Small Town Murder

This week, in Cochranton, Pennsylvania, three young women navigate through relationships, with some lingering feelings, and resentments between two the women, who used to be in a relationship. Plans are made for everyone to get together, to move on, and be friends, but it all falls apart, when one of them gets reported as a missing person. No one claims to know anything, until a shallow grave is f...

This week, in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada, an unpredictable, and unbelievable scene happens, seemingly out of nowhere, leaving someone without a head, and some other body parts. The even crazier part is that the killer forced a large group of people to helplessly watch as he stabbed, beheaded, and began to eat the victim. When the murderer was taken into custody, he even had a few parts,...

This week, in Washington, North Carolina, a very strange scene unfolds, when a man who doesn't seem to have much going for him, except a vampire name, has many women at his disposal, including a wife, and a pair of identical twins. While he lives in a trailer with his wife, and a school bus, with his twins, this odd arrangement doesn't end up working for everyone, and it sends him into a rage. But...

This week, in Cheswold, Delaware, a man who comes from absolutely awful conditions ends up leading a pretty predicable life of crime. Until one day, when he has a complete breakdown, going on a spree that ends up with a trail of terrorized people, and two dead people, one of which is missing half of a head. Its a horrible, bloody mess. The results are insane courtroom outbursts, misspelled letters...

This week, in Fort Smith, Montana, an ambitious, and educated young couple settle into this tiny town, with high hopes. But as things begin to crumble, there are everything from public arguments to assaults with, and over, cookies. One night, one of the couple leaves, and doesn't come home, only to be found, floating face down in the river, with plenty of evidence to show that they didn't just tum...

This week, in Bagdad, Arizona, a man is attacked, in his front yard by a masked assailant, who immediately flees the scene. The only evidence at the scene is a little blood, and some shards of potato, baffling the investigators. His new, young bride thinks that her ex-husband must be the killer, but it turns out, she's been shacking up with a local insane man, who works with her, as a nurse's aide...

This week, in Pulaski, Tennessee, twin brothers, who have been what can only be described as "strange", from a young age, end up involved in a life of crime. Their house becomes a central gathering point, and is called "The Spahn Ranch of Tennessee", as their makeshift Manson clan comes & goes. The house also becomes a center for vicious & bloody murder, including bathtub dismemberments, and backy...

This week, in Kodiak, Alaska, a very strange little "neighborhood", outside of town is inhabited with some very strange living situations, and all the weirdness that comes with it. Odd marriages, and too many people sharing a hut bring tensions to their peak, after accusations of being a little bit too friendly with a neighbor's spouse. This leads to a crazy showdown, and two very different accoun...

This week, in Hooksett, New Hampshire, a man falls dead, in front of other people, and they think it must be a heart attack, until they find the pool of blood, under him, and a hole in his chest. Was it a hunter's stray bullet, from the nearby woods, or something much more sinister? He turns out to have quite the past, since his mother was burned to death, in the family pig sty. The reality sets i...

This week, in Barrington, Rhode Island, a very educated & upright couple become friends with their financial advisor, until red flags start to appear. Red flags, like the family disappearing, and being found two months later, in a shallow grave. But who could have killed this seemingly upstanding family? Well, the main suspect says it was actually the Asian mafia, and that this family wasn't all t...

This week, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, an upstanding young family is seemingly set on the right path, with small children, and the husband even running for local office... Until it all falls apart, in a very crazy way. In addition to both parents being on a lot of drugs, the father is absolutely preparing for what he calls "the inevitable zombie apocalypse". Complete with training sessions for the ki...

This week, in Dickinson, North Dakota, a grisly, and horrifying scene is found in a small town motel, populated by transient oil workers, and drifters, of all types. The problem is that no one in this tiny police department had ever dealt with a double homicide, and it shows. The case goes cold, after years pass, but eventually FBI agent John Douglas puts a profile together, that matches one of th...

