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 - 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.
#2 - Killer on the Res
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/15/2023
When someone stabs Trina Langenbrunner to death and leaves her on a road in Cloquet, Minn., her family, community, and law enforcement work together for over 12 years to find her killer.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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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#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
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#8 - 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.
#9 - Spring Breaking Up
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/10/2024
Tynesha Stewart, a college freshman at Texas A&M, is reported missing during spring break; as details of her private life emerge, police uncover jealous boyfriends and turmoil at home while making a discovery that will haunt Bordersville forever.
#11 - Nothing Random
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/15/2019
In Moscow, Idaho, an elderly couple frantically performs CPR on their young neighbour after a pop of gunfire interrupts their bedtime routine; investigators follow fresh footprints from the scene, only to learn the killer may already be behind bars.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
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#15 - 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.
#16 - Orders of Protection
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/14/2022
A tip comes in from an unexpected Willard, Mo., resident that leads to the final resting ground of missing newlyweds Russell and Rebecca Porter.
#18 - Hunting a Killer
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/23/2022
Detectives must uncover the truth about a hunter found slain in his car.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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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#23 - 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.
