The WORST episodes of Murder Comes to Town

Every episode of Murder Comes to Town ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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
star
7.14
51 votes

#1 - The Message in Red

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/2016

When a couple is gunned down, a scrawled message leads police to suspect the crime may be related to drugs, even though there's no evidence the victims were involved in the drug trade.

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7.16
44 votes

#2 - Lookin' for Souls to Steal

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/29/2016

In Juliette, Ga., two college students are gunned down while parked in lovers' lane.

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star
7.22
49 votes

#3 - Prints of Darkness

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/7/2016

In Alma, Ga., Michael Augustson returns home to find his wife, Melisa, murdered in a scene of unspeakable horror.

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star
7.24
49 votes

#4 - Mommy, Please Come Home

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/2016

The tiny town of Glendive, Montana is paralyzed with fear when mother of four Susan Casey vanishes. The investigation leaves everyone to wonder if one of Susan’s former flames is harboring a sinister secret, or if someone else is stalking their town.

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7.25
67 votes

#5 - The Devil Wears Sneakers

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/20/2014

A tight-knit Illinois farming town is rocked when a family of five is found beaten to death in their home. When the bodies of the Gee family are discovered, the tiny town of Beason, IL finds itself in the midst of a gruesome murder mystery.

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star
7.25
63 votes

#6 - Open Door Policy

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/11/2017

The brutal murders of Mike and Terri Greene hits close to home in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The couple was beloved by everyone in the small town and Mike was a retired police officer.

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star
7.28
39 votes

#7 - Secrets of a Country Store

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/9/2015

The deaths of Alabama country store owner Billy Triplett and his wife Debbie in June 2001. Locals suspected their fate must have been connected with his illegal side-business of retailing alcohol. However, when word of a bloodstained stash of money reached investigators, they were shocked to realise the identity of the person wishing to conceal it

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star
7.30
63 votes

#8 - A Place She'd Call Home

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2016

Police are baffled after Melissa White is found murdered in the backyard of her Viola, Ill., home, then they take a closer look at her neighbors and unearth a secret.

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star
7.31
59 votes

#9 - Dorothy Did Right

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/6/2017

In Georgiana, Ala., a beloved church lady is murdered, sending the townspeople into a tailspin; rumors fly as detectives struggle to separate fact from fiction.

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star
7.32
50 votes

#10 - Mr. & Mrs. Fantastic

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/3/2014

When elderly couple Charles and Grace Lewis vanish from the family farm along with their pickup truck, their children realize that something is terribly wrong. As word spreads, fear envelopes the quiet religious community of Bonne Terre, MO.

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7.33
49 votes

#11 - Last Walk to Bad Creek

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/14/2016

The discovery of the bullet-riddled bodies of Skyla Whitaker and Taylor Placker inspires panic among the community members of Weleetka, Okla.

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7.34
59 votes

#12 - Roses are Red, Murder is Too

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/8/2017

When a town counsel member is found murdered in her home, residents of Berryville, Virginia are appalled. With the only evidence being the single bullet that took her life, the slaying begins to look more and more like a professional hit.

Directors: Geoffrey Proud
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star
7.36
50 votes

#13 - The Night Stalker Attacks

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/22/2016

When Cindy Borton is found brutally stabbed to death in her home, authorities immediately suspect those closest to her. But a note left at the site of a local arson lights a trail that turns the investigation on its head.

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star
7.38
80 votes

#14 - Wicked Witness

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/4/2017

What begins as a frantic 911 call to help an assaulted neighbor, ends in the most bizarre investigation the small town of Walsenburg, Colorado has ever seen - complete with a twisted tale of torture, family secrets, and a fallen Jehovah's Witness.

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Rumor Has It
star
7.38
99 votes

#15 - Rumor Has It

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/13/2014

Nestled halfway between Bangor and the Canadian border, Webster Plantation has a population of less than 70 people. When two of its residents, Michael and Valerie Miller are found brutally murdered in their home, fear overwhelms everyone in town.

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star
7.39
77 votes

#16 - All-American Sweethearts

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/27/2014

Eighteen-year-old Kelly Eckart disappears one night after finishing up her shift at a local hardware store. Hours later her car is discovered abandoned by the side of the road, still running, but Kelly is nowhere to be found.

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star
7.39
51 votes

#17 - End of an Era

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/17/2014

When a beloved local business owner is murdered while minding his store in idyllic Cumberland Gap, TN, no one wants to think that the killer could be one of their own. Could the killer have been a stranger or someone a little closer to home?

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star
7.39
66 votes

#18 - No Average Trouble Maker

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/10/2014

When teenager Bridgett Frisbie sneaks out of her Katy, TX home one night, her parents assume it's just typical teenage rebellion. But the next day, a group of boys find her body in the woods just outside of town.

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star
7.40
55 votes

#19 - Answering the Call

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/1/2017

When a brush fire is reported in rural Winchester, Tennessee, first responders are horrified to find the body of young Megan Sharp at the center of the blaze. Beaten, raped, burned, police race to bring justice before the attacker hunts down his next victim.

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star
7.40
67 votes

#20 - Who Killed Miss Brown Sugar

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/22/2017

In Clewiston, Florida, 21-year-old Erica Vassell disappears after a Super Bowl party, and the townspeople launch a search.

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star
7.42
38 votes

#21 - Friendly Foes

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/26/2018

In Galax, Va., the double homicide of a young woman and her 21-month-old daughter sends the town's tiny police force on a frenzied mission to stop unspeakable evil in its tracks.

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star
7.42
64 votes

#22 - 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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star
7.44
43 votes

#23 - 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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star
7.47
38 votes

#24 - 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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star
7.50
60 votes

#25 - 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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