Play S7 E6 The holidays are meant to be a time of festive cheer when family and friends come together to celebrate the season. But when family members are forced to occupy the same space for too long, the joy and merriment can often morph into anger and resentment. This series recounts stories when inflamed tempers and old family grudges boiled over into shocking and violent crimes that spoiled the jolliness of the season. Nothing shatters the holiday spirit like murder.
Episodes
6 — Countdown to Murder
When a college student is found dead on the side of the road, detectives are faced with the possibility that the killer might have been one of the many partygoers ringing in the new year.
5 — Christmas Eve Killing
After responding to a robbery at a sporting goods store on Christmas Eve, an Irving, Texas police officer is gunned down in cold blood.
4 — Recipe For Murder
A young woman home from college ends up murdered in her home and the tools of her demise turn out to be the rolling pin and carving knife the family planned to use for Thanksgiving dinner.
3 — The Big Bad Wolf
After a woman and her unborn child are stabbed to death on Halloween by a man wearing a wolf mask, investigators must calm the community and find the killer before he strikes again.
2 — Deadly Fourth
An abandoned car filled with blood leads investigators on the trail of a missing woman and her teenage daughter, who never showed up to the family's July 4th party.
1 — Red, White and Blood
When a young woman goes missing after a July 4th beach party, investigators have few clues to go on until a twist in the case reveals she might be the latest victim of a serial predator.
