The WORST episodes of The Murder Tapes
Every episode of The Murder Tapes ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Murder Tapes!
Incorporating bodycam footage from the initial crime scene, surveillance video, and interrogation room recordings, homicide investigations unfold through dramatic real video footage providing an up-close perspective on homicide investigations.
#1 - Friends Like These
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/13/2022
The Titus County Sheriff's Office is stunned when a woman reports the kidnapping of her husband, Ernie. Police race to find him, but things are not as they seem. It's clear that in order to find Ernie, they must first figure out who is lying to them.
#2 - Help, I've Been Shot
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/22/2022
Police find one man shot in an empty lot and hear of a second man missing.
#3 - Club Chaos
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/15/2022
A shooting at nightclub causes chaos as multiple suspects flee the scene.
#4 - I Did Something Real Bad
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/8/2022
A body is left on a Milwaukee street, creating intrigue and mystery.
#5 - Follow the Tracks
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/1/2022
A masked man ambushes a local landscaper shooting him and fleeing on foot.
#6 - Sergeant Hassel
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/25/2022
Officers find Tyrone Hassel III shot to death outside his father's home while on holiday leave from the Army; investigators must unravel a real whodunit, and when the killer finally reveals themselves, the detectives can't hide their shock.
#7 - Two Neighbors
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/18/2022
A chilling confession ultimately tells all after a relative finds Cindy Testerman strangled to death in her own home and a second woman goes missing.
#8 - The Smoke Shop
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/10/2022
Flagler County, Florida, Sheriff's Office investigates the shooting of an 18-year-old high school track star, Curtis Israel Gray. The case threatens to go cold before a source close to home delivers the prime suspect straight to the Sheriff's front door.
#9 - Midnight on Autumn St.
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/3/2022
A late-night shooting at an apartment complex in Hot Springs, Arkansas, leaves a young man dead in a bad drug deal. Police question the person responsible for luring the victim to his death. Will this lead authorities to the person who pulled the trigger?
#10 - The Body in the Truck
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/27/2022
Jonesboro, Arkansas police team up with the local Sheriff's Office to investigate the death of 56-year-old Steven McQuayafter his badly beaten body is found in the back of a pickup truck. When the results of the victim's toxicology report arrive, the entire investigation is thrown into a tailspin.
#11 - One in the Chamber
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/20/2022
A retirement community in Evansville, Indiana is rocked when Odie Carrier Jr. is found mortally shot in his own home. Puzzled even more by the surprising way he was killed, police must work quickly if they are going to find the person responsible.
#12 - Between Friends
Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/7/2026
On March 1, 2019, at a Lansing, Michigan, mobile home park, police comb through a chaotic crime scene, where they search for who killed 24-year-old Delayno Hudson and shot two other men after a car crash.
#13 - Three Loud Booms
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/6/2022
A young man is shot dead in his own garage in Maricopa, Arizona in what looks like a planned ambush. Police must look into a romance gone wrong to find his killer, as well as the child that the two may share.Will they reach her in time?
#14 - Blue Nightmare
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/20/2022
Local police confront their worst fears when the body of a local EMT is found at her home in Columbus, Georgia. The ensuing investigation shocks the wider community and tests the public's faith in law enforcement itself.
#15 - The Quick Change
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/13/2022
The town of Fort Smith, Arkansas, reels when an elderly, retired school teacher turns up dead, bludgeoned to death with a hammer no fewer than 36 times. When the person responsible receives justice, an unlikely perpetrator comes to light.
#16 - Body in the Yard
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/6/2022
When workers find a body on an abandoned property in western Ohio, it opens up a homicide investigation that sends shockwaves through the Amish community.
#17 - The Man in the Red Shirt
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/30/2022
Forty-year-old Jamie Baker leaves behind her family when someone shoots and kills her with a bullet through the back. The mystery only deepens when police dig into her last moments and uncover what transpired the night of her death.
#18 - Smokescreen
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/23/2022
Detectives in Waynesfield, Ohio, contend with a grim mystery when they discover the lifeless body of Erin Mulcahy in her shower. The pressure is now on the police department to catch those responsible for the town's first murder in over fifty years.
#19 - Something Came Over Me
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/16/2022
In Akron, Ohio, local antiques dealer Mary Kay Wohlfarth has mysteriously vanished into thin air. Detectives must race to find the elderly woman, leaving no stone unturned. However, finding Mary Kay might just lead to more questions than answers.
#20 - A Really Odd Situation
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/9/2022
In Grand Rapids, Michigan, local mother Laurie Lundeberg is gunned down outside her home. Detectives must wrestle with not only finding out who committed this awful crime, but also why? On top of that, making matters worse, the killer strikes again.
#21 - The House on Lillian Street
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/2/2022
Samantha Guthrie's parents desperately search for their missing child. As the police search reveals many players in this mystery, there is one common thread - the Lillian St. house. Police aim to find the truth of what occurred within those walls.
#22 - Isle of Wright
Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/24/2023
Deputies discover a young man shot dead in trailer park miles away from home. As they try to solve the mystery behind the murder, several key witnesses step forward to point the finger at different suspects. One false lead could unravel the entire case.
#23 - Murder at Sunrise
Season 10 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/28/2026
On a March morning in Baltimore, the brutal stabbing murder of 96-year-old Evelyn Murray-Bailey devastates the community. Phone pings, DNA, and a bloody knife reveal the shocking truth behind a devastating murder.
#24 - Death On Robinswood Lane
Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/21/2026
A killer dumps a body in a driveway, sparking a deadly Arkansas mystery.
#25 - Marked for Murder
Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/10/2025
On April 5, 2018, in Edgewater, Colo., police search for answers as to who killed 27-year-old Andrew Jenicek in a strip mall parking lot as he was en route to pick up dinner at a local BBQ joint.