6.6/1048 votes#1 - 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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7.0/1043 votes#2 - 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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7.0/1041 votes#3 - 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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7.3/1033 votes#4 - 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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7.2/1027 votes#5 - 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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7.6/1027 votes#6 - 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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The Best Episodes of Murder in the Heartland Season 1
Every episode of Murder in the Heartland Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Murder in the Heartland Season 1!
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...
Genres:CrimeDocumentary
Network:Investigation Discovery
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Fear Travels Fast" is the best rated episode of "Murder in the Heartland" season 1. It scored 6.6/10 based on 48 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/29/2017. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Kind Sister".