Nightmare Next Door

When Debbie Fagan is found shot to death in her car, the small town of Monrovia, Maryland, fears the worst. Who would want to do this to a loving mother of two? But as detectives dig into Debbie's past, they uncover a web of lies and deceit.

When kindly 55-year-old Monica Schmeyer is found shot to death in her living room, the peaceful people of Hanover, PA, are in a state of panic. Investigators have no idea who would want to kill this gentle woman and they have few clues to go on.

A mysterious call draws the Sheriff's Office in Orlando, FL, to a young artist's second floor apartment, where she's found brutally beaten. With few clues to investigate, can detectives uncover this shadow in the night before he strikes again?

In the small, snowbound city of Bangor, MI, the murder of Christopher Green sends shivers up the citizens' spines. Detectives must follow the few clues they have down a path of unsavory characters, deception, and lies, to a chilling outcome.

When Bob Eidman is found executed in his office in broad daylight, the people of St. Charles are terrified a cold-blooded killer is on the loose. But when police discover Bob's secret life, they expose a slew of suspects with motive for murder.

On a sunny summer day in Orlando, FL, a city known for theme parks and family fun, a professional woman vanishes in broad daylight. When her naked body is found dumped in the woods days later, detectives jumpstart a manhunt for her depraved killer.

When Audrey Giannotti is found shot to death in her basement apartment her family is horrified. Who would kill a hardworking mother in quiet Laureldale, PA? The cluttered crime scene points to a robbery gone wrong; police suspect someone close to Audrey.

When young Kari Nixon goes missing while on a snack run, no one in her upstate New York town can imagine why anyone would harm her. With no body and few clues, detectives struggle to solve the mystery until a twist leads police to an unlikely killer.

As 22 year old Kristin Huggins is about to make her artistic debut she suddenly disappears. Soon its clear that the painter from Pennsylvania had a brush with disaster in nearby New Jersey. Despite their best efforts, it takes cops quite some time to catch her killer.

Everyone in Madison, WI is shocked when Joel Marino is stabbed to death in broad daylight. No one can imagine who'd want to do in this sociable salesman, and the predator seems one step ahead of police until an unexpected twist leads to capture.

When 18-year-old Lisa Kimmell goes missing on a desolate Wyoming highway, her family is frantic. . But when a fisherman reels in a grisly discovery, the mystery takes a sinister turn and the search for a young girl becomes the hunt for an evil predator.

When Chris Mader is shot in cold blood on Thanksgiving eve, no one in his Southern Maryland town is in the mood to give thanks. But as the years pass, all investigators run into are dead ends. Finally, an unlikely informant lead police to Chris' killer.

When beloved wife and mother Starr Harris is savagely murdered in the woods behind her home, the trees hide more than just the killer's identity. The cold-blooded killing rocks tiny Drummonds, TN, but soon determined cops uncover a smoking gun.

The crime rate in rural Royse City, TX is almost non-existent. So when quiet couple Dennis and Norma Woodruff is found murdered in their own home, it sends shock waves through town. As police investigate, it seems the killings...are a family affair.

In Stockton, California, 18-year old Jessyca Arro meets a dark fate. The twists and turns in the case keep this killer one step ahead until one last clue leads detectives to the mother lode.

Terence George is found shot to death in his own apartment and police are desperate to find answers. Terence's fiancée Tiffany Durst is nowhere to be found, leading investigators to dig into the young woman's rocky past.

When Kathryn Hauser is brutally murdered in her home, the residents of a posh Albuquerque neighborhood are stricken with fear. Police receive numerous tips, but it's a pair of shoeprints that leads them to a criminal who's stayed a step ahead of the law.

Before single mom Lori Leonard settles into her upstate New York home, she vanishes without a trace and detectives don't know if she's dead or alive. Only when a couple of Average Joes make an extraordinary catch do they reel in the shark who did Lori in.

Normal life in the quiet city of East Point, GA comes to a screeching halt when six people become random targets of a mysterious gunman. While police work round the clock to try and catch the killer, locals hunker down in horror wondering who's next?

When 19-year old Danielle Davis is found dead in her college apartment, strangled with the cord from her laptop, Statesboro, Georgia police know they'd better be quick and find this co-ed's killer. When they discover you can't judge a book by its cover.

