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.
3.5 / 5
Episode 1
The shocking murders of attorney Vince Sherry and his politically-active wife Margaret make the already-hot summer of 1987 sizzle in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Episode 2
The deaths of a string of champion racehorses may be linked to the death of candy heiress Helen Vorhees Brach.
Episode 3
Police investigate the bomb that blew apart the car of Mark Hoffmann, a highly respected and religious Mormon.
Episode 4
A woman's naked body is found outside a Seattle nightclub, posed demurely with a pinecone in her hand.
Episode 5
When a lobsterman discovers the ankle of a partially decomposed body in his trap, a local "witch" helps solve the crime.
Episode 6
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?
Episode 7
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.
Episode 8
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.
Episode 9
In 1982, Alice McArthur, the wife of Bill, a prominent criminal defense attorney, is killed by two men delivering flowers.
Episode 10
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Episode 11
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Episode 12
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