The BEST episodes of Murder Comes to Town

Every episode of Murder Comes to Town ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Murder Comes to Town!

A sudden, brutal murder will traumatize any community, but when it strikes in a small close-knit town, the effect is devastating. From the rural backwaters of Appalachia to the lonely desert climes of the southwest, MURDER COMES TO TOWN uncovers the shocking murder mysteries that haunt small town America and the dark secrets that lie just beneath the surface of even the most idyllic community. Following the first person accounts of investigators and townsfolk, each hour-long episode unravels the wild rumors and terrifying truths behind an unthinkable crime and the dark legacy it leaves behind. Illustrated through moody, cinematic recreations, MURDER COMES TO TOWN follows police as they put together each clue and attempt to bring the perpetrator to justice

Last Updated: 11/1/2024Network: Investigation DiscoveryStatus: Ended
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8.00
37 votes

#1 - End of Watch

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/24/2018

The town of Cleveland, OK experiences overwhelming heartbreak when its esteemed Sheriff is mysteriously gunned down in the night. As the community wrestles with its safety, law enforcement is determined to find justice for their fellow officer.

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7.97
33 votes

#2 - The Sinner and the Saint

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/31/2018

When the sleepy town of Mooresburg, TN receives news that beloved teacher Margaret Jack Sliger is murdered on her farm, Hawkins County detectives are charged with finding the sinister perpetrator to bring their community justice.

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7.92
26 votes

#3 - The Dangers of Success

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/10/2018

Awakened by noises, a couple's worst nightmare becomes a reality as intruders shoot and kill their beloved daughter, Terri Ann McCoy; investigators work through leads and lies to discover the perpetrators are closer than they realized.

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7.86
37 votes

#4 - Stipps Hill Massacre

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/19/2015

The September 2011 murders of Roy Napier, his estranged wife Angela, their two adult children and neighbour Henry Smith.

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7.83
40 votes

#5 - Lord of the Rockies

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/23/2015

The New Year's Eve 2000 murders of Carl and JoAnna Dutcher and their 15-year-old grandson Tony, in the tiny Rocky Mountain outpost of Guffey.

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7.79
28 votes

#6 - The Last Face She Saw

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/7/2018

In Claypool Hill, Va., a popular pizza restaurant is turned into a horrific crime scene; the clues point to something more sinister than a robbery gone wrong, and authorities realize they must move fast to catch the killer.

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7.74
58 votes

#7 - Who's Missing Now

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/25/2017

When beloved young waitress Zilpha Lowery goes missing, foul play is immediately suspected. Rumors of her fate drift through town and tie her to another mysterious disappearance. The question on everyone's mind: what evil has invaded Marion, N.C.

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7.73
30 votes

#8 - No Witnesses

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/12/2018

When two young women fail to return home after a run to the local drive-thru, their concerned parents immediately start searching for them; however, it will be a fisherman who gives police their first clue that something evil has happened.

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7.73
22 votes

#9 - He'd Do It Again

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/26/2015

The case of Timothy Moore, whose body was found in a shallow grave in April 2011, five months after he had been reported missing from his home in Washington's Willapa Bay.

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7.72
36 votes

#10 - Hellfire in the Hollow

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/19/2018

When a 21-year-old mother fails to return from night classes and her car is found burned, investigators immediately suspect foul play; however, no one is prepare for the web of lies that unravel due to her disappearance.

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7.69
52 votes

#11 - Coal Miner's Slaughter

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/18/2017

A respected businesswoman in the placid town of Madisonville, Kentucky, is found bludgeoned and stabbed to death in her home. Detectives follow a long path to pursue her killer.

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7.68
44 votes

#12 - Friend or Foe

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/2/2015

The case of 66-year-old Sharron Erickson, who was raped and murdered in the small Midwestern town of Colon, Nebraska in June 2003.

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7.68
59 votes

#13 - Trailing the Devil

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/5/2018

A nightmare wreaks havoc on the village of Armada, Mich., where 14-year-old April Millsap is found murdered on the community's most popular bike trail; very little evidence leaves investigators running down clues to bring a monster to justice.

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7.63
35 votes

#14 - Who Killed Thanksgiving?

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/12/2015

The case of 62-year-old Narleen Campton, who was found murdered in her home, apparently having been tortured, during Thanksgiving 2011 in Newport, Washington.

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7.60
47 votes

#15 - Lurking in the Hollers

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/29/2014

The 1992 deaths of Tommy Griffin and his sister Connie Griffin Branham, both killed by shotgun wounds to the head. Connie was killed a few days after her sibling while enquiring his whereabouts

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7.60
42 votes

#16 - Something's Not Right

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/17/2018

When a popular cheerleader goes missing in rural Arkansas, the small town is sent into a panic. After her sports car is found abandoned, investigators are sure something is not right but no one expects the horror that ensues.

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7.59
46 votes

#17 - Mom Makes Four

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/8/2016

When Carla Fuqua vanishes after a night out with friends, her family panics. She's a dedicated mother who would never leave her son behind. Even worse, Carla has become the fourth missing person in a town of less than 5,000.

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7.56
45 votes

#18 - Cowboys from Hell

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/16/2015

The July 1999 murders of Diana Algar and her friend Jose Molina. Three letters scrawled across Algar's living room wall offered a key clue in a US-wide manhunt.

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7.55
51 votes

#19 - The Nightmare After Christmas

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/15/2016

Rumors fly in the small town of Auburn, New Hampshire after well-known local George Jodoin is found murdered in his bed and the top three suspects are his close friends.

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7.53
36 votes

#20 - My Dearest Diary

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/2/2015

The case of mother and daughter Angela and Ashley Hyke who went missing in July 2001, leaving candles burning and electric fans running in their home. Days later their bodies were found in shallow graves. Authorities quickly recognised that the key to identifying the murderer might lie in Angela's diary

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7.50
58 votes

#21 - Say It Ain't So

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/15/2017

In Poteau, Oklahoma, the proprietor of a saloon goes missing, leaving behind a splash of blood and many unanswered questions

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7.50
60 votes

#22 - The Cost of Competition

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/29/2017

In Resaca, Georgia, the home of carpet company owner Buddy Parker is raked with gunfire, killing Parker's beloved daughter, Tara Swilley.

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7.47
38 votes

#23 - Horror in the Heartland

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/5/2015

The case of Patricia Kimmi, who disappeared from her home in Horton, Kansas, in November 2009.

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7.44
43 votes

#24 - Tragedy Comes in Pairs

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/3/2018

Lightning strikes twice in the desert town of Socorro, N.M., where Crystal Houston is found murdered just 14 months after her older sister, Stephanie, is killed in a suspicious accident.

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7.42
64 votes

#25 - Who Killed the Music?

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/2016

After John Tarwacki Sr. discovers the bodies of his son, John, and his daughter-in-law, Carolyn, police find boot prints in the snow revealing the path their killer took, then the search for a motive leads them down an unexpected path.

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