The BEST episodes of Homicide Hunter: American Detective
Every episode of Homicide Hunter: American Detective ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Homicide Hunter: American Detective!
In American Detective, Kenda trades in his own case files to bring viewers astounding investigations from across the country, with each episode featuring a different homicide detective whose tireless efforts helped put a killer behind bars and bring justice for the victim.
#1 - Death Roll
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/23/2022
Gunshots ring out in broad daylight, killing a young mother of four only steps from her workplace in Carson, California. Veteran detective Louie Aguilera works hard to find the assailant, but the investigation leads him across international borders.
#2 - Tale of Two Knives
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/19/2021
A med student is found pinned to her bedroom floor with a large knife. Det. Frank Dillard must employ his skills as an interrogator to hunt down a serial killer.
#4 - Body Parts
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/6/2022
Det. Flavell is called in to solve his career’s most gruesome and senseless crime after two women from Greenville, South Carolina, find horrifying discoveries on their doorstep, along with ominous death threats and trash bags filled with severed human appendages.
#5 - Drugstore Cowboy
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/16/2022
The murder of a young entrepreneur in the entranceway of his family home, sends shockwaves through his affluent seaside community. To catch the killer, Detective Dale Mason must navigate a tangled conspiracy and outwit a band of career criminals.
#6 - Run the Wickets
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/2/2022
The former mayor of Potowan Point, Ohio, turns up dead in his hunting cabin. Detective Ryan Allar and his team begin the search to figure out if this is political retaliation or something more personal. What they find hits a little too close to home.
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#7 - The Creek
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/26/2022
A home health care aide's body floats in a rural Connecticut creek, and detective Garritt Kelly joins the investigation to bring justice to a community gripped by fear. But Kelly will need to employ burgeoning forensic technology to secure a conviction.
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#8 - Prodigal Son
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/26/2022
A hardworking father of five lies dead on his kitchen floor with a bullet to the back of the head. To get to the bottom of the mystery, Det. James Colley must untangle a web of twisted relationships and bizarre fantasies.
#9 - Lights Out
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/24/2021
A gruesome attack on a couple sets of a nationwide hunt for the culprit.
#10 - What She Saw
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/10/2021
A slain woman's disabled child may hold the key to solve a double murder.
#12 - From the Deep
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/13/2021
Some three miles off the Jersey shore, boaters discover the remains of a 16-year-old girl. An unlikely clue leads detectives to the killer’s cold-blooded conspiracy.
#15 - The Colonial Parkway Murders
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/2025
After multiple homicides occur along Virginia's Colonial Parkway, Authorities task Det. Danny Plott with finding a serial killer. When investigators uncover a pattern at the crime scenes about the killer's method, it becomes the key to solving the case.
#16 - Wolf in the Shadows
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/3/2026
Residents of a small New England town reel when someone abducts, murders, and dumps a beloved young teacher in an empty patch of woods. After years of false starts and dead ends, an intuitive decision exposes a monster hiding in plain sight.
#17 - Mr. Nobody
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/8/2025
Jacksonville deputies locate the bones of a missing woman. As Det. Mechelle Soehlig pieces together the victim’s final steps, a trail of clues lead her from the site of a late-night house party to a mysterious Icelandic biker known as “Viking.”
#18 - Barn of Horrors
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/15/2025
After someone abducts a vivacious Ohio undergrad in broad daylight, local police join forces with the FBI. The discovery of blood-soaked evidence kicks the case into high gear and brings investigators face-to-face with the depths of human depravity.
#19 - A Letter From Hell
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/22/2025
A double murder leads police to a KKK rally and a confession from “Hell.”
#20 - Valentine's Day Murder
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/29/2025
A mother of two turns up dead after a house fire - but her autopsy reveals death by strangulation. Lt. Mike Daniewicz must take to the streets of New Jersey's Little India to catch a killer whose desperation is matched only by his heartlessness.
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#21 - The Line Goes Dead
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/6/2025
In rural Minnesota, a masked murderer bludgeons an entire family in their sleep; as small-town secrets unravel, Sheriff Mike Gormley uncovers a dangerous love triangle and a vengeful killer who is willing to risk his own blood for retribution.
#22 - .44 Magnum
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/13/2025
After someone executes a charismatic New Hampshire businessman in his sleep, the case goes ice cold; detective Robert Freitas uses his wits and a wiretap to outsmart a deceitful associate who believed he'd long since gotten away with murder.
#23 - Twelve Hours of Terror
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/20/2025
A series of murders puts the residents of a small town on high alert; as bodies continue to pile up, the urgency escalates, pitting Detective Dave Frankel in a race against time to capture a deranged spree killer before he claims his next victim.
#24 - Man's Best Friend
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/15/2026
A 911 call leads police to a field in rural Texas, where they make a grotesque discovery - the flaming corpse of an unidentified woman. A lost dog leads investigators to the victim's ID, then onto a multi-state manhunt and a deadly car chase.
#25 - The Desert City Murders
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/22/2026
When investigators find a series of homeless men bludgeoned to death at the same intersection, Las Vegas fears who could be next. With no leads and mounting pressure, Undersheriff Andrew Walsh proposes an ingenious idea to lure in a serial killer.