Murder in the Heartland

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Murder in the HeartlandIn classic Investigation Discovery style, "Murder in the Heartland" weaves harrowing narratives of quiet Middle America towns torn apart by provocative crimes. Each town's tale is given life by the combined perspectives of its residents, who are more than just storytellers. The interviewees were also key witnesses to each of the crimes, and they hold critical clues to puzzles that not only have forever changed their lives but how they have come to view their once-idyllic hometowns.
S6, EP14 "Family or Feud"After teenager Jessica Dishon is murdered in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, police must sort through her past relationships, jealous friends, and an old family feud to find the killer.
S6, EP15 "Money is a Motive"Casey, Ill. looks to their own citizens when they find out a house fire didn't kill Scott Collins, it was murder; secrets revealed about his life aren't enough to lead to his killer, it's his German Shepherd, who holds the key to solving his case.
S6, EP13 "Marriage into Mayhem"After a cattle rancher turns up dead in his trailer home, the minuscule town of Driscoll, North Dakota, points fingers at everyone in the small population. Left with little evidence, it takes over a decade to hone in on his executioner.
S6, EP12 "Living Among Liars"When missing dental assistant and mother Sharon Ray is found dead in a well, the town of Grand Rivers, Kentucky, joins together to find who did this; loved ones wonder if Sharon was living a lie when those closest to her become prime suspects.
S6, EP11 "Spring Breaking Up"Tynesha Stewart, a college freshman at Texas A&M, is reported missing during spring break; as details of her private life emerge, police uncover jealous boyfriends and turmoil at home while making a discovery that will haunt Bordersville forever.
S6, EP10 "Murder on the Mountain"After a young father goes missing from work, the small town of Challis, Idaho, is abuzz with tales of infidelity and finger-pointing, leaving investigators to decipher what is fact and what is fiction.
S6, EP9 "Uncomfortable Truths"Beth Kutz leaves work in Poynette, Wis., and never comes home; her disappearance sets off a firestorm of searches for this mother of two by the small-town community while investigators unearth the uncomfortable truths behind this beloved family.
S6, EP8 "Summer's Deadly Fling"Middle American townspeople hold the clues to help solve the murders that have forever changed their lives and how they understand their home.
S6, EP6 "Locker Room Secret"When Harlem Globetrotters trainer Tom Bashline is murdered, the town of Frederick, Colo., is stunned; detectives question his fiancee, her son and a burglary suspect, but as the investigation deepens, secrets emerge about the local celebrity.
S6, EP5 "Something Happened to Her"Popular high school student Riley Crossman disappears, igniting a statewide search; investigators discover her body, and they have their hands full when the students and residents of Berkeley Springs become suspects.
S6, EP4 "Solving the Unsolvable"When Robin Baxter is found dead floating in the Ohio River, the entire town of New Albany, Ind., bands together to find who's responsible; it takes over 20 years of crossing off suspects before an elusive clue cracks the case open.
S6, EP3 "Mother's Intuition"Brandi Mathews goes missing, and only her mother seems interested in searching for her; when her remains turn up over two years later, police dig into Brandi's work and romantic partners to find her killer.
S6, EP2 "Death of a Ladies Man"The shooting of local ladies' man Jim Cornwell outside his home takes July Fourth festivities on a tragic turn; after multiple suspects tied to Jim's romantic life emerge, a confession arises that shatters the image of an Ozark community.
S6, EP1 "New Mom's Night out"An inexperienced police department handles the tragic murder case of young mother Jessica Currin, leading to critical errors and false accusations; the case goes cold until Jessica's father protests the state of Kentucky to reinvestigate.
S5, EP12 "Field of Bad Dreams"The grotesque murder of a beloved citizen, Betsy Ball, shatters the quiet farm community of Vinton, Ohio.
S5, EP11 "An Unfaithful Truth"When law enforcement finds local electrician James Nibbe dead after a home invasion, they must dig beneath the surface of Lake Crystal, Minnesota, to root out the killer.
S5, EP10 "The Gravel Pit Murders"In Howard City, Michigan, detectives investigate a night of horror that ends with the shooting of beloved couple Robert and Norma Bean in a gravel pit; local tips provide alarming new clues, revealing the shocking timeline of their final hours.
S5, EP9 "Last Shift at Pirate's Cove"College junior Emily Murray, a popular religious studies major, goes missing late one night after quitting her job at a local bar; a month later, someone finds her body in a remote trailer, leading police to another gruesome discovery.
S5, EP8 "The Killing Kind"After James Skinner turns up dead in his own bedroom, the agricultural community of Brownstown, Ill., enters into a paranoid spiral, unsure who would want to kill this beloved local rodeo rider and cattle rancher.
S5, EP7 "Killer on the Res"When someone stabs Trina Langenbrunner to death and leaves her on a road in Cloquet, Minn., her family, community, and law enforcement work together for over 12 years to find her killer.
S5, EP6 "Killer Casino"Neighborly casino runner Lori Bray is found dead in the woods in the small town of Laurel, Mont.; the community must wonder if it was a consequence of her good nature at work or if someone from her past came back to bite.
