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Weaving harrowing narratives of quiet Middle American towns torn apart by provocative murders. Each town's tale is given life by the combined perspectives of its...
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Season 1

  • Fear Travels Fast
    6.7/1050 votes
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    Fear Travels Fast

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/29/2017

    In Aurora, IN, the townspeople are horrified when beloved mother and hairstylist Leigh Jennings is killed in her own home.

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  • The Kind Sister
    7.2/1046 votes
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    The Kind Sister

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/6/2017

    In Payette, ID, teacher Elizabeth Baune is the pillar of her community until she is stabbed to death in her own home; townspeople suspect her kindness may have been behind her death.

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  • The Wishing Well Mystery
    7.1/1043 votes
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    The Wishing Well Mystery

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/13/2017

    In German Village, OH, Alyce Seff's body is found in a wishing well, and the townspeople are shocked to learn the elderly landlady had as many enemies as she did friends; it will take police nine years to solve her case.

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  • Scared Silent
    7.4/1034 votes
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    Scared Silent

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/20/2017

    The Native American community of Shawnee, OK, bands together when Marshall Dent goes missing. After weeks of searching, he is found in a shallow grave on sacred ground, leaving authorities scrambling to find the killer.

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  • Witch Hunter
    7.3/1029 votes
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    Witch Hunter

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/27/2017

    Christmas is ruined when hikers in Taos, NM, stumble across Roxanne Houston's shallow grave; the murder rocks the community and tension builds between those with small town values and the outsider lifestyle on the Mesa.

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  • A Deceitful Heart
    7.7/1029 votes
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    A Deceitful Heart

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/3/2018

    Michael Lee Smith's body is found shot and dumped on the side of the road. Police are forced to sift through lies as they attempt to track down the killer.

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