The BEST episodes of Nightmare Next Door

Every episode of Nightmare Next Door ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Nightmare Next Door!

"Nightmare Next Door" tells the tales of mysterious murders that rocked small-town America. Each hour brings you a new murder mystery and a new look into the evil that can lurk in the heart and soul of a tight-knit community. Interviews with investigators, prosecutors, family members and neighbors piece together the twisting tale of a classic whodunit.

Last Updated: 11/3/2024Network: Investigation DiscoveryStatus: Ended
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8.50
2 votes

#1 - Little Girl Lost

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/8/2012

When nine-year-old Cyndi Allinger doesn't show up for dinner, her mom fears the worst. Is someone stalking the school-age citizens of scenic Lakewood, Washington? The most likely tip comes from the least likely witnesses, and leads to Cyndi's killer.

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8.33
6 votes

#2 - Conspiracy of Evil

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/8/2011

Grosse Point, Michigan is a privileged community untouched by homicide in over 60 years. So when Barbara Iske is found murdered in the driveway of a local home, the village is shocked. Police use the little evidence they have to catch the killer.

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8.00
3 votes

#3 - Midwestern Malice

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/15/2011

A small town is jolted awake when 31 year old Laura Wynn is found dead in her home. And when a double homicide hits a nearby town, people are terrified. Thirteen years later their fears are confirmed when DNA proves the killer lives among them.

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8.00
2 votes

#4 - Death in Santa Barbara

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/7/2011

When 27-year-old, Jarrod Davidson, is shot in the doorway of his Santa Barbara apartment, the neighborhood fears there's an assassin on the loose. As detectives dig deeper into Jarrod's past, they find out this boy got mixed up with the wrong crowd.

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8.00
6 votes

#5 - The Lady Killer

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/12/2012

When 25-year-old Amy St. Laurent disappears after a night out on the town, the people of Portland, Maine are terrified. With no body, police don't know what to make of it. But their worst fears are confirmed when a shocking discovery proves murder.

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7.63
16 votes

#6 - Sex, Money, and Murder

Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/7/2016

Lance Herndon was living the American dream in Roswell GA, until the millionaire is found brutally murdered. While this upper class town is reeling from the vicious killing, behind the gates of their upscale communities – investigators find a twisted web.

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7.58
12 votes

#7 - Everyone Has a Motive

Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/21/2016

When John Kowalczyk is shot dead, rumors fly in the quiet town of Vienna, VA. Friends can’t imagine who would murder the successful entrepreneur. But as police look into John’s inner circle, a web of suspects emerges that has the whole town on edge.

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7.58
31 votes

#8 - The Truett Street Massacre

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/2011

When Austin York, Matt Self, Mark Barbosa, and Rosa Barbosa are found dead in a McKinney, Texas home, detectives embark on a three year investigation. And just when it seems like the murders may never be solved, an eyewitness breaks the case wide open.

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7.50
6 votes

#9 - Murder on Main Street

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/16/2011

Bloomsbury is the epitome of small-town America. When Monica Massaro is found viciously murdered in her home, it rocks this town to its core. A tip comes in from 300 miles away to help police hunt down the killer, and the results leave residents shaken.

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7.50
4 votes

#10 - Murder on Hagadom Hill Road

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/2011

Michele Harris disappears on September 11, 2001. Would she really leave behind her children and run away from her soured marriage? When blood splatters are found in the home, police begin to suspect that Michele may have met a more sinister end.

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7.50
10 votes

#11 - Only the Good

Season 10 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/28/2016

When John Kowalczyk is shot dead, rumors fly in the quiet town of Vienna, VA. Friends can't imagine who would murder the successful entrepreneur. But as police look into John's inner circle, a web of suspects emerges that has the whole town on edge.

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7.46
13 votes

#12 - The Art of Murder

Season 10 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/14/2016

Shelley Nance is found stabbed to death, shocking the community of Lake Highlands, Texas, then her friends are stunned as police zero in on them, uncovering a case of fatal attraction.

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7.45
11 votes

#13 - Death in the Family

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/25/2011

When 56-year-old David Lunz is gunned down in his Palm Harbor, Florida home, this laid back community fears the worst. It takes investigators more than two years and a surprise clue found 600 miles from the crime scene to nail a killer from David's past.

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7.44
9 votes

#14 - Trouble in Tulsa

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/29/2012

When Jerry Martin is found brutally murdered in 1975, the city of Tulsa is left in fear. And with no solid leads, ignorance as well. It takes detectives more than 25 years and new DNA evidence more than 1000 miles away to warm up this cold case.

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7.43
7 votes

#15 - Heartless in the Heartland

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/1/2011

The tiny town of Boonville, Missouri is devastated when the body of eight-year-old Alyssa Owen is found near a rural country road. When another body turns up six weeks later, investigators soon learn the senseless brutality of this double homicide.

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7.40
5 votes

#16 - Murderer in the Midst

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/9/2011

When a Korean-American family is terrorized in their suburban home, only three survive. Local investigators wonder if this is a robbery gone wrong or something more. As the case unfolds, police are shocked to learn of the betrayal behind the murder.

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7.38
8 votes

#17 - Heartland Homicides

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/22/2012

After beloved custodian James Mayberry is found stabbed to death in his Wichita home, the folks of the Midwestern town are in shock. Detectives are stumped until a break comes faster than a prairie tornado that pins down the heartless killer.

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7.37
30 votes

#18 - Dear Katherine, It's Me the Killer

Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/2016

When 18-year-old freshman Katherine Foster goes missing, terror strikes the heart of the University of South Alabama. Has she been abducted? Raped? Is there a killer in their midst? Rumors fly, as students fear the worst ... anyone could be next.

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7.36
11 votes

#19 - Coed Confidential

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/23/2011

22-year-old Katie Sepich disappears one night only to be found raped and murdered in a land fill the next morning. It's a case that leads detectives from the victim's inner circle to a potential serial killer and then back to their own front door.

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7.33
3 votes

#20 - Skeletons in the Closet

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/21/2011

When 18-year-old Brittany Loritts is murdered in her North Carolina home, investigators are at a loss as to who would commit such a crime. The case gets hot when investigators find that this family home is built on buried secrets.

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7.33
9 votes

#21 - New England Nightmare

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/11/2012

When Joanna Presti and her young daughter, Alyssa, are found slain in their Woburn, Massachusetts home, police sift through exes and neighbours to nab their murderer. But when a mysterious photo is found in the Presti home, a killer is exposed.

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7.33
3 votes

#22 - Where There's Smoke

Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/4/2013

Joliet, Illinois fire fighters are shocked to find 28-year-old Melissa Plut strangled to death when they respond to a fire in her duplex. Police search the nurse's love life with no luck until a 9-1-1 call unmasks her killer hiding in plain sight.

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7.29
7 votes

#23 - Left For Dead

Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/30/2015

In Orlando, a mysterious call to the sheriff's office draws investigators to a second floor apartment where a young woman has been brutally beaten.

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7.29
7 votes

#24 - Hair Of The Dog

Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/13/2015

In Monrovia, Md., Debbie Fagan is found shot to death in her car, leading detectives to uncover a web of lies and deceit as they dig into her past to find out who would want to murder the loving mother of two.

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7.28
29 votes

#25 - The Unwelcome Wagon

Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/2016

When Staff Sgt. Michael Severance goes AWOL the community of San Angelo rallies around his new bride. But there is something more sinister behind his disappearance, and investigators uncover a saga of treachery and passion as big as the state of Texas.

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