The WORST episodes of Killer Cases
Every episode of Killer Cases ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Killer Cases!
"Killer Cases" brings all the emotion, drama, and suspense from chilling murder trials. It's a journey through the criminal justice process that gives viewers an inside look at real cases like never before.
#1 - The Sex Therapist
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/15/2024
Police find Amie Harwick, a prominent sex therapist and Drew Carey's former fiancé, dying on the patio under the balcony of her Hollywood Hills apartment shortly after midnight on Valentine's Day.
#2 - Murder at Ohio State
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/2022
When Ohio State senior Reagan Tokes failed to respond to messages from her parents, they feared the worst. Their nightmare became a reality when a 911 caller reported the discovery of a female body in the local park. She had been shot execution style. Knowing a brutal killer was on the loose, detectives raced to solve the crime, gathering surveillance video and photos that tracked Reagan's last moments. Brian Golsby, a previously convicted sex offender, was arrested. Golsby confessed to abducting Tokes, admitting he forced her to withdraw money from ATM accounts, but he adamantly denied killing her, insisting an accomplice he called "TJ" committed the murder. At trial Golsby continued to maintain his innocence; but even his highly regarded defense team couldn't produce TJ.
#3 - Murder in a Cul-de-Sac
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/2022
In Florida in 2015, Amanda Colley was starting her life over after a contentious divorce and an ongoing custody battle with her ex-husband, James. The 36-year-old mother of two was excited about a new love interest, Lamar Douberly. Then, one summer night, she returned to a ransacked house. Lamar and two girlfriends arrived to join her as police were called. Then, gunshots rang out; glass shattered. After more shots, Amanda and her friend Lindy, a mother of three, were both dead and Rachel was injured. The gunman took off. James Colley was arrested 600 miles away and brought back to Florida to stand trial for double murder, with both Lamar and Rachel giving dramatic firsthand testimony.
#4 - The School Teacher Murder
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2023
Kay Baker, a school teacher and mum, was found lying in her neighbour's yard bleeding to death; soon after discovering her body, police spotted a wounded man on the run in the woods, leading to a suspenseful chase, arrest, and a possible suspect.
#5 - The Eagle Scout
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2023
Alexander Jackson, an Eagle Scout, calls 911 to report a mysterious intruder has killed his parents and sister and shot him in the leg; as they interview Alexander in the hospital, detectives begin to suspect Jackson isn't telling the whole truth.
#6 - The Policeman's Wife
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2023
Police officer Brian Fanion frantically called 911 for an ambulance, saying his wife Amy had shot herself and lay dying. But when Fanion's fellow officers arrived at the house, the crime scene posed more questions than answers.
#7 - Death by Antifreeze
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2023
Outwardly, Mark Jensen seemed to be a mild-mannered, loving husband - grieving over the suicide death of his wife. But when police found traces of antifreeze in her autopsy, they started to question what was really going on at home.
#8 - The Air Force Major
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/2023
Andreen Mcdonald and her husband had a beautiful home and successful business they built together; when Andreen went missing, detectives uncovered her husband's secret love affair and realized this was much more than a missing persons case.
Watch Now:Apple TV#9 - The Butterfly Keeper
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2023
When Jade Janks discovered her beloved stepfather, Thomas Merriman, had secretly downloaded nude photos of her onto his computer, she set out to put an end to the abuse.
#10 - The Last Meal
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/2023
Attorney Richard Merritt, had a last home cooked meal with his mother before he was set to report to jail for embezzlement. But when Merritt didn't show up on time investigators found his mother dead in the living room. Merritt claimed an intruder had attacked them both and he had fled for his life.
#11 - Death in Suburbia
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/2023
James Ray, a prominent attorney, lived in an upscale home with his girlfriend Angela Bledsoe, a successful businesswoman. But when Angela didn't show up at the office, police found her dead on the kitchen floor. Ray and his BMW were nowhere to be found.
#12 - The Bicycle Killer
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2023
When Becky Bliefnick failed to pick up her boys from school, a family member went to check and found her dead in the living room. Detectives found a major clue in an unlikely place--on an episode of the game show Family Feud.
