Dead Atlanta

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The Trials and Tribulations of the DeFoor Murders Sep 16, 2026

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TRIGGER WARNING: Graphic descriptions of violence.

The night seeps through your eyelids, your back presses into the bed, and Martin breathes sleepily beside you.

The bed shakes with an enormous thud. With your eyes now wide open and heart pounding, you sit up to look around the inky room and you realize, to your horror, you and Martin are not alone. What happens next will change multiple people's lives—including yours—forever.

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Unraveling: The Rise and Fall of Cabbagetown Sep 02, 2026

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It’s 1914 and your 12-year-old legs are carrying you down the street past house after house in Cabbagetown as fast as they can to get to the mill on time. You round the last corner before the mill and run straight into the back of a man standing stock still and staring straight ahead. You bend over trying to catch your breath while your eyes squint up and follow his—workers are flowing out of the mill, instead of into it. That’s when you hear the whispers swirling around you. From lips to ear it grows louder until the man turns around calling out what he just heard to the crowd now gathered behind him, “Strike!”

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The Victims of Mayberry's Murderer Jun 17, 2026

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TRIGGER WARNING: Graphic descriptions of violence and mention of sexual assault.

SEASON FINALE!

It's the 1990's. While thin eyebrows and hair crunchy with gel are the trend, Marietta seems frozen in time as a modern-day Mayberry. Picturesque buildings and homes, a town square surrounded by shops, just down the road from the ice cream parlor. You would never guess that behind one of the doors lay two victims of a double homicide.

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At Death's Door Jun 03, 2026

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A beautiful socialite at home in high society. A charismatic businessman from the blue-collar world. 'Opposites attract,' they say—but at what point do opposites repel...and become deadly?

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Recess - We'll Be Back June 3! May 27, 2026

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Phew! Our lives have been busy and we need a breather. We'll be back with you June 3. In the meantime, send us a voicemail intro - you could be in our finale!

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The Millionaires of Mansion Row May 13, 2026

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It's the early 1900's and you're walking along Peachtree Street visiting a friend you haven't seen in 10 years. Arriving at the address, you're shocked to see a man and woman walking arm in arm over the threshold of the most enormous home you have ever seen. You quickly check the invitation to attend the ball and realize you're not attending a ball in a mansion, you're attending a ball in a mansion on Mansion Row.

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The Mayor of "The City Too Busy to Hate" Apr 29, 2026

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What do you get when you combine a wealthy son with political ambitions, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Civil Rights movement? Mayor Ivan Allen Jr.

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Rich's Department Store Apr 15, 2026

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You trudge along the streets of downtown Atlanta in December 1867, your hat pulled low, hands shoved in your coat pockets as you rack your brain trying to come up with the last gift on your holiday shopping list. Nothing seems right! Suddenly, you're upon it: Rich's Department Store. Your neighbors have raved about it for months–maybe they'll finally have something just right. You grasp the handle, and little do you know that as light cascades into the street from the open doorway, you're about to step into not only Rich's but the future of retail.

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The Serial Killer Next Door Apr 01, 2026

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You look out the window of your home in Hunter Hills, Atlanta at the Elder residence. The family doctor is walking up their driveway again. What could it be this time?

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The Ladies of Ill Repute: Atlanta's Red Light District Mar 18, 2026

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TRIGGER WARNING: references to sexual exploitation of minors and suicide.

You're lost. The darkness makes every street look like a smudged charcoal drawing, and you can't figure out which way to turn to get back to your hotel. You spot a woman down Collins Street standing in the road in front of a home and pick up your pace–maybe she can point you in the right direction. Just as you reach her, the doors of the home burst open, men and women scurrying down the steps. Two backlit figures grapple with each other in the open doorway, and suddenly you realize, it's not a home, it's a bordello. Welcome to Atlanta's Red Light District.

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