When 13-year old paperboy David Reed never returns home his hometown is devastated. How could one of their most familiar faces vanish into thin air? Two decades later, the case remains a mystery... until police get an unexpected blast from the past...

When high school sophomore Kiplyn Davis never returns home after school, police suspect foul play. Investigators search her hometown for clues, but are met with little success. After years go by without any answers, dark secrets begin to be revealed..

When Manchester, NH, single mom Mary Stetson goes out to her favorite haunt, she doesn't come home. Hours after Mary is reported missing, a woman's torso is found wrapped in a duffel bag in a popular swimming spot. Is this Mary? The police investigate, but only a tip from a mystery woman reveals Mary's killer.

In early fall of 1992, the rural community of Wantage, NJ, is rocked by the murder of beloved local Christine Schurman. Police are at a loss for suspects until a tip about another murder committed in Missouri connects them to their killer.

After 16-year-old Sherita Williams takes a quick trip to the nail salon in Pennsauken, NJ, she is sexually assaulted, strangled to death and dumped under a bridge in 2003. Police dig up a cast of potential villains but the case goes cold. When the true killer finally appears through a DNA match 4 years later, they find he's in a class all his own.

When a Texas City, TX, girl, 13-year-old Krystal Baker, a great-niece of Marilyn Monroe, is found dead off the banks of Galveston Bay in 1996, investigators round up a herd of suspects. But with little physical evidence on the scene, the case goes cold. It takes a dedicated detective to solve this case 14 years later.

In Lanett, AL, things just aren't adding up when 49-year-old Charlotte Waites, a beloved former teacher and mayor's wife, is found dead in her home in 1998. Friends try to put two and two together, but they come up with zero reasons anyone would want her dead, and police are just as stymied.

On May 22, 2004, Baton Rouge, LA, self-made millionaire Alan Waters, a divorced father of 2, is found shot to death inside his mansion. Police think his real estate business is to blame but they can't solve this deadly puzzle until someone close to Alan comes forward with the missing piece.

When 10-year-old boy Vernie Mitchell makes a quick run to the store in Trenton, NJ, in January 1976, he runs into a nightmare instead. He was found deceased with 47 stab wounds and severe blunt trauma to his head. A strange slew of suspects pops out of the woodwork, but the case goes cold. When police zero in on the bad guy 18 years later, his motive is more shocking than anyone can imagine.

When divorcee Adele Curtis, a mom of 5 adult children, meets a terrible end in her Phoenix, AZ, rental property in 1996, detectives delve into a series of suspects to find the killer. But when the search goes cold as a desert night, it takes the dawn of DNA to catch this murderer.

In the quaint city of Portage, IN, everyone starts pointing fingers when 8-year-old Sarah Paulsen is brutally assaulted and murdered in 1995. Cops wade through hundreds of tips to try and figure out if her killer is a creepy local or a sketchy stranger.

When friendly cashier Tammy Petrin is found shot execution style at the local burger joint in 1991, the town of Woonsocket, RI, is in shock. After lead suspects don't serve up answers, a helpful hooker and letters from jail might be just what detectives ordered.

On April 15, 2004, residents of Riverton, WY are worried about more than the IRS after the brutal murder of 39-year-old prison nurse, wife and mom Tammy Watts. Police begin an all out manhunt for the killer and it takes a hair-raising discovery for them to nab their guy.

When beloved store manager 47-year-old Mary Peterson is found stabbed to death in her bed in 1995, storm clouds brew over sunny Lakeland, FL. Cops race through a lengthy list of suspects, but a tip from an unlikely source helps nab the cold-blooded killer.

After beloved retired custodian James Mayberry is found stabbed to death in his Midwest home in 2002, the folks of Wichita, KS, are in shock. Detectives are stumped until a break comes faster than a prairie tornado that pins down the heartless killer.

84-year-old Charles Taylor's grisly murder has the entire city of Warren, MI, in disarray. Investigators are forced to eliminate a swath of suspects, only to be stunned by the true identity of a callous murderer.

