Murder in the Heartland

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 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. 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Introducing: Murder in the Heartland

July 9, 2026 • 1 min
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 the...

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Coming Soon: Murder in the Heartland

July 2, 2026 • 30 secs
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.

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Hot & Deadly: Heart of Darkness

February 5, 2026 • 41 mins
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 answers will be a long time coming.

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Hot & Deadly: Music City Murder

January 29, 2026 • 42 mins
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 seems.

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Hot & Deadly: Homicidal Hospitality

January 22, 2026 • 39 mins
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 soon shines through.

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Hot & Deadly: Evil Among Us

January 15, 2026 • 42 mins
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 imagine.

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Hot & Deadly: Smooth Talking Devil

January 8, 2026 • 36 mins
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 they find this devil in disguise?

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Hot & Deadly: The Perfect Prisoner

January 1, 2026 • 41 mins
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 to kill her daughter as well.

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Hot & Deadly: Directions to Hell

December 25, 2025 • 40 mins
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 abductions in multiple states.

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Hot & Deadly: Lafayette's Little Sisters

December 18, 2025 • 41 mins
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 then, Lafayette will never be the same.

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Hot & Deadly: Romance is Dead

December 11, 2025 • 41 mins
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 Southern town to its core.

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Hot & Deadly: Who Shot the Sheriff?

December 4, 2025 • 40 mins
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 someone ends up paying the price.

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Hot & Deadly: So Many Women

November 27, 2025 • 40 mins
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 serial killer.

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Hot & Deadly: Knock, Knock, You're Dead

November 20, 2025 • 41 mins
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 chase.

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Hot & Deadly: Friendship Under Fire

June 19, 2025 • 42 mins
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 women that may have been his demise.

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Hot & Deadly: Bleeding Heart

June 12, 2025 • 43 mins
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 wonder -- who loved Genore to death?

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Hot & Deadly: Bloodshed in Boonsboro

June 5, 2025 • 42 mins
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 heading right into the devil's den.

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Hot & Deadly: Scandal in Hunt Country

May 29, 2025 • 42 mins
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.

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Hot & Deadly: Terror in the Tar Heel State

May 22, 2025 • 43 mins
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 such a vivacious woman in her prime.

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Hot & Deadly: Catch Me If You Can

May 15, 2025 • 43 mins
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.

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