S5, EP5 "Orders of Protection"A tip comes in from an unexpected Willard, Mo., resident that leads to the final resting ground of missing newlyweds Russell and Rebecca Porter.
S5, EP4 "Irreplaceable Gems"When an Ohio couple is found dead in their ransacked home, detectives turn to the community for help; investigators piece together the events of a horrific night to uncover the truth of what occurred to these local business owners.
S5, EP3 "Toddlers Terrible Tale"In the small town of Twinsburg, Ohio, Charlene Puffenbarger's 3-year-old son is the only witness to her brutal murder; as investigators continue to follow every tip that comes in, an unexpected source leads them to the killer.
S5, EP2 "Hunting a Killer"In rural Missouri, a hunter is found slain in his car near the popular deer trails; this could be a hunting accident gone wrong, or something more sinister.
S5, EP1 "Who Killed Angie Lee?"A young mother's death by strangulation engulfs a cloud of suspicion over a tiny town in Ohio.
S4, EP12 "Murder is Unpleasant"A roommate reports 22-year-old Liz Syperda missing, shocking the community of Mount Pleasant, Iowa; some wonder if Liz merely left town without telling anyone, but family and friends know something far more disastrous occurred.
S4, EP11 "Truth Will Kill"A woman vanishes from her home in the neighborhood of Belle Center, Mo., without a trace; hoping to find Anita Dunn before it's too late, the community aids investigators in an exhaustive search.
S4, EP10 "Homicide Hotel"An unknown assailant strangles overnight desk clerk Mary Klatt during her shift; the town of Blue Earth, Minn., struggles with the harsh reality that someone would want to harm Mary.
S4, EP9 "Murder on Beer Can Alley"A local in Algona, Iowa, stumbles upon a smoldering truck with the body of a young mother inside; investigators and family trace the last movements of Nicole Berte to uncover her killer.
S4, EP8 "An Affair With Murder"A woman working for a plant in Camden, Ark., goes missing; when a local stumbles upon Ruiz Stone's abandoned van, her family fears the worst, and some speculate Ruiz fled town with a lover, but detectives reveal something far more sinister.
S4, EP7 "Whispered Warnings"The community of Kankakee, Ill., comes together to aid police in uncovering the vile killer in the shooting death of an up-and-coming model, Sarah Washington.
S4, EP6 "Invitation to Be Killed"Locals stay quiet to protect their own when a new resident of Hartford, Ky., is found tied up and floating in a toolbox in a creek.
S4, EP5 "Deadly Double Life"Secrets emerge in a quiet neighborhood when young mother Stacey Shoemaker is shot dead; the once tight-knit cul-de-sac in Wagoner, Okla., is now full of suspicions, finger-pointing and fear.
S4, EP4 "Betrayal Begins With Trust"Family and friends are concerned when Phillip Brewer and Jody Fortuna go missing from Gillette, Wyo.; eventually, the horrifying truth comes to light.
S4, EP3 "Groomed for Murder"Tourist town Traverse City, Mich., is turned upside down when 18-year-old Kalee Bruce is bludgeoned to death at her workplace.
S4, EP2 "Deadly Entanglement"A missing grocery clerk, 20-year-old Christina Ross, puts the town of Neenah, Wis., in a panic after a gruesome discovery; an unlikely resident comes forward with information that leads detectives to the people in her tangled love life.
S4, EP1 "To Kill a Cowboy"Emmett, Idaho, a cowboy town where a person's word is everything, is shaken forever when a murderer beats a local saddle maker to death; investigators and locals band together and uncover layers of betrayal and deceit.
S3, EP13 "Dangerous Obsession"When Casey Morgan is found dead inside her home, police must unravel her dating history to figure out the killer.
S3, EP12 "Officer Down"The town of Higginson only has two full-time police officers, and one is gunned down while on duty.
S3, EP11 "Serial Killer in the Making"Beloved wife and cardiac nurse Lorie Kirkley goes missing from the safety of her home in what appears to be a burglary gone wrong; several strange clues are found.
S3, EP10 "Unbrotherly Behavior"After a long battle with cancer, David Weedman is found dead in his home with a gunshot wound; investigators soon turn their focus to David's best friends.
S3, EP9 "Caught in the Act"Baseball-loving wife and mother Diane Fortenberr is found unconscious on the floor of her burglarized home; hours later, Diane succumbs to her injuries at the hospital, and the entire resort town of Osakis, Minn., aids law enforcement.
S3, EP8 "Farming for a Motive"A farmhand In Rapelje, Mont., finds her co-worker murdered; as authorities look for the murderer, all of the employees on the pig farm become suspects.
S3, EP7 "Mother of It All"A lively slumber party turns into a nightmare when a loving mother, her young daughter, and her daughter's friend are murdered.
S3, EP6 "Ozark Enchantment"Joy Dishneau plans on becoming a small business owner in the Ozarks, but she is found murdered in her own shop, and all of her employees become suspects.
