Murder in the Heartland
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89 episodes
Murder in the Heartland is your podcast for small-town American crime. Each episode is told through the collective point-of-view of a Middle American town and its residents, and every story documents a town and people in the heart of the country, and the provocative crime that tore through it. The townspeople are not only the storytellers, but they also hold the clues to the crimes that have forever changed their lives, and how they understand their home.
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Also, go back and listen to episodes of Hot & Deadly. Featuring some of ID’s most salacious stories against the backdrop of coast-to-coast wetlands, the open road, and the mysteries of the deep South, Hot & Deadly is direct audio from three hit ID series: Swamp Murders, Highway To Hell, and Southern Fried Homicide.
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Death of a Ladies Man
When local ladies’ man Jim Cornwell is shot outside his home, July 4 festivities take a tragic turn. After multiple suspects emerge, all tied to Jim’s romantic life, a shocking confession arises, shattering the idyllic…
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A Killer Creature
Suspects arise after a beloved mother is found stabbed in her Tomahawk, WI home. When another stabbing ensues the next day, detectives race to place her exes, a high school, and a taco joint under the microscope.…
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Field of Bad Dreams
The grotesque murder of a beloved citizen, Betsy Ball, shatters the quiet farm community of Vinton, Ohio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Killing Kind
After James Skinner is found dead in his own bedroom, the agricultural community of Brownstown, IL enters into a paranoid spiral, unsure of who would want to kill this beloved local rodeo rider and cattle rancher.…
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Killer on the Res
When Trina Langebrunner is found stabbed to death on a road in Cloquet, MN, her family, community, and law enforcement work together for over twelve years to find her killer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for…
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Killer in the Casino
Neighborly casino runner, Lori Bray, is found dead in the woods in the small town of Laurel, Montana. The community has to wonder if it was a consequence of her good nature at work or if it was someone from her past…
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The Gravel Pit Murders
In Howard City, MI, detectives investigate a night of horror that ended with beloved couple Robert and Norma Bean being shot dead in a gravel pit. When local tips provide alarming new clues, the timeline of their final…
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Last Shift at Pirates Cove
In Gambier, OH, college junior Emily Murray, a popular religious studies major, goes missing late one night after quitting her job at a local bar. A month later, her body is found in a remote trailer, leading police to…
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An Unfaithful Truth
When law enforcement finds local electrician James Nibbe dead after a home invasion, they must dig beneath the surface of Lake Crystal, Minnesota, to root out the killer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for…
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Orders of Protection
Willard, MO Newlyweds are abducted from their home, never to be seen again. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Irreplaceable Gems
When an Ohio couple is found dead in their ransacked home, detectives turn to the community for help. Investigators must piece together the events of a horrific night to uncover the truth of what occurred to these…
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A Toddlers Terrible Tale
In the small town of Twinsburg, OH, Charlene Puffenbarger's three-year-old son is the only witness to her brutal murder. As Investigators continue to follow every tip that comes in, an unexpected source leads them to…
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Hunt for a Killer
In rural Missouri, a hunter is found slain in his car near the popular deer trails. Was this a hunting accident gone wrong, or something more sinister? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Murder on Beer Can Alley
A local in Algona, IA, stumbles upon a smoldering truck with the body of a young mother inside. Investigators and family trace the last movements of Nicole Berte to uncover her killer. Hosted on Acast. See…
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Who Killed Angie Lee?
