover a shocking connection between the two crimes as they track down the killer.

Bloody New Years

A mother is brutally shot to death while driving her sons home from a Thanksgiving celebration. When the hunt for her killer leads to an unlikely suspect, investigators soon realize her murder is not as random as it once seemed.

Thanksgiving Terror

Just after Christmas, a young couple is found murdered inside their Florida home. Neighbors can't imagine the couple had been in the area long enough to make a mortal enemy. Police uncover deeply personal details, and soon expose a deadly secret.

Last Christmas

A couple is found murdered inside their home on Christmas morning. All that's left behind is a single palm print. Investigators work tirelessly to match the print to a suspect, until a letter from prison takes the case on an unexpected course.

Christmas Heartbreak

After a family is found massacred inside their Santa Claus, Georgia home, the hunt for their killer hinges on the eyewitness testimony of the three young surviving daughters.

Death in Santa Claus

A Thanksgiving feast turns into a family's last when a cold blooded killer brutally stabs and dismembers a couple the day after their holiday celebration.

The Last Thanksgiving

Dayton, Ohio, is terrorized over the Christmas holiday as a string of brutal shootings have the residents wondering if they could be next.

Six Slays of Christmas

Beloved Christmas tree farmers are executed in the front seat of their car and a manhunt for their killer is launched that keeps investigators on the case for over three decades before justice is served.

Killing of the Christmas Tree Farmers

When a young mother is murdered during Christmas, investigators uncover a love triangle that shocks her family and forever robs them of their holiday cheer.

Murders Under the Mistletoe

A teenage boy discovers a real-life horror scene in his home on Halloween morning; investigators must determine if the triple homicide is a random act of evil or a premeditated slaughter by someone close to the family.

Halloween Horror

After a single young mother fails to show up for work on Halloween, her family and friends suspect murder.

All Hallow's Evil

A prominent couple is found brutally murdered in their Montgomery, Alabama, home on Thanksgiving night, leading detectives on a cat and mouse chase spanning thousands of miles across multiple states.

Cold Turkey

When a young man and woman are found shot execution style in a mall parking lot in the early hours of Christmas Eve, investigators believe a love triangle might have led to these brutal murders. A weeks-long search for the prime suspect uncovers another murder and a devious killer.

Silent Night Murders

When a young woman goes missing after a July 4th beach party, investigators have few clues to go on until a twist in the case reveals she might be the latest victim of a predator terrorizing the area.

Red, White and Blood

An abandoned car filled with blood found in a pond leads investigators on the trail of a missing woman and her teenage daughter, who never showed up to the family's July 4th party; when their remains are found in another pond, everyone in their small town is a suspect.

Deadly Fourth

After a woman and her unborn child are stabbed to death on Halloween by a man wearing a wolf mask, investigators must calm the community and find the killer before he strikes again.

The Big Bad Wolf

When a young woman home from college ends up murdered in her home and the tools of her demise turn out to be the rolling pin and carving knife the family planned to use for Thanksgiving dinner, investigators struggle to solve this holiday horror.

Recipe for Murder

After responding to a robbery at a sporting goods store on Christmas Eve, an Irving, Texas police officer is gunned down in cold blood.

Christmas Eve Killing

When a college student is found dead on the side of the road after a New Year's party in her hometown of Fillmore, CA, detectives are faced with the possibility that the killer might have been one of the many partygoers ringing in the new year.

Countdown to Murder

The holidays are meant to be a time of festive cheer when family and friends come together to celebrate the season. But when family members are forced to occupy the same space for too long, the joy and merriment can often morph into anger and resentment.

All Episodes of Homicide for the Holidays

All Episodes of Homicide for the Holidays

Season 1

A Deadly Thanksgiving

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/3/2016

Christmas Carnage in Carnation

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/3/2016

A Christmas Massacre

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/10/2016

A Christmas Morning Murder

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/17/2016