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#1 - Christmas Rager
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 12/9/2018
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.
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#2 - The Last Thanksgiving
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 12/1/2021
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.
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#3 - Six Slays of Christmas
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 12/7/2021
Dayton, Ohio, is terrorized over the Christmas holiday as a string of brutal shootings have the residents wondering if they could be next.
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#4 - Killing of the Christmas Tree Farmers
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 12/14/2021
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.
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#5 - Murders Under the Mistletoe
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 12/21/2019
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.
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#6 - All Hallow's Evil
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/2022
After a single young mother fails to show up for work on Halloween, her family and friends suspect murder.
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#7 - Christmas Eve Killing
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 12/8/2023
After responding to a robbery at a sporting goods store on Christmas Eve, an Irving, Texas police officer is gunned down in cold blood.
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#8 - Countdown to Murder
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 12/15/2023
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.
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#9 - Recipe for Murder
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 11/10/2023
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.
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#10 - Red, White and Blood
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 6/17/2023
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.
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#11 - Halloween Horror
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/2022
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.
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#12 - Christmas Heartbreak
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 12/21/2019
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.
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#13 - A Christmas Morning Murder
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/17/2016
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.
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#14 - Cold Turkey
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2022
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.
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#15 - Holiday Terror
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 12/2/2017
Firefighters respond to a house fire and discover three gunshot victims inside; authorities pursue the heavily armed murderer through Christmas.
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#16 - Thanksgiving Terror
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 12/7/2019
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.
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#17 - Silent Night Murders
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/2022
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.
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#18 - Thanks-killing
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/25/2017
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.
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#19 - Deadly Fourth
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 6/24/2023
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.
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#20 - Christmas Mourning
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 12/9/2017
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.
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#21 - New Years Evil
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 12/16/2017
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.
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#22 - Silent Night, Lethal Night
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/16/2018
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.
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#23 - Christmas Carnage in Carnation
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/3/2016
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.
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#24 - The Big Bad Wolf
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2023
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.
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#25 - A Deadly Thanksgiving
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/3/2016
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.
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The Worst Episodes of Homicide for the Holidays
Every episode of Homicide for the Holidays ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Homicide for the Holidays!
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...
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Christmas Rager" is the worst rated episode of "Homicide for the Holidays". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/9/2018. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Last Thanksgiving".