Season 1
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Nov 12, 2013
Queens, NY, 1965. Two children are found dead. The cops are convinced the parents Eddie and Alice Crimmins are guilty. Even after 2 trials both condemning Alice, it will take years to unravel the mystery of who killed Eddie and Missy.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Nov 19, 2013
New York, NY, 1963. Two young women are brutally murdered in their Upper East Side apartment. If these girls aren't safe, who is? The NYPD is under pressure to solve the high-profile case but make a tragic misstep while investigating.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Nov 26, 2013
West Palm Beach, FL, 1955. Esteemed Judge Curtis Chillingworth and his wife say goodbye to friends at a dinner party and are never seen again. Police unravel a tale of corruption and evil that leaves Florida in shock.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Dec 3, 2013
Denver, CO, 1955. United Airlines Flight 629 explodes in mid-air, killing everyone aboard. Crash investigators wonder if it was an accident at all. What follows is the discovery of the first-ever act of murder-by-airplane-bombing in the U.S.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Dec 10, 2013
Michigan, 1967-69. A series of young females from Michigan universities are murdered one by one. The young women of Southeastern Michigan are terrified and the police commence a massive hunt for the monster they call The Co-Ed Killer.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Dec 17, 2013
New York, NY, 1955. Ann and Billy Woodward are the darlings of New York society when tragedy strikes after a drunken dinner party. Billy lies in a pool of his own blood. Ann pulled the trigger by accident...or so she says.
Season 2
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2014
Kew Gardens, Queens, 1964: Kitty Genovese is raped and stabbed to death outside her apartment building as her neighbors watch and do nothing, introducing America to the bystander effect. But is this really the whole story...?
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Nov 18, 2014
Live Oak, FL, 1952: The revered Dr. Leroy Adams has been shot in his office. In a time of segregation and secrets, figuring out who is responsible may not be as easy as simply identifying the killer.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Nov 25, 2014
Key Biscayne, FL, 1964: Candy Mossler (40s) finds her multi-millionaire husband, Jacques (69), stabbed to death in their apartment. Detectives are swept into a twisted tale of incest, secret homosexual liaisons, and money, money, money...
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Dec 2, 2014
Austin, TX, 1966: A rain of bullets descends on students and faculty at the University of Texas. But when the smoke clears there remain more questions than answers: who could have done this evil, hideous thing? And why?
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Dec 9, 2014
Tucson, AZ, 1965: When Gretchen Fritz and her sister Wendy leave for a movie and never come home, police must infiltrate the tight-knit world of Speedway teens to discover the disturbing truth behind the girls' disappearance.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2014
San Bernardino, CA, 1964: When Lucille and Cork Miller's car crashes, Cork burns to death inside. Half the evidence suggests it was an accident, but could Lucille have wanted her husband out of the picture?
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Dec 23, 2014
Berkeley, CA, 1955: Little Stephanie Bryan has disappeared without a trace, and police will have to use every tool at their disposal, from newspaper reporters to bloodhounds, to solve the mystery of Stephanie's fate.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Dec 30, 2014
Kansas City, MO, 1953: Bobby Greenlease has been kidnapped. When the largest ransom payout in history fails to bring Bobby back, St. Louis's shadiest characters must track down the culprits.
Season 3
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Nov 10, 2015
Recalls the Lee Roy Martin Case. In 1968, he called a SC reporter and claimed credit for the murders of several young woman whose bodies had been dumped. He also threatened to kill again.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Nov 17, 2015
After a 28-year-old teacher for deaf children is murdered in 1973, detectives must immerse themselves in the swinging nightlife of New York City to solve the case.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Nov 24, 2015
In 1966, Richard Speck slays eight nursing students at a Chicago dormitory, while the ninth nursing student survives the crime of the century by hiding under a bed.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Dec 1, 2015
New York, NY, 1937: Easter Sunday turns deadly when a pin-up model and two others are discovered brutally murdered. Religion, art, and madness come together in this twisted tale of love and obsession.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Dec 8, 2015
Macon, GA, 1960: When wealthy Mary Burge is found strangled in her bed, detectives encounter a world of hooded Klan members and blue blood Yankees where the truth truly is stranger than fiction.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Dec 15, 2015
Bay Village, OH, 1954: When Marilyn Sheppard is found beaten to death in her bedroom, it will take more than thirty years to piece together the truth of what happened the night she died.
