Murder in the Heartland

Murder in the Heartland is your podcast for small-town American crime. Each episode is told through the collective point-of-view of a Middle American town and its residents, and every story documents a town and people in the heart of the country, and the provocative crime that tore through it. The townspeople are not only the storytellers, but they also hold the clues to the crimes that have forev...

On July 16th, we're releasing a new podcast called Murder in the Heartland. Murder in the Heartland is your podcast for small-town American crime. Stay tuned for Episode 1, releasing on July 16th. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Columbia Kentucky, is the perfect place to raise a family, nestled quietly away form the hustle and bustle of city life. But, for one family, darkness is seeping in, threatening to destroy their peaceful lives and answers will be a long time coming. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They say everything's just a little sweeter in the South. At least that's the case for Jim and Kelley Cannon, one of Nashville ,Tennessee's, finest young couples. But this fairy tale isn't quite as enchanted as it seems. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laura Ling is a single mom trying to raise her teenage daughter alone, until she meets Stephen Stanko, a down-on-his-luck author. Laura offers Stephen a helping hand and invites him into her family. His true nature soon shines through. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A fierce hurricane rips through rural Chunchula, Alabama, leaving members of the tight-knit community to repair their town. But for Lisa Marie Nichols and her family, the storm has done more damage than they could ever imagine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sparks fly in Jackson, MS, and Bossier City, LA, when a smooth-talking cowboy comes to town and women start disappearing. Communities are on edge as police race to find answers. But how many more have to die before they find this devil in disguise? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prim and proper Marie Hilley of Anniston, Alabama, is left to fend for herself after a mysterious illness overtakes her husband. Despite a life insurance payout, her debts keep piling up as the same illness threatens to kill her daughter as well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Police find a young woman covered in blood and clinging to life in her Augusta, Georgia, home. The case leads detectives on the hunt for a serial killer responsible for a long, horrifying series of murders and abductions in multiple states. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two women mysteriously disappear in Lafayette, LA, 13 years apart from each other. With a lack of evidence, police are stumped. It's a race against time to find out what happened to these two southern belles. Until then, Lafayette will never be the same. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Julia Phillips calls police to the home of her boyfriend, Melvin Roberts. Officers find Melvin murdered and Julia bound in duct tape. As detectives begin digging, they uncover a deadly scandal that rocks a small Southern town to its core. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Derwin Brown wins the sheriff seat and promises to clean up the department. Incumbent sheriff Sidney Dorsey and his associates will stop at nothing to hold on to their jobs. It's a battle between good vs. evil, and someone ends up paying the price. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A beautiful, young co-ed is strangled to death in the bathroom of her Charlotte, North Carolina, home. Her murder ignites an investigation that leads police down a horrifying trail of bodies in pursuit of a diabolical serial killer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A gang of outlaws wreaks havoc on small towns throughout Appalachia. Posing as federal agents, this group of bandits prey on innocent citizens of eastern Kentucky -- leading the state police and the FBI on a wild goose chase. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carol and Robyn are friends who've always been by each other's side. So when Robyn's husband Brian is found murdered in Lake Charles, LA, Carol is right by her side. But police uncover Brian's racy past and a love for women that may have been his demise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Genore Guillory is a generous soul and a friend to all, and when she doesn't show up at work one day, her colleagues are immediately concerned. When police discover her battered body but no enemies, they are left to wonder -- who loved Genore to death? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When a retired couple is found murdered in their home, a Virginia town fears they have a killer on the loose. Neighboring police agencies join forces to hunt down the monster and uncover clues that may have them heading right into the devil's den. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the posh expanses of Virginia's Hunt Country, the fiery relationship between billionaire heiress Susan Cummings and her polo-playing boyfriend comes to a violent and shocking end. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After growing up in a tiny coal town and pulling herself up by her bootstraps, FBI secretary Melissa Mooney had a whole lot to live for. When her promising life is suddenly cut short, friends wonder who would snuff out such a vivacious woman in her prime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When a beautiful young woman is killed in her apartment, Raleigh police must play a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse to obtain a DNA sample from her suspected murderer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spoiled southern belle Pat Allanson yearns to be the next Scarlett O'Hara. She thinks she found the perfect Rhett Butler in Tom Allanson, but when her privileges suddenly come to a halt, she will stop at nothing to get the life she thinks she deserves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Whenever extended families get together, there's bound to be a little tension. But when two kissing cousins start carrying on, their scandalous relationship will end with nine people dead and a community that will never be the same. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A beautiful, young graduate student is brutally murdered in her Baton Rouge home. Her's is but one of a string of slayings that have police racing against the clock to prevent a serial killer from striking again. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Beloved preacher Matthew Winkler and his loving wife, Mary, seem like two peas in a pod. But they're hiding some scandalous secrets. Before long their horsing and carrying on will leave one of them dead and the other one running for the hills. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A househunting trip along the Ohio Turnpike in Spring 2005 for Dr. Gulam Moonda and his wife, Donna, ends in disaster when a gunman approaches on the side of the highway. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.