7.5/1023 votes#1 - The Farmer's Daughter
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 12/8/2020
Bubbly college student and waitress, Mindy Morgenstern, is found strangled and stabbed in her own apartment. Family, friends, and the entire town of Valley City, ND, help law enforcement identify who could have committed this violent crime.
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7.5/1022 votes#2 - Money Can't Buy You Love
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 12/15/2020
When a local resident of Dunlap, TN, is picking up cans, he makes the shocking discovery of a murder victim's body floating in the river. Authorities must discover first who the deceased is and then who could have committed the horrendous crime.
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7.3/1026 votes#3 - Beautiful Mess
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 12/22/2020
When twenty-something Patricia Richmond is found tied up, and murdered in her future in-laws' home, the resort town of Steamboat Springs, CO, is at a loss. Who would have taken this bride-to-be's life in such a brutal way?
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7.5/1023 votes#4 - Driven to Murder
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 12/29/2020
After locals smell what can only be the scent of charred meat, police find burned remains in an abandoned mining pit in the small town of Hibbing, MN. Before they can investigate who committed the crime, first they must identity the body.
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6.7/1020 votes#5 - Love on the Rocks
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 1/5/2021
In Montrose, CO, rock quarry owner and mother, Irene Trujillo, suddenly goes missing. When her daughter's search for their mum comes up empty, 911 is called. Those closest to Irene, including her employees, are suspected of foul play.
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6.8/1020 votes#6 - Ozark Enchantment
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 1/12/2021
In hopes of making it big in the Ozarks, Joy Dishneau set her sights on becoming a small business owner. But when she is found murdered in her own shop, all of her employees become suspects.
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7.3/1019 votes#7 - Mother of It All
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 1/19/2021
A lively slumber party turns into a nightmare when a loving mother, Dianne Watts, her young daughter, and her daughter's friend, are murdered. The town of McMinnville is turned upside down, knowing there is a killer amongst them.
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7.3/1020 votes#8 - Farming for a Motive
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 5/4/2021
A farmhand In Rapelje, MT finds her co-worker murdered. As authorities look for the murderer, all of the employees on the pig farm become suspects.
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6.7/1016 votes#9 - Caught in the Act
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 5/11/2021
Baseball-loving wife and mother, Diane Fortenberry, is found unconscious on the floor of her burglarized home. Hours later, at the hospital, Diane succumbs to her injuries, and the entire resort town of Osakis, MN, aids law enforcement.
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7.2/1021 votes#10 - Unbrotherly Behavior
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 5/18/2021
After a long battle with cancer, David Weedman is found dead in his home with a gunshot wound; his family believes his death is not a suicide - and they may be right. Investigators soon turn their focus to David's best friends.
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7.1/1017 votes#11 - Serial Killer in the Making
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 5/25/2021
Nurse Lorie Kirkley goes missing from her home in what appears to be a burglary gone wrong. Soon the entire town of Valparaiso comes under suspicion, as the police belive there may be more to it than a robbery gone wrong.
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6.3/1017 votes#12 - Officer Down
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 6/1/2021
The small town of Higginson, AR, only has two full-time police officers. When one of them is gunned down on duty, everyone in the community wants answers.
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7.4/1015 votes#13 - Dangerous Obsession
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 6/8/2021
Young mother Casey Morgan is found dead inside her home, and police must unravel her dating history with the help of her friends and neighbours to unmask the killer.
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The Best Episodes of Murder in the Heartland Season 3
Every episode of Murder in the Heartland Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Murder in the Heartland Season 3!
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 3 Ratings Summary
"The Farmer's Daughter" is the best rated episode of "Murder in the Heartland" season 3. It scored 7.5/10 based on 23 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/8/2020. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Money Can't Buy You Love".