The BEST episodes of Murder in the Heartland (2017) season 1

Every episode of Murder in the Heartland (2017) season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Murder in the Heartland (2017) season 1!

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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7.98
45 votes

#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.

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7.61
46 votes

#2 - 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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7.60
53 votes

#3 - 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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7.39
41 votes

#4 - Witch Hunter

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/27/2017

Christmas is ruined when hikers in New Mexico stumble across Roxanne Houston's shallow grave; the murder rocks the community of Taos and tension builds between those with small town values and the outsider lifestyle on the Mesa.

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7.38
45 votes

#5 - The Wishing Well Mystery

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/13/2017

In Germantown, Ohio, Alyce Seff's body is found in a wishing well, and the townspeople are shocked to learn the elderly landlady had as many enemies as she did friends; it will take police nine years to solve her case.

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6.84
19 votes

#6 - A Deceitful Heart

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/3/2018

A town in Michigan becomes scandalized when a partially nude corpse turns up; police sift through lies and alibis as they search for the killer.

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