Small Town Murder

This week, in Butte, Montana, a long standing beef between residents of a small apartment building seems to cool off, when all the neighbors have an unhinged afternoon. drinking party of epic proportions. The problem is that eventually these issues come to the surface, resulting in a most brutal murder, and a chaotic scene, complete with brawling, knife swinging, death threats, a ton of whiskey, a...

This week, in Logan, Ohio, we take our 2nd trip to this town, because we found another insane murder! Two local young people, looking forward to marriage, walk off, and end up missing. When they're found, it horrifies even the most hardened detectives. Body parts, scattered around a cornfield, with horrible mutilations to both victims. A perverted stepfather is put on death row, and looks very gui...

This week, in Monterey, Tennessee, a man who may have the worst job in the United States, also has a family beef, over a fence that his brother has erected, across the man's driveway. This ends up in one of the craziest days imaginable, complete with some of the most cold blooded murder that we've ever heard of, a blazing fire to cover it up, and finally, a proclamation that he "will never be take...

This week, in Hockessin, Delaware, a bright, successful couple has only one major fault... their loser son, who can't seem to make his way in the world, despite all the support, and money that he gets from his parents. Instead, he joins bad bands, with crazy names, drops out of several colleges, and gets kicked out of the Marines, in less than 2 weeks. This all ends in a horribly brutal, cruel, an...

This week, in Moscow, Idaho, a man seems to become more, and more mentally ill, as he begins to lash out at his family, friends, and even neighborhood children. He's mainly angry because he claims that they're "stealing his aura", which he claims will drain his power, and eventually kill him. Somehow, this all triggers a 6,500 mile journey, while maiming, and murdering along the way. Is he "The Su...

This week, in Van Buren, Arkansas, an exacting, and difficult mother continues to oversee her children's lives, well into adulthood, causing many problems. One night someone decides to bash this woman's head in, leaving her nearly unrecognizable, and the crime scene streaked with blood. Attention immediately focuses on her son, but there just isn't enough evidence to make a move, while local peopl...

This week, in High Point, North Carolina, trouble springs up in a marriage, but it doesn't seem like anything that can't be overcome. That is, until one of the couple decides to bring 50-60 exotic birds into the house, causing more problems. This all leads to a surprising plan of murder, put together with some close family members. The murder is as cold blooded as it gets, with the murder coming a...

This week, in Caribou, Maine, what starts out as a seemingly minor crime, spins out of control, until an elaborate, and deadly murder plot is hatched. This plan has many moving parts, and people involved, but results in a horrific scene complete with a savage beating, and a not too often used murder weapon... a samurai sword, with a 36 inch blade. The result is finger pointing, and several stories...

This week, in Greenfield, Massachusetts, the town goes absolutely crazy when a teen is brutally killed, in her home. The mystery is solved pretty quickly, when police focus in on another teenager, with a bit of an obsession with horror movies, and an avowed desire to model himself after Michael Myers, from the Halloween films, and Jason, the hockey mask wearing killer, from the Friday The 13th mov...

This week, in Minot, North Dakota, a very twisted story unfolds, after a couple breaks up, and moves on. They fight, they argue, and there is no peace between them. But when one of them is murdered in a bloody, hideous scene, it becomes a huge mystery. Was it the ex? The current spouse? A stranger? What ends up coming out blows away any scenario that anyone had even thought of. A twisted plan, and...

This week, in Fallsington, Pennsylvania, an odd feud develops among two young men, who grew up raised as almost brothers. Disagreements over the family store, and arguments over the quality of meth that one sold the other, begin to cause a real beef. This all leads to an elaborate plot, featuring just about every local dirtbag imaginable, including members of a local biker gang, named "Toot", and...

This week, in Pavillion, Wyoming, when two wayward souls find each other, it seems like their turbulent lives will finally be settled. That is, until one of them has tells the other of a secret that couldn't be told to anyone else. A secret that can't be taken back. From there, they make deadly new secrets, as a couple, leaving four people dead, in their wake. The problem is, with no bodies, it's...

