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REOPENED: The Clock Strikes Murder Mar 19, 2026

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23-year-old Tonya McKinley is found brutally murdered on New Years Day in 1985, forcing her boy to grow up without her. It takes 35 long years for familial DNA to pinpoint the killer.

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The Family / The Clue That Stuck Mar 17, 2026

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A detective vows not to shave until he solves the murder of a young Oregon woman. And investigators track down a killer with the help of DNA found on the duct tape used to wrap the victim's head.

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I SURVIVED: I Was Bleeding Like Water Running Out Of My Chest Mar 14, 2026

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Debbie is taken from her home and sexually assaulted by a man who tells her he and his friend will kill her entire family if she resists. Ray and his friend spend ten hours floating in the Pacific Ocean after engine failure causes their plane to crash on the way to Hawaii. Jasmine is shot six times by her ex who also shoots three of her friends.

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REOPENED: Friday Night Ghosts Mar 12, 2026

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In late 1983, five people were abducted from a fast food restaurant before being found brutally murdered in an oil field. The main suspect is believed to be someone with friends in high places, until evidence reveals the killers had been hiding in plain sight all along.

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Kidnapped Mar 10, 2026

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A kidnapper grabs 8-year-old Chad Choice from his home in Texas, then torments his parents with two ransom demands; the case goes cold until the parents receive a chilling package in the mail that contains a letter and a skull.

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I SURVIVED A SERIAL KILLER: Tampa Terror Mar 07, 2026

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In November of 1984, 17-year-old Lisa McVey Noland was biking home from her job working the night shift at a local Tampa donut shop when she was suddenly snatched off her bike and abducted. Her assailant, 31-year-old Bobby Joe Long, had already killed at least ten women before holding Lisa hostage in his apartment. Lisa recounts in her own words her resilience and the keen insights that helped her outwit her would-be murderer.

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REOPENED: Dark Angel Mar 05, 2026

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Pam Pitts’ body was found burned at a popular party spot in the Arizona desert. Even when a second victim is discovered in a mineshaft it takes decades for the truth to come out.

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The Taunt / Death in Deadwood Mar 03, 2026

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A serial rapist seals his own fate when he sends a taunting letter to police. And when a man is found dead in South Dakota, his head bashed in by a 50-pound rock, investigators go on a 20-year search for the killers.

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I SURVIVED A SERIAL KILLER: The Cook Brothers Feb 28, 2026

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In January of 1981, 18-year-old Cheryl Bartlett Fann was walking home late at night with her fianc Bud, when they were suddenly abducted and taken to an abandoned garage. The assailants, Anthony and Nathaniel Cook had already kidnapped and killed at least two people in Toledo, Ohio. Cheryl recounts in her own words her resilience and the keen insights that helped her outwit the would-be murderers.

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REOPENED: Eyes of a Killer Feb 26, 2026

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A violent robbery in February, 2010 caused Michael Temple Jr. to become quadriplegic for five years before his death. DNA taken from a knife used in the attack helps to create a profile of the killer.

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