True Crime Story: It Couldn’t Happen Here

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2x1
Benton, MO
Episode overview
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
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
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
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.
2x6
Vinalhaven, Maine
Episode overview
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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