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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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Season 36 of 6 Episodes

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

    Adel, Georgia
    Sauquoit, New York
    St. Augustine, Florida
    Cookeville, Tennessee
    Shelbyville, Kentucky
    Rockville/Ellington, Connecticut
    Dallas, Georgia
    Pocomoke City, Maryland
    Angier, North Carolina
    Iaeger, West Virginia
  • Adel, Georgia

    The town of Adel, Ga., is rocked by a brutal robbery homicide, and locals quickly point to an outsider as the killer; over 20 years later, new evidence raises the startling question if an innocent man is serving life for another man's crime.
    Upcoming
  • Sauquoit, New York

    When a beloved chiropractor in Sauquoit, N.Y., dies suddenly under strange circumstances, investigators discover she's been murdered with a rare poison; the killer could only be someone she knew closely, and the case divides the town.
    Upcoming
  • St. Augustine, Florida

    A young woman in St. Augustine, Fla., with everything to live for is found shot to death with the gun belonging to her boyfriend, a deputy sheriff; he says it was suicide, but her family believes it was murder.
    Upcoming
  • Cookeville, Tennessee

    When an immigrant couple who settled in the Tennessee town of Cookeville is executed in their sleep and their house set on fire, investigators identify a suspect with motive; in their rush to make an arrest, they may have gotten the wrong man.
    Upcoming
  • Shelbyville, Kentucky

    In rural Shelbyville, Ky., a body is found in the river; years go by until the police catch the killer, but some in town question if the suspect is even capable of committing the crime.
    Upcoming
  • Rockville/Ellington, Connecticut

    When a 22-year-old dancer goes missing, the men of the neighboring town who frequented the club she worked at become the suspect pool; wealth and status may protect a killer; a determined police officer works the case.
    Upcoming
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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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