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True Crime Story: It Couldn't Happen Here
True Crime Story: It Couldn't Happen Here

True Crime Story: It Couldn't Happen Here

—Small town native and advocate Hilarie Burton Morgan puts a spotlight on murder cases from small towns across America; she meets with family members and local insiders to explore each unique story and the impact and challenges of small-town justice.
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  • When a young woman from a wealthy family is found dead in a river, suspicion falls on her well-connected husband; a district attorney's shady misdeeds forever alter the course of the investigation.
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  • A college town is turned upside down when a young man is convicted of his friend's murder; after more than three decades behind bars, previously concealed evidence is uncovered that could prove the convicted man's innocence.
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  • A desperate single mother is arrested for shoplifting and thrown into a small-town jail; less than three months later she winds up dead after her pleas for help are dismissed for 19 hours.
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  • After escaping a car chase with police, a teenage girl and a young man go missing on Chickasaw land; competing jurisdictions, a scandalized sheriff and cover-up accusations complicate the families' search for answers.
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  • When a young mother is found murdered behind the middle school, multiple law enforcement agencies struggle to solve the case; a local amateur sleuth takes the investigation into her own hands and leads to a breakthrough.
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  • When a high school girl goes missing, local townspeople believe a satanic cult is to blame; suspected cult members, including the lead police investigator, are arrested for the girl's murder.
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26 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Benton, Missouri
    Wahpeton, ND
    New Albany, Mississippi
    Prichard, Alabama
    Aledo, Texas
    Vinalhaven, Maine
    Gilmer, Texas
    Corsicana, Texas
    State College, Pennsylvania
    Brownstown, Indiana
  • Benton, Missouri

    After a teenage girl is found murdered in her car on the side of a highway, a stranger from out of town is convicted of her murder; when the deputy who originally discovered the body becomes sheriff, he calls everything into question.
    Upcoming
  • Wahpeton, ND

    When the body of a missing student is discovered in the river near a small college town, the community questions the role law enforcement may have played in his death.
    Upcoming
  • New Albany, Mississippi

    When a beloved member of a tight-knit community is killed, the town cries out for immediate justice; after a young man is sentenced to death for the crime, and an out-of-town lawyer argues they convicted an innocent man.
    Upcoming
  • Prichard, Alabama

    The murder of a gender-nonconforming Black teenager remains unsolved despite pressure from family and friends - raising issues about the increase of violence, and the lack of justice for trans murder victims across the country.
    Upcoming
  • Aledo, Texas

    Years after the body of a young woman is found strangled to death in a creek bed, law enforcement finally closes the case; a closer look raises questions about the investigation.
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  • Vinalhaven, Maine

    On a remote island, a dispute between two lobstermen is settled the way islanders do: face-to-face; the conflict turns deadly when one swings an ax - leaving locals to dispute whether the death was self-defense or murder.
    Upcoming
True Crime Story: It Couldn't Happen Here

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Small town native and advocate Hilarie Burton Morgan puts a spotlight on murder cases from small towns across America; she meets with family members and local insiders to explore each unique story and the impact and challenges of small-town justice.

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