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Dec 22, 2015
Los Angeles, CA, 1934: Eric Madison is found dead in a boarding house at the back of the Warner Brother's lot. But in an age where propriety is paramount, will the punishment fit the crime?
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Dec 29, 2015
Odessa, TX, 1961: Teenager Betty Williams isn't home. She's not at school. Police are sure she is a runaway, until they uncover a shocking high school rumor that will change this small town forever.
Season 4
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Dec 6, 2016
In 1958, two love-struck, sex-crazed teenagers embark on a killing spree in Lincoln, Neb., and it will fall to one local sheriff to put the brakes on this nightmare of a joyride.
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Dec 13, 2016
Patricia Jones' bullet-ridden body turns up in a secluded spot in Kansas City, Mo., and Detective Browning trails her killer from Missouri to Mexico, taunted by the sly smiles of his arch nemesis.
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Dec 20, 2016
In 1963, Carol Thompson, church-going wife and devoted mother of four, is found in a bloody heap on her neighbor's doorstep; now, detectives must peel away the layers of her picture-perfect life to reveal the victim's painful secrets.
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Dec 27, 2016
In 1931, the young wife of a navy lieutenant is found beaten by the side of the road in Honolulu, leading to a retaliatory act that results in one of the most sensational murder trials in Hawaii's history.
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Jan 3, 2017
In Bronx, NY, 1941, tea for two ends in murder and investigators must count on many brave women coming forward to give testimony of their terrifying encounters in order to bring the killer to justice.
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Jan 10, 2017
Los Angeles, CA, 1922: When a husband is found dead and his wife discovered locked in a closet, detectives find themselves lost in a world of seduction and obsession where the ghosts are all too real.
Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Jan 24, 2017
Santa Cruz, CA, 1970: When an entire family is discovered shot and drowned in their own swimming pool, investigators must traipse through psychedelic hippie communes to solve this Mason-style murder.
Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Jan 31, 2017
Los Angeles, CA, 1968: Cheryl Perveler is found in her yellow sports car bleeding out from a gunshot wound to the head. When investigators dig into Cheryl's life, the plot that they uncover will defy even the most outlandish expectations.
Season 5
Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Feb 10, 2018
The story behind author Truman Capote's classic nn-fiction novel, "In Cold Blood," which details the Clutter family murders in 1959 and the nationwide manhunt that followed for the killers.
Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Feb 17, 2018
The city of Chicago is gripped with terror after three bizarre and savage murders go unsolved. Amidst this public furor, both the police and the local newspapers are desperate to give the people what they want: someone to blame.
Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2018
In what became known as "The Crime of The Century," a boy from one of Chicago's wealthiest families is kidnapped and found murdered. The ensuing investigation zeroes in on the wealthy, thrill-seeking college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb.
Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Mar 3, 2018
Barbara Mackle, a promising co-ed and real estate heiress, is kidnapped and buried alive in a coffin-like "capsule." From Washington D.C. to Miami, local police and the FBI race to find the culprit before Barbara's time underground runs out.
Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Mar 17, 2018
A detective struggles to exonerate his friend, a black former cop, from rape allegations pinned on him by the LAPD's all-white brass. He'll navigate entrenched racism, lead a stake-out and employ the magic of Hollywood to ensnare the real predator.
Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Mar 24, 2018
When the four members of the Mark family are found murdered in their home, police suspect someone close to the family is responsible. The bizarre truth will shake the small town of Cedar Falls and devastate the surviving members of the Mark family.
Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Mar 31, 2018
On one terrible morning, 10-year-old Leona O'Loughlin doesn't show up for school while her detective father, Leo, falls violently ill. Investigators consider the chilling possibility that someone might be trying to eliminate the entire family.
Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Apr 7, 2018
After the blood-soaked body of 76 year old Franklin Bradshaw is found behind the counter of his auto-parts store, detectives dig into the strained history of his family and uncover a hotbed of deceit, manipulation and all-consuming greed.