This week, in Canton Township, Michigan, we encounter maybe the strangest & creepiest relationship origin stories of all time. This relationship produces an unhappy marriage, and much fighting. Then, it gets even weirder, as one of this couple has an affair with the person who their teenage kid was dating. This leads to crazy, underwear clad arguments, and someone going missing for 3 and a half ye...

This week, in Prescott, Arizona, a very smart, successful couple make a very nice life for themselves, in a wonderful custom built home. Eventually, 17 affairs cause them to separate, and divorce. Once everything is final, all seems fine, until one of them is on the phone, and the words "oh no" are said, followed by the line going dead. A terribly bumbling investigation of the bloody & horrific cr...

This week, in La Grande, Oregon, a man threatens to cut a woman's head off during a conversation at a local bar. By the end of the night, a different woman, who looks very much like the first woman, is found dead, with her head nearly removed with a hatchet. When this man is interrogated, the local police do some of the strangest, most hilarious, and just plain terrible questioning that leads to a...

This week, in Fletcher, Vermont, a very manipulative man, likened to Charles Manson, and Hitler by a psychiatrist, seems to be able to get anyone to do anything he wants. That includes a young lady, who he manipulates into killing a man that she used to see, out of pure jealousy. This fits right into his character, as he also lured someone into cold blooded murder at his own hands. He even seems t...

This week, in Sequim, Washington, a wild scene unfolds with the backdrop of drug dealing, boat sinking, karate weapons, and many ostriches & emus running around. One day, the man at the center of all this strangeness calls 911 at 4am, claiming that his friend/business partner has just killed himself, after killing the first man's wife. Evidence doesn't quite back that up, with out of place blood s...

This week, in Lake Arthur, Louisiana, when five people are found, slaughtered in two different homes, only doors apart, there is only one suspect. He's related to all the dead people, and he's a little strange to put it mildly. He claims to have been married at age 7, and was transformed into God. He also paints his hands blue, has a strange obsession with television sets, and stalks Olivia Newton...

This week, in Milpitas, California, a local group of teenagers known as "The Stoners" get together, and do exactly what you think they'd do. Until one day, when one of the group brutalizes another, and dumps the body into a ravine. Afterwards, the murderer starts taking other people out to see the body, while bragging about how the murder occurred. Over a dozen kids come out to look, poke the body...

This week, in Section, Alabama, way up in the hills, a mountain man feels tragedy after his wife is brutally killed, being found buried on a hillside, leaving him with a young son. Luckily for him, he's able to pick up the pieces, and even remarry, not long after. But then that wife disappears, too. The suspicions from his first wife's death resurface, as his 2nd wife is never found. The problem w...

This week, in Collinsville, Virginia, when a brother & sister pair decide to share a house, the whole family senses trouble, especially since one of them digs holes, in the middle of the night, while always keeping a large outdoor fire going. When one of them disappears, it becomes a huge mystery, with dogs sniffing all over the county. But when the murderer finally admits to doing it, they then m...

This week, in Oakley, Utah, a large family takes the perfect holiday vacation of a lifetime, in a beautiful cabin, in the snowy mountains. This all falls apart when two terrible people turn the whole place into a smoldering bloodbath. The carnage, and cruelty is incredibly nasty, with one monstrous act after another, but the story of survival of the one of the family members is absolutely amazing,...

This week, in Cortez, Colorado, a strange man, who built himself an odd, octagonal house, on top of a hill, and may be into the local drug dealing scene. When his teenage friend gets in trouble for a relatively minor offense, this kid decides that the only way to get out of it was to go undercover, and help the police. This leads to wild, bloody scene, that leaves three people dead, and this young...

This week, in Chadwicks, New York, when a new church comes to a quiet residential street, the neighbors are happy, until that church starts becoming the talk of all the local gossip. Their Pastor claims that God speaks directly through him, and that he can see & hear through walls, and predict witchcraft. This develops very badly, as the church takes total control of its parishioners lives, and ev...

This week, in Atchison, Kansas, Relationships intertwine like ropes, among three local people. Not only are their relationships like ropes, but ropes play a big part in these relationships. It seems that everyone in this town is into bondage, and can't wait to tell friends/family/co-workers about it. The problem comes when one of these folks is found, covered in leaves, and mud, with an intricate...