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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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