Angie Lee, a single mother in Gillespie, Ohio is found beaten and strangled in her own home with her four-year-old son present, and the investigation quickly uproots the community. Hosted on Acast. See…
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Introducing: Murder in the Heartland
Murder in the Heartland is your podcast for small-town American crime. Each episode is told through the collective point-of-view of a Middle American town and its residents, and every story documents a town and people…
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Coming Soon: Murder in the Heartland
On July 16th, we're releasing a new podcast called Murder in the Heartland. Murder in the Heartland is your podcast for small-town American crime. Stay tuned for Episode 1, releasing on July 16th. Hosted on Acast. See…
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Hot & Deadly: Heart of Darkness
Columbia Kentucky, is the perfect place to raise a family, nestled quietly away form the hustle and bustle of city life. But, for one family, darkness is seeping in, threatening to destroy their peaceful lives and…
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Hot & Deadly: Music City Murder
They say everything's just a little sweeter in the South. At least that's the case for Jim and Kelley Cannon, one of Nashville ,Tennessee's, finest young couples. But this fairy tale isn't quite as enchanted as it…
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Hot & Deadly: Homicidal Hospitality
Laura Ling is a single mom trying to raise her teenage daughter alone, until she meets Stephen Stanko, a down-on-his-luck author. Laura offers Stephen a helping hand and invites him into her family. His true nature…
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Hot & Deadly: Evil Among Us
A fierce hurricane rips through rural Chunchula, Alabama, leaving members of the tight-knit community to repair their town. But for Lisa Marie Nichols and her family, the storm has done more damage than they could ever…
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Hot & Deadly: Smooth Talking Devil
Sparks fly in Jackson, MS, and Bossier City, LA, when a smooth-talking cowboy comes to town and women start disappearing. Communities are on edge as police race to find answers. But how many more have to die before…
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Hot & Deadly: The Perfect Prisoner
Prim and proper Marie Hilley of Anniston, Alabama, is left to fend for herself after a mysterious illness overtakes her husband. Despite a life insurance payout, her debts keep piling up as the same illness threatens…
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Hot & Deadly: Directions to Hell
Police find a young woman covered in blood and clinging to life in her Augusta, Georgia, home. The case leads detectives on the hunt for a serial killer responsible for a long, horrifying series of murders and…
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Hot & Deadly: Lafayette's Little Sisters
Two women mysteriously disappear in Lafayette, LA, 13 years apart from each other. With a lack of evidence, police are stumped. It's a race against time to find out what happened to these two southern belles. Until…
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Hot & Deadly: Romance is Dead
Julia Phillips calls police to the home of her boyfriend, Melvin Roberts. Officers find Melvin murdered and Julia bound in duct tape. As detectives begin digging, they uncover a deadly scandal that rocks a small…
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Hot & Deadly: Who Shot the Sheriff?
Derwin Brown wins the sheriff seat and promises to clean up the department. Incumbent sheriff Sidney Dorsey and his associates will stop at nothing to hold on to their jobs. It's a battle between good vs. evil, and…
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Hot & Deadly: So Many Women
A beautiful, young co-ed is strangled to death in the bathroom of her Charlotte, North Carolina, home. Her murder ignites an investigation that leads police down a horrifying trail of bodies in pursuit of a diabolical…
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Hot & Deadly: Knock, Knock, You're Dead
A gang of outlaws wreaks havoc on small towns throughout Appalachia. Posing as federal agents, this group of bandits prey on innocent citizens of eastern Kentucky -- leading the state police and the FBI on a wild goose…
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Hot & Deadly: Friendship Under Fire
Carol and Robyn are friends who've always been by each other's side. So when Robyn's husband Brian is found murdered in Lake Charles, LA, Carol is right by her side. But police uncover Brian's racy past and a love for…
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Hot & Deadly: Bleeding Heart
Genore Guillory is a generous soul and a friend to all, and when she doesn't show up at work one day, her colleagues are immediately concerned. When police discover her battered body but no enemies, they are left to…
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Hot & Deadly: Bloodshed in Boonsboro
When a retired couple is found murdered in their home, a Virginia town fears they have a killer on the loose. Neighboring police agencies join forces to hunt down the monster and uncover clues that may have them…
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Hot & Deadly: Scandal in Hunt Country
