7.3/107 votes#1 - Nightmare in Laguna
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 5/26/2023
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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7.2/1010 votes#2 - Driven to Kill
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 6/2/2023
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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- 6.9/1010 votes
#3 - Wrong Place, Wrong Time
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 6/9/2023
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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- 7.0/1010 votes
#4 - Lethal Lies
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 6/16/2023
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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- 7.0/1010 votes
#5 - Christmas Catastrophe
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 6/23/2023
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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7.1/109 votes#6 - Money, Lies, and Murder
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 6/30/2023
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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6.6/107 votes#7 - Campus Killer
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 7/7/2023
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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6.3/106 votes#8 - Tragedy in Tustin
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 7/14/2023
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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6.7/107 votes#9 - Stolen Youth
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 7/21/2023
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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6.0/105 votes#10 - A Complex Affair
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 7/28/2023
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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The Best Episodes of The Real Murders of Orange County Season 3
Every episode of The Real Murders of Orange County Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Real Murders of Orange County Season 3!
Horrific and salacious cases rock Southern California's wealthy coastal community. From a murder-for-hire gone wrong to families turning on their own, viewers hear the harrowing...
Genres:DocumentaryCrime
Network:Oxygen
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Nightmare in Laguna" is the best rated episode of "The Real Murders of Orange County" season 3. It scored 7.3/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/26/2023. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Driven to Kill".