S3, EP5 "Love on the Rocks"Foul play is suspected when Irene Trujillo, a rock quarry owner, suddenly goes missing; Irene's body is found in the quarry and her employees become suspects.
S3, EP4 "Driven to Murder"After locals smell charred meat, police find burned remains in an abandoned mining pit in the town of Hibbing, Minn.; before they can investigate who committed the crime, they must first identity the body.
S3, EP3 "Beautiful Mess"Bride-to-be Patricia Richmond is found bound and murdered at her future in-laws' home in the resort town of Steamboat Springs, Colo.
S3, EP2 "Money Can't Buy You Love"When a local resident of Dunlap, Tenn., is picking up cans, he makes the shocking discovery of a murder; authorities piece together the crime.
S3, EP1 "The Farmer's Daughter"Mindy Morgenstern, a college student and waitress, is found strangled and stabbed in her own apartment; family, friends and the entire town of Valley City, N.D., help law enforcement identify the monster who committed this violent crime.
S2, EP10 "Nothing Random"In Moscow, Idaho, an elderly couple frantically performs CPR on their young neighbor after a pop of gunfire interrupts their bedtime routine; investigators follow fresh footprints from the scene, only to learn the killer may already be behind bars.
S2, EP9 "Death Before Marriage"Carol Lapaglia waits 25 years to marry the love of her life, Jack Parkes; six weeks before their wedding in Kennedy Township, Pa., she finds him shot to death in their living room.
S2, EP8 "If the Walls Could Talk"In Monroe, Ohio, an affluent retirement community is baffled after Barbara Howe simply vanishes one night; the police soon find Barbara's body in the trunk of her car, and her throat has been slit.
S2, EP7 "Shallow Grave"In Noble, Okla., a dog drops a human skull onto its owners' front porch on Christmas Day; after six years and no leads, the police must navigate the twists and turns of the victim's past to find justice.
S2, EP6 "No Giving Up"In Saguache, Colo., mountain bike pioneer Mike Rust disappears from his home, and his remains are not found until seven years later.
S2, EP5 "Bad for Business"MaryAnn Clibbery is brutally murdered at the remodeling business she owned in Loves Park, Ill.; then, a suspicious bag found floating in an icy river unlocks the secrets of her brutal slaying.
S2, EP4 "Ashes to Alibis"In Post Falls, Idaho, devoted family man Bo Kirk vanishes, and his truck is found set ablaze; Bo's sister blames their estranged father, until released ATM security footage points to one of his co-workers who has piercing blue eyes.
S2, EP3 "Deviant Deeds"Hugo is hysterical after he finds his brother's girlfriend, Breanna Schneller, beaten and stabbed to death; the brothers appear to be devastated, but the discovery of Breanna's missing phone casts doubt on their alibis.
S2, EP2 "The Friends You Keep"Jill Walker finds her daughter, Emma, cold to the touch in her own bed; quickly ruling out suicide, investigators search for a suspicious man in black caught on a neighbor's home surveillance camera.
S2, EP1 "Branches of Evil"In Hayti, Mo., Tray Phelps is found beaten to death in his driveway; the townspeople are stunned to discover that a web of evil lurks just beneath the surface of the seemingly idyllic hamlet.
S1, EP6 "A Deceitful Heart"A town in Michigan becomes scandalized when a partially nude corpse turns up; police sift through lies and alibis as they search for the killer.
S1, EP5 "Witch Hunter"Christmas is ruined when hikers in New Mexico stumble across Roxanne Houston's shallow grave; the murder rocks the community of Taos and tension builds between those with small town values and the outsider lifestyle on the Mesa.
S1, EP4 "Scared Silent"In Shawnee, Okla., Marshall Dent goes missing on Christmas Eve, and the Native American community bands together; after weeks of searching, they find Dent in a shallow grave on sacred ground, and authorities scramble to find his killer.
S1, EP3 "The Wishing Well Mystery"In Germantown, Ohio, Alyce Seff's body is found in a wishing well, and the townspeople are shocked to learn the elderly landlady had as many enemies as she did friends; it will take police nine years to solve her case.
S1, EP2 "The Kind Sister"In Payette, Idaho, teacher Elizabeth Baune is the pillar of her community until she is stabbed to death in her own home; townspeople suspect Baune's kindness may have been behind her death.
S1, EP1 "Fear Travels Fast"In Aurora, Ind., the townspeople are horrified when beloved mother and hairstylist Leigh Jennings is killed in her own home.
In classic Investigation Discovery style, "Murder in the Heartland" weaves harrowing narratives of quiet Middle America towns torn apart by provocative crimes. Each town's tale is given life by the combined perspectives of its residents, who are more than just storytellers. The interviewees were also key witnesses to each of the crimes, and they hold critical clues to puzzles that not only have forever changed their lives but how they have come to view their once-idyllic hometowns.
Original Air Date: Nov 29, 2017
Genres: DocuseriesTV Series
Rating: TV14
Playback: HD
6 seasons available on demand (65 episodes)
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