"Things like that don't happen here," they always say. These are the shocking murder mysteries that haunt small town America. We'll discover the dark secrets that lie just beneath the outwardly wholesome surface of America's heartland.
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Cast:Joe Alaskey , Anthony D. Call , Carey Jones , Marcy Conway , John Hedgecoth , Levi Krevinghaus , Laura Schoonmaker , Kimberly Stock , Jeffery Firment , Vinnie Vineyard , Jennifer Russomanno , Jeff Kidd , Travis Dunn , Jeff Weekley , Josh Smith , Peter Aylward , Paula Bolton , Travis Smith
Family means everything to folks who live in the mountain hollers of Townsend, Tennessee. When one member of the large Griffin clan is found murdered and another goes missing, investigators begin to suspect that a family feud may have taken a deadly turn.
Neighbors are sometimes miles apart in the tiny town of Horton, Kansas, but news travels fast when long-time resident Patricia Kimmi disappears from her rural home. Horton residents band together in search of the missing woman, but every new piece of evidence leads investigators to believe that the missing woman may not be found alive.
When a mother of four is found tortured and brutally murdered in her home, the people of Northport, Washington discover that their isolation doesn't guarantee their safety.
Nearly 500 folks that call Laurel, IN home are kin or have known each other their entire lives. An entire family is found massacred in their home, investigators realize that somewhere in their small town, a mass murderer is on the loose.
Tucked along Washington's Willapa Bay, is South Bend the kind of small town where not only does everyone know their neighbor's name, but their entire family tree. But when the well-liked South Bend native, Tim Moore, seemingly vanishes one cold November night, residents begin to realize they may not know the folks next door as well as they thought.
When longtime resident Sharron Erickson is found raped and murdered in the tiny Midwestern town of Colon, Nebraska, the community is stunned that the recent retiree could be the victim of such a savage crime. As weeks pass with no arrests made, suspicions begin to swirl around her best friend. Could the rumors have something to do with Sharron's murder?
As the last dry county in the state of Alabama, Clay County is a place stuck in time. When country store owner Billy Triplett and his wife Debbie turn up dead in the tiny town of Barfield, locals suspect it must have had something to do with his business. But when word of a bloodstained stash of money reaches investigators, they're stunned by who's trying to hide it.
Diana Algar and Jose Molina are found brutally murdered in rural Hollenback Township, Pennsylvania, three letters scrawled across Algar's living room wall become a central clue in a nationwide manhunt. Investigators rush to unravel the mystery behind their meaning before the chilling calling card is found in the home of another victim.
Residents of Guffey, Colorado cherish their tiny mountain outpost for one reason - the peaceful Rocky Mountain surroundings. That peace is shattered one January night when Carl and JoAnna Dutcher shot to death alongside their grandson, Tony.
When Angela and Ashley Hyke go missing one hot summer night and candles are found burning in their home, those close to them know that something is horribly wrong. The key to solving the mystery may lie in Angela's cryptic diary.