The WORST episodes of New York Homicide

#1 - Shine a Light on Hate

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/12/2023

After the brutal murder of a beloved Queens gay man, a community bands together while a detective goes undercover to catch the killers.

#2 - Royal Bloodshed

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/15/2025

When a prince and princess are found murdered in their Park Avenue apartment, detectives discover both their lives and deaths are shrouded in mystery and deception. A surprise confession leads to more carnage than police ever could’ve imagined.

#3 - Carnegie Deli Murders

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/26/2023

Talented performer Jennifer Stahl and four friends are discovered shot execution-style above New York's iconic Carnegie Deli in the theater district. When the news breaks, the entire city fears there's a cold-blooded killer on the loose.

#4 - Bloodshed in the Bodegas

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/29/2025

Post 9/11, terror strikes again when Queens and Brooklyn are rocked by the senseless killing of neighborhood shopkeepers. With no leads and a lack of motive, the NYPD must form a task force to catch the spree killer before he claims his next victims.

#5 - A Hurricane of Deceit

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/1/2025

When a killer tries to use the chaos of one of New York's worst weather catastrophes to get away with murder, detectives in Far Rockaway, Queens fight through Mother Nature's wrath, uncovering a plot of lust, jealousy and, ultimately, betrayal.

#6 - Death After Disco

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/22/2025

When a Holocaust survivor and the king of the disco scene is found bound and murdered on the Upper East Side, detectives embark on a multi-borough investigation, uncovering a salacious private life with a woman who may hold clues to his demise.

#7 - Killer Club Kids

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/15/2025

In the 1990s, a group of over-the-top misfits known as the Club Kids rule New York’s downtown club scene. After a beloved member goes missing, a gruesome rumor circulates and detectives uncover a seedy world of drugs, debauchery and murder.

#8 - Real Estate Real Fatal

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 9/23/2023

When police discover two murdered lovers in East Harlem, a stolen phone leads them on a journey into the heart of New York's criminal underground and beyond. The truth behind the bloodshed leaves them utterly stunned.

#9 - The Fifth Avenue Penthouse Slaying

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/17/2023

Linda Stein was a realtor to the stars, selling luxury New York apartments to Steven Spielberg, Bruce Willis, and Bette Midler, among others. When Linda is found bludgeoned to death in her apartment, the murder immediately becomes front-page news. Her larger-than-life personality meant Linda made enemies as well as admirers. With limited evidence from the crime scene, only painstaking sleuthing can identify her killer.

#10 - Abducted in Williamsburg

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/5/2025

In the midst of a blizzard, the abduction of a Hasidic man from his Williamsburg office sparks a desperate NYPD search. As more dark details emerge, discoveries of debts, betrayal and ties to the Russian mob send police on a mission for the truth.

#11 - Dangerous Work

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/19/2025

#12 - Brighton Beach Disappearance

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/28/2023

When a Ukrainian immigrant goes missing in Brighton Beach, a team of law enforcement's best agents from the NYPD, U.S. Attorney's office and FBI team up to find out what happened.

#13 - Death in the Drive-Through

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/8/2025

When a Bronx businessman is gunned down at a drive-through, detectives look back into the series of vicious attacks on the family that led up to the murder. A trail of text messages leads to a shocking perpetrator nobody ever could have imagined.

#14 - NY Nightlife Killer

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/2/2023

A mass shooting in Chelsea leaves one dead and three injured; the detective discovers this is the latest in a series of murders spanning multiple precincts; investigators find themselves plunged into the underground world of New York's bouncers.

#15 - A Mother Missing

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/22/2025

When a beloved Staten Island mother vanishes, NYPD detectives have a gut feeling she didn’t run off and have trouble believing she abandoned her family. As they retrace her last known whereabouts, CCTV footage leads them to a horrific discovery.

#16 - Hudson River Horror

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/19/2022

A single mother who is pregnant with her second child says goodnight to her 12-year-old daughter in their Brooklyn home at midnight; by morning, she is found dead miles away in the Hudson River of midtown Manhattan.

#17 - The Almost Perfect Murder

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/8/2025

When a beloved landlord disappears in Brooklyn, the NYPD is convinced it's more than a missing person's case. Without a body and with limited physical evidence, a suspect roams the city for years until discovering a secret witness to the grisly truth.

#18 - The Brooklyn Murder Rampage

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/24/2023

When a retired cop is found shot to death on a subway train in Brooklyn, detectives soon discover that his death is linked to two other shootings in the previous thirteen hours. With the victims seemingly chosen at random, police worry that any New Yorker could become the next target. The pressure is on to track down the suspects before they strike again.

#19 - The Final Lesson

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 10/14/2023

NYPD detectives are on the hunt for the killer who tortured and executed a beloved New York City public school teacher. They discover the victim is the son of a powerful businessman.

#20 - Fatal Forensic

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/9/2023

NYPD detectives race to unravel the strange murder of one of their own before a devious killer slips out of the country.

#21 - The Midtown Millennium Murder

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/15/2023

Days before the New Millennium, a jailed informant calls the NYPD with a cryptic tip about a murder, sending detectives on a hunt through dozens of New York's high-rise buildings, in search of a crime scene - and a body.

#22 - Slayed in Soho

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/12/2022

When an aspiring writer and painter in the vibrant Soho art scene of the early '80s is found murdered just two days after her debut book is published, her devastated husband offers a critical clue.

#23 - Howard Beach Murder

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/8/2023

When the body of a young woman is found hidden in tall reeds in a quiet park blocks from her home, fear grips her Queens neighborhood. After months of ceaseless investigation, a clue from the past leads NYPD detectives to an unexpected killer.

#24 - Downtown Disappearance

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/19/2022

Criminology student Imette St. Guillen was dedicating her life to catching killers, when she herself was caught by one while celebrating her birthday late at night at a bar in lower Manhattan.

#25 - From Moscow To Murder

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/30/2023

When a prominent Russian businessman goes missing from a ritzy neighborhood in Staten Island, investigators believe the Russian mob is to blame; the case takes a series of hairpin turns to reveal the most unlikely of suspects.