The sleepy town of Graham, WA, gets a jolt in November 2007 when young newlyweds Brian and Beverly Mauck are found shot to death in their rural home. Leads from friends and family send police on a wild goose chase, but cops soon find out one helpful tipster is the ruthless killer.

When peaceful older couple 69-year-old Norm Leighton and 44-year-old Patti Hubbert are violently murdered and their apartment is set on fire, locals fear quiet Billings, MT, is turning into the Wild West. And when the couple's neighbor turns up dead, police are off on a wild ride to solve the case.

The 2009 brutal slaying of 32-year-old divorcee Stacie Ann Smith, a single mom of 2, has the townsfolk of St. Albans, WV, reeling. The murderer's message at the crime scene baffles investigators and citizens are shocked that a killer lives in their midst.

24-year old waitress Zilpha Lowery goes missing in July 1993. Six months later, the gruesome discovery of her body has folks in Marion, NC, baffled. It's a frustrating case that takes police through the victim's past but goes cold until a decade-old lead helps police catch a killer.

Residents are struck with fear in 1981 when 21-year-old Southern Illinois University senior Susan Schumake is found raped and strangled to death on campus in Carbondale, IL. Lack of evidence stumps cops for more than two decades, but new technology leads detectives in a direction they never expected.

When 34-year-old single mom of three Joanna Presti and her 12-year-old daughter, Alyssa, are found slain in their Woburn, MA, home, police sift through exes and neighbors to nab their murderer. But when a mysterious photo is found in the Presti home, a killer is exposed.

When Goshen, NH, resident 55-year-old Edith 'Pen' Meyer goes missing, the tiny vacation town fears the worst. Police find leads, but can't find the body. When a notorious resident reveals a grudge, police move in quickly to catch a killer.

The gruesome slaying of adored resident and wife 48-year-old Debra Rawls in 2004 leaves the small town of Summerfield, FL, paralyzed with fear. A swath of hooligans quickly deepens the suspect pool, but a speck of blood makes the biggest splash in discovering the true identity of the killer.

The residents of the small town of Navasota, TX, are horrified when a pillar of their community, 54-year-old funeral home owner Lonnie Turner Sr., is found shot dead in his home. As investigators dig into the case, they discover this brutal murder may be a family affair.

When 25-year-old Amy St. Laurent disappears after a night out on the town in 2001, the people of Portland, ME, 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.

When accountant and two-time divorcee Geraldine 'Jerry' Martin goes missing, and is later found viciously murdered and mutilated in 1975, the city of Tulsa, OK, is left in fear. With no solid leads, it takes detectives more than 25 years and new DNA evidence more than 1000 miles away to warm up this cold case.

The bloody murder of Beth Grosskopf in 2009 leaves the town of Freedom, PA, riddled with fear. Hopes for quick justice are dashed when the initial suspects don't pan out. But when someone reveals his inner demons, cops move in to catch the killer.

When 18-year-old Breanna Schneller is discovered stabbed to death and her throat slashed in her apartment where she lived with her fiancé and his brother, the residents of tranquil Wausau, WI, are stunned. Police hope a cell phone and surveillance videos can help them unravel the mystery surrounding Breanna's death.

When 21-year-old Jamaican immigrant Dawnia Dacosta meets a hellish end in 1998, residents of Broward County, FL, are puzzled. Who would want to kill such an angelic, church-going young woman? Detectives are stumped until "divine intervention" strikes and luck leads them to a killer with evil intentions.

22-year-old college student Katie Sepich disappears one night only to be found raped, murdered and set on fire in a landfill the next morning. It's a case that leads Las Cruces, NM, detectives from the victim's inner circle to a potential serial killer and then back to their own front door.

Bloomsbury, NJ, is the epitome of small-town America. When Monica Massaro is found viciously murdered in her home with her throat slashed, 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.

When the Korean-American Chae family is terrorized in their suburban home in 2009 in North Wales, PA, 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.

When Austin York, Matt Self, Mark Barbosa, and Rosa Barbosa are found dead in a McKinney, TX 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.

In Portsmouth, VA, a father comes home to find his 16-year-old daughter stabbed to death. With DNA and fingerprints police hope for an open and shut case. However, the case still goes unsolved for months until a piece of gum points to an unlikely suspect.