In the posh expanses of Virginia's Hunt Country, the fiery relationship between billionaire heiress Susan Cummings and her polo-playing boyfriend comes to a violent and shocking end. Hosted on Acast. See…
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Hot & Deadly: Terror in the Tar Heel State
After growing up in a tiny coal town and pulling herself up by her bootstraps, FBI secretary Melissa Mooney had a whole lot to live for. When her promising life is suddenly cut short, friends wonder who would snuff out…
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Hot & Deadly: Catch Me If You Can
When a beautiful young woman is killed in her apartment, Raleigh police must play a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse to obtain a DNA sample from her suspected murderer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
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Hot & Deadly: Fatal Belle
Spoiled southern belle Pat Allanson yearns to be the next Scarlett O'Hara. She thinks she found the perfect Rhett Butler in Tom Allanson, but when her privileges suddenly come to a halt, she will stop at nothing to get…
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Hot & Deadly: Kissing Cousins
Whenever extended families get together, there's bound to be a little tension. But when two kissing cousins start carrying on, their scandalous relationship will end with nine people dead and a community that will…
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Hot & Deadly: The Grim Reaper of Baton Rouge
A beautiful, young graduate student is brutally murdered in her Baton Rouge home. Her's is but one of a string of slayings that have police racing against the clock to prevent a serial killer from striking again.…
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Hot & Deadly: Deadly Devotion
Beloved preacher Matthew Winkler and his loving wife, Mary, seem like two peas in a pod. But they're hiding some scandalous secrets. Before long their horsing and carrying on will leave one of them dead and the other…
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Hot & Deadly: Murder in the Fast Lane
A househunting trip along the Ohio Turnpike in Spring 2005 for Dr. Gulam Moonda and his wife, Donna, ends in disaster when a gunman approaches on the side of the highway. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for…
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Hot & Deadly: The Last Ride
Truck driver Bob Nelson is a week from completing his final cross-country ride before returning to his family and celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary. When he fails to show, cops discover his abandoned truck and a…
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Hot & Deadly: Hide and Creep
For a mom of three, a trip to the casino is a chance to escape for some fun. But when her journey is cut short and she fails to return home, her family panics and launches a search for her and her vehicle that…
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Hot & Deadly: Double-Crossed
When the body of 20-year-old transgender woman CeCe Dove is found floating in a suburban pond 20 miles from her Cleveland home, detectives consider motives personal and primal as they hunt down her ruthless killer.…
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Hot & Deadly: Lost Highway
Twenty-two-year-old mom Shawn Williams heads to the store late one night and never comes home. When her body is found the following day along an Oklahoma river, investigators wonder if one of the men in Shawn's life…
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Hot & Deadly: Point of No Return
When shots ring out on a remote Florida beach, officers are devastated to learn the lives of two Georgia teens have been lost. Even with two jurisdictions on the case, leads are scarce. Until an unexpected call comes…
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Hot & Deadly: What Happened in the Woods
A party in the woods ends in tragedy when the body of 18-year-old Jarret Clark is found floating in a lake. With many people camping in the Oklahoma wilderness that night, it's only a matter of time before agents come…
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Hot & Deadly: Secret Rendevous
When a night out ends in bloodshed for 23-year-old Navy veteran Raul Mendoza, Houston police have a lot of questions on their hands. But a tip from Raul's sister soon reveals that someone police have met before may…
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Hot & Deadly: Mystery at Palm Beach
After 30-year-old Lloyd Tobin is gunned down on a lakefront beach in Texas, his family launches their own investigation to help police solve the case. More than 20 years later, closure comes from a surprising source.…
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Hot & Deadly: Wrong Side of the Tracks
After the body of Richard Hodges is found along the Missouri River, police discover his mother has also been killed inside their home. As detectives get to work, they wonder if a secret in Richard's life might have…
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Hot & Deadly: Stranger in the Night
When the body of 18-year-old Sharyn Kills Back is found in a Texas storm drain, Arlington detectives are left with few leads. But when a tip comes in from Fort Worth police twenty years later, detectives band together…
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