True Crime Story: It Couldn’t Happen Here

  • : 2021
  • : 20
  • : 8
  • SundanceTV
  • 22
  • Crime Documentary Reality

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2x1
Benton, MO
Episode overview
18, 2024
After a teenage girl is found murdered in her car on the side of a motorway, a stranger from out of town is convicted of her murder; when the deputy who originally discovered the body becomes sheriff, he calls everything into question.
2x2
Wahpeton, ND
Episode overview
25, 2024
When the body of a missing student is discovered in the river near a small college town, the community questions the role law enforcement may have played in his death.
2x3
New Albany, Mississippi
Episode overview
02, 2024
When a beloved member of a tight-knit community is killed, the town cries out for immediate justice; after a young man is sentenced to death for the crime, and an out-of-town lawyer argues they convicted an innocent man.
2x4
Prichard, Alabama
Episode overview
09, 2024
The murder of a gender-nonconforming Black teenager remains unsolved despite pressure from family and friends - raising issues about the increase of violence, and the lack of justice for trans murder victims across the country.
2x5
Aledo, Texas
Episode overview
16, 2024
Years after the body of a young woman is found strangled to death in a creek bed, law enforcement finally closes the case; a closer look raises questions about the investigation.
2x6
Vinalhaven, Maine
Episode overview
23, 2024
On a remote island, a dispute between two lobstermen is settled the way islanders do: face-to-face; the conflict turns deadly when one swings an axe - leaving locals to dispute whether the death was self-defense or murder.

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