The BEST episodes of The Lake Erie Murders

Every episode of The Lake Erie Murders ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Lake Erie Murders!

Lake Erie is home to some of North America’s darkest and deadliest murder cases. Dive deep into its most notorious mysteries and hear insight from the detectives working on the frontline of these shocking investigations.

Last Updated: 2/13/2024Network: Investigation DiscoveryStatus: Ended

7.85

34 votes

#1 - The Vanishing Teens

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/16/2020

In the fall of 1991, rural Michigan is plunged into paranoia and fear when four local teenage girls vanish without a trace. Residents face up to the possibility that a predator is among them.

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7.81

31 votes

#2 - Heartbreak Hotel

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/8/2020

Beautiful Northwestern Airlines flight attendant Nancy Ludwig is discovered dead in her hotel room, her body mutilated and head almost decapitated. It will take the discovery of links to another heinous killing to blow the case wide open.

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7.60

30 votes

#3 - Killer Night Out

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/29/2020

In 1983 in Ohio, a 19-year-old nurse's aide is found dead after a night out with her best friend. A riveting investigation reveals her fate.

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7.56

45 votes

#4 - Blood in the Water

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/27/2019

When a bag containing body parts washes up on the shore of the lake, the search for missing 10-year old Holly Jones becomes a grisly murder investigation; police race to find the perpetrator before another child is murdered.

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Who Killed Amy Mihaljevic? Part 1: Missing

7.55

69 votes

#5 - Who Killed Amy Mihaljevic? Part 1: Missing

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/30/2018

In October 1989, 10-year-old Amy Mihaljevic is lured to a suburban Ohio shopping mall by an unknown man, and she is never seen again; a 30-year mystery and nationwide manhunt ensues involving thousands of leads and hundreds of suspects.

7.53

30 votes

#6 - Black Sabbath

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/1/2020

On Holy Saturday morning, a nun is murdered in the chapel where she works in Ohio. Police discover shocking lies and sadistic secrets leading to her death.

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7.42

40 votes

#7 - Devil at the Crossroads

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/9/2020

11-year old Shauna Howe disappears as she returns home from a Halloween party. Her body is found in a local creek, sending shockwaves through her community.

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7.39

31 votes

#8 - Night Shift Nightmare

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/15/2020

The body of 19-year-old Wanda Musk is found just miles from where she worked at local gas station; suspicions mount over several young men in the community, including her ex-boyfriend and a troubled local teen.

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Who Killed Amy Mihaljevic? Part 2: The Hunt

7.33

52 votes

#9 - Who Killed Amy Mihaljevic? Part 2: The Hunt

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/30/2018

Following Amy Mihaljevic's disappearance, an array of suspects emerges, each one more compelling than the last; on Feb. 8, 1990, a gruesome discovery is made 50 miles away from Amy's Bay Village, Ohio, home.

7.31

32 votes

#10 - Trail of Frozen Tears

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/22/2020

Pretty pre-teen Rosie Davenport is found brutally murdered in an abandoned house, the circumstances of her death eerily similar to the unsolved murder of 13-year-old Malissa Thomas one year earlier. Could police have a serial killer on their hands?

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7.31

45 votes

#11 - Alley of Death

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/13/2019

When 14-year old Gloria Pointer is found raped and murdered in an alleyway, it is the start of a 30-year quest for her mother who will not give up until she finds justice for her daughter.

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Who Killed Amy Mihaljevic? Part 3: New Evidence

7.30

54 votes

#12 - Who Killed Amy Mihaljevic? Part 3: New Evidence

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/30/2018

Amy Mihaljevic's killer remains on the loose; the case goes nationwide; Amy's mother, Margaret, appears on "The Oprah Winfrey Show;" more than a decade following Amy's murder, a man stands up in church and confesses to killing her.

7.27

44 votes

#13 - The Butcher of Buffalo

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/20/2019

Joan Giambra is found strangled to death, lying naked under her comatose 11-year old daughter; the young girl becomes the only hope of catching a serial killer, but her memories of the crime are blurry.

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7.25

24 votes

#14 - Cabin Fever

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/19/2020

Ian and Nancy Blackburn's lifeless bodies are discovered stuffed into the trunk of their own car; the investigation unmasks a monster who hides in plain sight.

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7.21

28 votes

#15 - Trail of Fear

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/12/2020

After a 74-year-old woman is found murdered, suspicion and paranoia take control of a community. Next, a young girl vanishes, exposing secrets hidden for decades.

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7.18

61 votes

#16 - High School Horror

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/6/2019

When the body of high school student Debbie Gama is discovered in a creek wrapped in wire, suddenly anyone close to the 16-year-old victim becomes a suspect in her brutal murder.

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7.10

31 votes

#17 - Unholy Communion

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/23/2020

A devoted fiancé discovers that his beloved partner, Anne Boncella, and her 8-year-old daughter have been murdered; the ensuing investigation will unravel shocking secrets that have been dormant in their seemingly peaceful hometown.

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