The Best Episodes of The Real Murders of Orange County Season 3

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.1/10(12 votes)

   #1 - Nightmare in Laguna

   S3:E15/26/2023

   After a beloved party planner at an iconic Laguna Beach hotel is found murdered at home, investigators use high-tech tools and old-fashioned shoe leather to capture two killers and restore calm to the tight-knit beachside community.

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   7.2/10(14 votes)

   #2 - Driven to Kill

   S3:E26/2/2023

   When two loyal employees at a family-owned mobile home business are gunned down at work, detectives are left with no hints towards a motive. A hunt for a missing car, however, finally reveals a killer driven by old-school Orange County intentions.

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   6.8/10(15 votes)

   #3 - Wrong Place, Wrong Time

   S3:E36/9/2023

   When a handsome hockey player and a single mom are found dead in an upscale Newport Beach condo, loved ones have no idea how they knew each other. The discovery of a link to another area attack launches the race to catch a killer.

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   6.9/10(14 votes)

   #4 - Lethal Lies

   S3:E46/16/2023

   A young woman tells her mom she's going out for a night with friends and never returns home in a puzzling case that went cold for nine heartbreaking years until a shocking confession breaks the case wide open and exposes the brutal missing piece.

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   6.8/10(13 votes)

   #5 - Christmas Catastrophe

   S3:E56/23/2023

   When a wealthy churchgoing woman is found murdered in her bedroom just a week before Christmas, investigators initially believe this is a robbery gone wrong. The painstaking investigation, however, uncovers a killer much closer to home.

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   6.9/10(12 votes)

   #6 - Money, Lies, and Murder

   S3:E66/30/2023

   Investigators working on the cold case murder of a beloved Orange County millionaire uncover a box of old tape recordings that reveal long-buried secrets, leading them on a path to finally nail the killer.

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   6.4/10(10 votes)

   #7 - Campus Killer

   S3:E77/7/2023

   When an ambitious college student is stabbed to death after a campus concert, the brutality of the attack leads police to believe it must have been personal. The resolution nine years later, however, proves darker than anyone could have imagined.

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   6.2/10(9 votes)

   #8 - Tragedy in Tustin

   S3:E87/14/2023

   The vicious murder of an immigrant family's oldest son sends shockwaves through Orange County's tight-knit Vietnamese community and leads detectives on a multi-state chase that ultimately captures two killers.

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   6.4/10(10 votes)

   #9 - Stolen Youth

   S3:E97/21/2023

   In March 1985, 23-year-old wife, mother and stepmother Linda Bailey Brown is shot and killed in her own bed in Garden Grove in what seems to be a sudden crime of rage. Her husband David says his 14-year-old daughter Cinnamon shot her stepmother and ran off. But, the true killer is shockingly revealed years later to be a twisted master of manipulation.

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    5.9/10(7 votes)

    #10 - A Complex Affair

    S3:E107/28/2023

    When 55-year-old retired Marine captain Jessie Grimes is shot to death in his home in August 1986, Santa Ana detectives quickly focus in on his 25-year-old son Michael, who had found the body. The apartment complex where the murder took place holds many secrets, which ultimately lead investigators to the real killers.

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