The BEST episodes of Murder in the Heartland (2017)
Every episode of Murder in the Heartland (2017) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Murder in the Heartland (2017)!
Every episode documents a town and its people through a murder that tore through it. The townspeople not only become our storytellers, but they also hold the clues to the puzzle that has forever changed their lives and how they understand their home.
#1 - Scared Silent
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/20/2017
In Shawnee, Okla., Marshall Dent goes missing on Christmas Eve, and the Native American community bands together; after weeks of searching, they find Dent in a shallow grave on sacred ground, and authorities scramble to find his killer.
#2 - Ashes to Alibis
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/27/2019
In Post Falls, Idaho, devoted family man Bo Kirk vanishes, and his truck is found set ablaze; Bo's sister blames their estranged father, until released ATM security footage points to one of his co-workers who has piercing blue eyes.
#3 - Death Before Marriage
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/8/2019
Carol Lapaglia waits 25 years to marry the love of her life, Jack Parkes; six weeks before their wedding in Kennedy Township, Pa., she finds him shot to death in their living room.
#4 - Driven to Murder
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/29/2020
After locals smell what can only be the scent of charred meat, police find burned remains in an abandoned mining pit in the small town of Hibbing, Minnesota. Before they can investigate who committed the crime, first they must identity the body.
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#5 - Caught in the Act
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/11/2021
Baseball loving wife and mother, Diane Fortenberry, is found unconscious on the floor of her burglarised home. Hours later, at the hospital, Diane succumbs to her injuries, and the entire resort town of Osakis, Minnesota, aids law enforcement.
#6 - The Friends You Keep
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/21/2019
Jill Walker finds her daughter, Emma, cold to the touch in her own bed; quickly ruling out suicide, investigators search for a suspicious man in black caught on a neighbor's home surveillance camera.
#7 - The Farmer's Daughter
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/8/2020
Bubbly college student and waitress, Mindy Morgenstern, is found strangled and stabbed in her own apartment. Family, friends, and the entire town of Valley City, North Dakota help law enforcement identify who could have committed this violent crime.
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#9 - The Killing Kind
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/22/2023
After James Skinner turns up dead in his own bedroom, the agricultural community of Brownstown, Ill., enters into a paranoid spiral, unsure who would want to kill this beloved local rodeo rider and cattle rancher.
#10 - Love on the Rocks
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/5/2021
In Montrose, Colorado, rock quarry owner and mother, Irene Trujillo, suddenly goes missing. When her daughter's search for their mum comes up empty, 911 is called. Those closest to Irene, including her employees, are suspected of foul play.
#11 - Serial Killer in the Making
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/25/2021
Several chilling clues are staged at the home of a missing cardiac nurse.
#12 - Branches of Evil
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/14/2019
In Hayti, Mo., Tray Phelps is found beaten to death in his driveway; the townspeople are stunned to discover that a web of evil lurks just beneath the surface of the seemingly idyllic hamlet.
#13 - Deviant Deeds
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/28/2019
Hugo is hysterical after he finds his brother's girlfriend, Breanna Schneller, beaten and stabbed to death; the brothers appear to be devastated, but the discovery of Breanna's missing phone casts doubt on their alibis.
#14 - The Kind Sister
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/6/2017
In Payette, Idaho, teacher Elizabeth Baune is the pillar of her community until she is stabbed to death in her own home; townspeople suspect Baune's kindness may have been behind her death.
#15 - If Walls Could Talk
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/23/2019
In Monroe, Ohio, an affluent retirement community is baffled after Barbara Howe simply vanishes one night; the police soon find Barbara's body in the trunk of her car, and her throat has been slit.
#16 - Fear Travels Fast
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/29/2017
In Aurora, Ind., the townspeople are horrified when beloved mother and hairstylist Leigh Jennings is killed in her own home.
#17 - Toddlers Terrible Tale
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/30/2022
In the small town of Twinsburg, Ohio, Charlene Puffenbarger's 3-year-old son is the only witness to her brutal murder; as investigators continue to follow every tip that comes in, an unexpected source leads them to the killer.
#18 - An Affair With Murder
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/9/2022
A woman working for a plant in Camden, Arkansas, goes missing; when a local stumbles upon Ruiz Stone's abandoned van, her family fears the worst, and some speculate Ruiz fled town with a lover, but detectives reveal something far more sinister.
#20 - Bad for Business
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/2/2019
MaryAnn Clibbery is brutally murdered at the remodeling business she owned in Loves Park, Ill.; then, a suspicious bag found floating in an icy river unlocks the secrets of her brutal slaying.
#21 - Hunting a Killer
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/23/2022
Detectives must uncover the truth about a hunter found slain in his car.
#22 - The Gravel Pit Murders
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/5/2023
In Howard City, Michigan, detectives investigate a night of horror that ends with the shooting of beloved couple Robert and Norma Bean in a gravel pit; local tips provide alarming new clues, revealing the shocking timeline of their final hours.
#23 - No Giving Up
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/9/2019
In Saguache, Colo., mountain bike pioneer Mike Rust disappears from his home, and his remains are not found until seven years later.
#24 - An Unfaithful Truth
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/12/2023
When law enforcement finds local electrician James Nibbe dead after a home invasion, they must dig beneath the surface of Lake Crystal, Minnesota, to root out the killer.
#25 - Mother of It All
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/19/2021
A lively slumber party turns into a nightmare when a loving mother, Dianne Watts, her young daughter, and her daughter's friend, are murdered. The town of McMinnville is turned upside down, knowing there is a killer amongst them.