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.

In Moscow, Idaho, an elderly couple frantically performs CPR on their young neighbour 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.

Hør historiene om små, ydmyke byer i hjertet av USA - og om de provoserende forbrytelsene som fant sted i dem. 

Recounts the stories of humble Middle-American towns - and the provocative crimes that tore through them. 

Recounts the stories of humble Middle-American towns - and the provocative crimes that tore through them. 

Bubbly college student and waitress, Mindy Morgenstern, is found strangled and stabbed in her own apartment. Family, friends, and the entire town of Valley City, North Dakota help law enforcement identify who could have committed this violent crime.

In Dunlap, Tennessee, a body is found on the banks of the river. Detectives piece together the unknown man's final moments to find the culprit.

When twentysomething Patricia Richmond is found tied up, and murdered in her future in-laws' home, the resort town of Steamboat Springs, Colorado is at a loss. Who would have taken this bride-to-be's life in such a brutal way?

In Caulfield, Missouri, a local businesswoman is found stabbed to death at home. Police arrest two people in connection to this brutal murder.

A lively slumber party turns into a nightmare when a loving mother, Dianne Watts, her young daughter, and her daughter's friend, are murdered. The town of McMinnville is turned upside down, knowing there is a killer amongst them.

A slumber party turns into a nightmare when a mother and two young girls are murdered. Rumours quickly spread as locals wonder who the killer is.