#13 - The Boyfriend
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/2023
When Sadie Beacham didn't receive a good night call from her boyfriend, she was alarmed. She found his front door open and blood on the floor and walls. Detectives could not locate his body, but DNA evidence pointed to someone Sadie knew well.
Watch Now:Apple TV#14 - Her Husband's Murder
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/2023
The middle-aged couple were on a routine evening stroll with their dog when a man attacked out of nowhere, injuring the wife and fatally shooting her husband. What was behind the mystery attack?
#15 - Murder On Wheels
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/2023
A car with three friends inside careens into a brick wall at 100 miles an hour, killing two of them; after a lengthy investigation police charges the young driver, MacKenzie Shirilla, with murder.
#16 - The Jazz Musician's Murder
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/2022
Jazz trumpet player Scott Sessions failed to show up for a gig. A well-known local musician, he played with groups including the Elvis Experience band. His body was found a few days later, wrapped in plastic, partially burned and hidden in a forest. Investigators opened a murder case and traced his last known whereabouts to the residence of his new love interest, Heather Frank. Frank was nowhere to be seen, but investigators followed up on a tip about her former boyfriend, Kevin Eastman. Dogged detectives placed a tracking device on Eastman's car. When they went to investigate, they discovered Frank's body on the property of Eastman's employer.
#17 - Murder in the Family
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/22/2024
When Ilene Gowan, a popular waitress at a local bar in Council Bluffs, Iowa, was found dead by the side of the road, her family called in famous forensic examiner Dr. Michael Baden to help solve the case.
#18 - A Bullet in the Back
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/29/2024
The murder trial of prominent lawyer Tex McIver transfixed Atlanta. McIver claimed his gun accidentally went off, unintentionally shooting his wife in the back as they drove home. But, did McIver have a secret motive to want his wife dead?
#19 - The Boy in the Woods
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/5/2024
After trying for 20 years to solve the mystery of a 6-year-old boy found dead in the woods, an artist's age progression portrait of the child posted on social media leads detectives to find new clues.
#20 - The Professor's Murder
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/12/2024
Legal scholar Dan Markel was gunned down execution style as he pulled into the driveway of his Florida home. Detectives hunted for a killer--who would hire a hitman to murder a law professor?
#21 - The Louisville Connection
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/19/2024
A man is gunned down on a Louisville sidewalk during Derby week. A few weeks later, the bodies of two teenage boys are found burned and abandoned in a vacant lot. Detectives investigate a strange connection between the murders.
#22 - A Mother's Tears
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/26/2024
Border patrol agents discovered the bodies of a young mother and her toddler son along the Rio Grande. Detectives closed in on a surprising suspect.
#23 - Victim or Killer?
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/3/2024
Police receive a frantic 911 call about a woman who witnessed a murder. But during her interrogation detectives begin to wonder--was she a terrified witness or was she a killer?
#24 - The Handcuffs Killer
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/15/2024
When school teacher Catherine Edwards missed a family outing, her worried parents went to her apartment to check on her. There, they made the horrifying discovery: Catherine had been restrained with law enforcement style handcuffs and murdered. Investigators followed dozens of leads as the alarmed community worried about a killer on the loose. Given the handcuffs, investigators even looked at fellow police officers but the case remained a mystery. Nearly three decades later, a team of dedicated detectives, a Texas Ranger, and forensic genealogists teamed up to catch an unlikely killer, finally bringing justice to the Edwards family and the city of Beaumont.
#25 - A Death in the Bathtub
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/22/2024
When the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office responded to a 911 call from distraught former state trooper Daniel Howard reporting his wife Kendy's suicide, detectives prepared to investigate one of their own. Howard told the investigators his wife had been severely depressed. Detectives learned the couple had been going through a bitter divorce and tensions were high. Now faced with a suspicious death, detectives must reconstruct the crime and confront Daniel Howard in an interview captured on bodycam footage at the scene to determine if he killed his spouse.