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.

Last Updated: 10/13/2024Network: Investigation DiscoveryStatus: Continuing
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8.00
37 votes

#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.

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7.98
45 votes

#2 - 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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7.90
21 votes

#3 - 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.

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7.90
29 votes

#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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7.88
40 votes

#5 - 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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7.81
36 votes

#6 - 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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7.77
22 votes

#7 - 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.

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7.77
26 votes

#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.

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7.76
25 votes

#9 - 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.

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7.69
36 votes

#10 - 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.

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7.67
42 votes

#11 - 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.

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7.66
38 votes

#12 - 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.

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7.66
32 votes

#13 - 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.

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7.65
20 votes

#14 - Farming for a Motive

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/4/2021

A small-town farm becomes a hotbed of suspicion when a farmhand is killed.

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7.64
39 votes

#15 - 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.

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7.64
22 votes

#16 - 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.

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7.63
19 votes

#17 - 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.

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7.62
13 votes

#18 - 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.

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7.61
46 votes

#19 - 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.

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7.61
23 votes

#20 - 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.

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7.60
53 votes

#21 - 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.

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7.57
35 votes

#22 - 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.

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7.57
23 votes

#23 - 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.

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7.56
25 votes

#24 - Hunting a Killer

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/23/2022

Detectives must uncover the truth about a hunter found slain in his car.

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7.53
15 votes

#25 - 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.

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