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Uncover the heart-wrenching true stories behind crimes that transcended headlines and became part of popular culture. Exclusive first hand interviews reveal shocking twists, new evidence, and unexpected resolutions.
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Episode 1 - The Boogeyman
Release Date: 2024-10-28The Lunsford family's lives turn upside down when someone snatches nine-year-old Jessie from her bed in the middle of the night.
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Episode 2 - A Story to Die For
Release Date: 2024-10-28Virginia firefighters respond to a house fire in Upperville, Virginia where they discover the body of a local journalist. The fire destroys any hope for evidence, but the victim's social media history leads police down a rabbit hole.
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Episode 3 - Sex. Clowns. Murder.
Release Date: 2024-11-04In 1990, a clown delivering flowers and balloons guns down a woman at home; with scant evidence and no clear motive, detectives set out to track down the killer clown, but the culprit eludes justice for thirty years before being fully unmasked.
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Episode 4 - The Soccer Mom Murder
Release Date: 2024-11-11In 2001, a mother of five is found shot in the head in her own minivan. Investigators have little physical evidence and struggle to make an arrest. As the children grow up, the family becomes divided over who killed the beloved soccer mom.
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Episode 5 - Where is Kristin Smart?
Release Date: 2024-11-18In 1996, a college co-ed vanishes after attending a party over a holiday weekend and is presumed dead. There is immediately a prime suspect but a lack of evidence to prove it. Decades later, a discovery found six feet under turns the case upside down.
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Episode 6 - The Serial Killer's Playbook
Release Date: 2024-11-25For years, a serial killer stalks the most vulnerable and least suspecting victims: retirees. However, when a 91-year-old woman survives, she helps break the case wide open, leading to the capture of one of the most prolific serial killers of modern times.
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Episode 7 - The Aloha Murder
Release Date: 2024-12-02In 1972, police find a young woman fatally stabbed in her room. Police hunt for her killer, but he seemingly vanishes, and the case goes cold. Decades later, a new investigative technique emerges, and the killer's name turns up in the most unlikely place.
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Episode 8 - Teenage Assassins
Release Date: 2024-12-09In 2020, Baron Li is shot nine times in front of his house. Detectives scramble to figure out who could want this loving husband and father dead. When they hone in on two teenage suspects, police struggle to identify their motives and connection to Li.
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Episode 9 - Knives Out
Release Date: 2024-12-16In 2021, police find a retired couple stabbed repeatedly in their home on the New Jersey shore. They witness a mysterious figure coming and going on security footage, which leads them to a suspect who is very close to home with a desire for revenge.
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Episode 10 - My Father Was a Mass Murderer
Release Date: 2024-12-23Retired drama teacher Kathy Gillcrist embarks on a journey to find her biological parents. Her worst fears come to fruition when she discovers police want her father for one of the most infamous mass murders in Maryland state history.