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The Worst Episodes of People Magazine Investigates

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    #1 - The Springfield Three

    S4:E1

    On June 6, 1992, Suzie Streeter and Stacy McCall are out celebrating high school graduation. By morning, the teens are missing, along with Suzie's mother. The case leads police on a nationwide search as they work to solve this baffling mystery.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #2 - Vanished

    S4:E2

    So-Cal surfer and tech entrepreneur, Chris Smith, dreams of making a tidy sum of money and then surfing off into the sunset. It seems his dreams have come true, but all is not as it appears.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #3 - Without a Trace

    S4:E3

    In 1984, 10-year-old Kevin Collins disappears on his way home and the city of San Francisco is galvanized in an effort to find him. With few leads to go on, his case sheds light on hundreds of other kids who have vanished without a trace in the U.S.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #4 - The Freeway Phantom

    S4:E4

    In 1971 and '72, Washington DC is terrorized by a cunning killer who abducts and murders six young African American girls. Police and the community are outraged by the serial killings that target young children in their own neighborhoods.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #5 - A Killing In Chinatown

    S4:E5

    Art imitates life when Cambodian genocide survivor Dr. Haing Ngor wins an Oscar for his role in the film The Killing Fields. But when he's gunned down, the LAPD investigate a web of political intrigue, revenge, and street gangs to uncover the truth.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #6 - Memphis Blues

    S4:E6

    In July of 2010, NBA star and family man Lorenzen Wright goes missing outside of Memphis, TN. When his dead body is discovered in the woods, investigators find that this case is far from a slam dunk.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #7 - Law & Murder

    S4:E7

    A double murder involving the family of a federal judge will lead the FBI, US Marshals, and Chicago PD on an investigation of epic proportions. But when law enforcement finds the end of the trail, they learn the death count may climb higher.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #8 - Nine Years in the Shadows

    S4:E8

    In 1988, a young woman is found murdered in her Modesto, CA, home, leading police to investigate the strife and infidelity in her marriage. A surprising witness eventually comes forward.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #9 - The Cheerleader and The Hitman

    S4:E9

    When a widower and father of three is found murdered outside his Long Island home, police have reason to look into shady business dealings as a possible motive. Then, a tip leads to three unlikely suspects, exposing dark family secrets.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #10 - Oklahoma Horror Story

    S4:E10

    Right before Thanksgiving, two masked gunmen reportedly invade a couple's home and kill the husband; with few leads, police use ballistics, forensics and neighborhood gossip to solve this cold-blooded murder.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #11 - Suburban Secrets

    S4:E11

    After doting mother Cheryl Coker vanishes from Riverside, OH, numerous searches turn up nothing; as police take a closer look at the case, they uncover some disturbing information.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #12 - Motor City Murder

    S4:E12

    A senseless murder rocks an African-American neighborhood in 1970s Detroit; police arrest suspects who are ultimately convicted of murder, but 47 years later, the truth finally emerges to right history's wrongs.

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    #13 - Groene Family Massacre

    S6:E1

    A savage predator goes on a homicidal rampage with a savage triple murder along with an abduction of two young siblings from their home in the middle of the night. The children quickly decide they will do whatever is necessary to survive.

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    #14 - Mother's Orders

    S6:E2

    A mother's bond to her daughter is put to the ultimate test when one of them shoots a man dead.

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    #15 - Alibi

    S6:E3

    During an armed robbery, a father of three is fatally shot, but for 23 years, another family questions if the wrong man is behind bars.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #16 - Valley of Death

    S6:E4

    Five young people disappeared over a span of four years in the rural area of Lewis-Clark Valley, along the Idaho-Washington border. Investigators search for links to the mysterious cases.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #17 - The Colorado Hammer Killer

    S6:E5

    In 1984, a slew of brutal hammer attacks leaves a Colorado community in fear. It takes nearly 40 years before a serial killer is brought to justice.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #18 - Evil Comes to Jasper

    S6:E6

    The murder of James Byrd, Jr. throws his family into turmoil as law enforcement investigates one of the most gruesome hate crimes in U.S. history.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #19 - American Nightmare

    S6:E7

    One family's American dream goes up in flames. As they try to rebuild what's left, they vow never to extinguish their search for justice.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #20 - The Grudge

    S6:E8

    In January 2020, a Mennonite woman goes missing from her small religious community. They find her body, but forensic evidence leads them to a dead end, stymieing law enforcement. Detectives get creative in an effort to find their suspect.

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    #21 - Gone in the Night

    S6:E9

    When a young woman goes missing, a rookie police officer's intuition leads to an intense investigation, as they race against the clock to find her.

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    #22 - Darkness in the Desert

    S6:E10

    A 19-year-old coed leaves her apartment and never returns. When her body is found in a desert river basin, police and internet sleuths alike wonder if she was a victim of an alleged killer known as The Zombie Hunter.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #23 - Natural Born Killers

    S6:E11

    In May 2002, a couple goes missing in Ocean City, Maryland. It's almost as if they vanished into thin air until a random, late-night burglary leads police to discover a tale of deception, brutality and savagery, the likes of which they have never seen.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #24 - Infamous Pam Hupp

    S6:E12

    In 2011, a husband returns home to find his wife dead on the living room floor. He tells first responders she committed suicide, but it was murder. Police zero in on the husband and what unfolds is one of the most outrageous tales in recent history.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #25 - Candy and Betty

    S6:E13

    When neighbors find a young teacher axed to death on Friday the 13th, a sleepy suburb fears a psychopath is loose; the bloody crime scene leads police to a most unlikely suspect, unfolding a story people still have to see to believe 40 years later.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Springfield Three" is the worst rated episode of "People Magazine Investigates". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/4/2019. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Vanished".