This week, in Beckley, West Virginia, we look at 2 stories, because they were too crazy to pick just one! First, a man with a "history of meanness" takes vengeance & violence to a whole new level, with acts that so brazen, it's like he wants to spend the rest of his life in prison. For the second story, we talk about a murder so horrendous, that's it's hard to believe that it's real. Twelve people...

This week, in Paragonah, Utah, a wild situation unfolds, as a man, who has been in prison for most of his life, and is about to stand trial for murdering a friend, takes some other friends out to rural trailer, so they won't testify against him. A disagreement, and the fear of his friend's knowledge of his guilt leads to a brutal murder, while forcing others to participate in digging a grave, befo...

This week, in Columbus, Wisconsin, when a young man comes home from the night shift at the paper factory, he finds his wife, bludgeoned, strangled, stabbed, and worse. But police don't quite know where to look for suspects, with the husband having a seemingly fine alibi, and this new mother having no real enemies. A small town police force allows the case to go cold, but when it's finally looked a...

This week, in Brownington, Vermont, the couple behind a very odd, and seriously hilarious, public access tv show, in northern Vermont suffer a terrible tragedy, when an awful accident kills one of the pair. It seems to be just plain bad luck, until an OK Cupid online dating hookup sees some strange personal habits, and hears some very weird things, from the widow, including a story that makes them...

This week, in Addy, Washington, a rugged, but close family, lives in a remote area, and makes a living mostly off the land. They have their problems, like any other family, but nothing that could possibly hint at the wholesale slaughter that would take place within the walls of the home that they built with their own hands. When police find blood stains & "bits of flesh" around the house, there is...

This week, in Daleville, Alabama, a very creepy situation unfolds, when an awful man decides that he doesn't like the new boy who is dating his teenage daughter. This isn't just a case of an overprotective father, either. This is much weirder than that. This man forces his daughter to lure this boyfriend to a rural area, in the middle of the night, and terrible things happen. This man then forces...

This week, in Woodbridge, Virginia, bored by his marriage, a man looks to the internet, on Adult Friend Finder to try to spice up his life. An ad, looking for a "sugar daddy" catches his interest, and a strange relationship is born. A woman, in the midst of a child custody battle aspires to have a business, making costumes for strippers, and hosting her own porn site. This relationship causes huge...

This week, in St. Martinville, Louisiana, moving out of the trailer that you've made into your love nest is difficult, but with the help of family, you can get it done. The only problem is that your spurned lover may use this as a reason to go wild, and begin settling debts, with violence. He starts out at the local bar, and ends up at his Ex's parents' house, with shotgun, and a bad attitude. Whe...

This week, in Trinidad, Colorado, a minister's wife has an appetite for certain things. Like men, in the congregation. This causes them to move from state to state, after the affairs inevitably surface. This lands them in Colorado, which the marriage over, and several more to come. She finds a rugged mountain man, an optometrist, and a fireman, among others. This is all fine, until she wants one t...

This week, in New Paltz, New York, a lonely man, coming out of a recent depression, and having lost 150 pounds, befriends a waitress at his neighborhood diner. They bond over the fact that they've both lost loved ones, recently, and that she also just had a major weight loss. The relationship turns obsessive, but only on one side of it. Little does she know, that his growing obsession with her cou...

This week, in Conway, South Carolina, a popular local teenager is found, horribly butchered, and everyone in town are considered suspects. Police question dozens of friends, and family, only to come up with no answers, but luckily for them, DNA has just come on the scene, giving them a new tool to use to solve terrible crimes like this. An FBI profiler is brought in, and the profile turns out to m...

This week, in Morton, Illinois, a couple has a very nice life, and many accomplishments, including him, being a respected doctor, as they raised four children together. One day, things changed. Mental breakdowns, an affair with a Rabbi, hiding money, a secret love nest, furnished with the imaginary proceeds from a multi level marketing scheme, all come to a head on one particular day. When an incr...

This week, in Cottonwood, California, an average man, tells everyone that he's much more than average. He says that he is, in fact, an international assassin, hired out by both the government, and a mysterious operation called "The Company". He convinces several morons that he is telling the truth, and gets them to "join the organization", through murder. The target? His girlfriend's husband, of c...