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Tells the story of one crime, the ensuing investigation, and the ripple effect it had on a community. Speaking with family, friends, detectives, journalists, and others close to the case, the series mixes firsthand accounts and archival footage to explore the crime and its outcome.
“One crime can turn a city upside down.”
1998
The shocking murders of attorney Vince Sherry and his politically-active wife Margaret make the already-hot summer of 1987 sizzle in Biloxi, Mississippi.
The deaths of a string of champion racehorses may be linked to the death of candy heiress Helen Vorhees Brach.
Police investigate the bomb that blew apart the car of Mark Hoffmann, a highly respected and religious Mormon.
A woman's naked body is found outside a Seattle nightclub, posed demurely with a pinecone in her hand.
When a lobsterman discovers the ankle of a partially decomposed body in his trap, a local "witch" helps solve the crime.
Stan and Joyce Cohen were living the high life in chic, trendy Coconut Grove--until multi-millionaire Stan was shot to death with his own gun as he slept in his mansion. Did Joyce, a beautiful socialite with expensive tastes, hire three hit men to murder her husband? Did Stan pay the ultimate price for her greed?
In 1994, Kim Groves was gunned down in her front yard after Len Davis, a police officer who did side-work in dealing cocaine, ordered her death because she knew too much.
Nashville performer and "Hee Haw" star David "Stringbean" Akeman had a strange habit. The banjo picker and joke teller kept $3,000 in cash in his overall's bib pocket, and ten times that hidden at home--cash for a rainy day. For Akeman and his wife, that rainy day never came. Murdered in 1973, their killers never found either stash.
In 1982, Alice McArthur, the wife of Bill, a prominent criminal defense attorney, is killed by two men delivering flowers.
2025
Folks in Anchorage, Alaska are shaken to their core when a popular barista goes missing.
A quiet community is rocked when one of their own is found brutally murdered; police struggle.
A popular lifeguard is found dead at the community swimming pool
The military community at Fort Meade is shocked when a soldier is shot to death in her townhome. For nearly a year, investigators from multiple law enforcement agencies work tirelessly to uncover a twisted tale of secrets and lies that led to murder.
Holiday spirit all but disappears from Marietta, Georgia when one of its most festive residents is found murdered in his own home. To solve the mystery, police rely on residents who help uncover a treacherous plot.
The quiet suburb of Haddon Township, N.J., is turned upside down when a toddler goes missing. Residents band together to search local streets and parks, and help detectives reveal an unlikely murderer living in their close-knit community.
In the 1990s, Spring Valley's Haitian community is rocked when a well-respected civic leader is murdered. It takes police nearly two decades to sift through the rumours and solve a mystery filled with lies and dark secrets.
When one of Redlands, California newest residents goes missing, the distraught community bands together to help find her. But when the case shifts from missing to murder, everyone learns their tranquil little town has a much darker side.
Mike Colter
Self - Narrator (voice)
The murder of Martha Moxley reveals another scandal for the Kennedy family.
The story of how Ken McElroy, a despised criminal who terrorized the tiny town of Skidmore, Missouri, was killed by a vigilante squad of 40 farmers. The vigilantes surrounded McElroy in his truck and pumped him full of bullets.
