The WORST episodes of Homicide Hunter: American Detective
Every episode of Homicide Hunter: American Detective ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - .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.
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#3 - 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.”
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#4 - 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.
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#6 - 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.
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#10 - 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.
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#13 - 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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#15 - The Rose Tattoo
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/26/2024
The body of a South Carolina man turns up floating in the Black River. Investigator Allen Morris, working his first homicide case, must scrutinize the victim's wife and mistress and ultimately untangle the web of deceit surrounding his disappearance.
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#17 - 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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#20 - 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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#22 - The Highway Hunter
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/24/2024
A scene straight out of a horror film unfolds outside of a Colorado police station, leaving one woman clinging to life and a second violently abducted; Det. Rick Archer soon uncovers a disturbing pattern that may have started a decade earlier.
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Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/10/2024
A mother raises the alarm when her daughter goes missing from the Colorado house she had recently moved into; while Det. Ben Endreson is investigating, an unusual suspect comes forward to confess her involvement, but her story doesn't quite add up.
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#24 - 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.
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Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/5/2024
In Minnesota, firemen put out a housefire and find a woman's body inside; Agent Rob Fraik learns that the victim was babysitting a friend's daughter, who is now missing; it is a race against time to track down the killer with a horrifying motive.
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