The WORST episodes of The Murder Tapes

Every episode of The Murder Tapes ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Murder Tapes!

Incorporating bodycam footage from the initial crime scene, surveillance video, and interrogation room recordings, homicide investigations unfold through dramatic real video footage providing an up-close perspective on homicide investigations.

Last Updated: 5/3/2024Network: Investigation DiscoveryStatus: Continuing
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#1 - Parking Lot Carnage

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/29/2022

A fatal shooting occurs in the parking lot of the American Legion in Evansville, Indiana. Due to the chaos, none of the witnesses can identify the shooter, but one electronic witness recorded the entire incident.

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6.88
16 votes

#2 - Last Roll of The Dice

Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/26/2023

Lansing police officers find Donovan Barfield's body riddled with bullets and his apartment ransacked; as investigators race to identify the perpetrator, they uncover a diabolical plan of murder and robbery orchestrated by a trio of reckless killers.

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6.89
18 votes

#3 - Killer on Camera

Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/5/2023

Akron police officers respond to a shooting outside a bar on a busy Friday night on Main Street; what starts out as a shooting investigation turns into a mystery of murder and the hunt for a cold-blooded killer.

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7.19
43 votes

#4 - The Bloody Footprint

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/19/2020

Maurice Goins, a friendly neighbor who provides meals to other tenants in his apartment complex, is found murdered in his bedroom. The case goes cold, until Lakewood, Ohio police suddenly receive a tip and the investigation is thrown into overdrive.

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7.26
61 votes

#5 - I Did It

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/2/2019

Michelle Kinney is found murdered in her apartment in Dubuque, Iowa. Her neighbors are puzzled. She had no enemies - so who would do such a thing? Local detectives unveil a haunting truth, leading to a shocking confession from an unlikely murderer.

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7.29
14 votes

#6 - Isle of Wright

Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/24/2023

Deputies discover a young man shot dead in trailer park miles away from home. As they try to solve the mystery behind the murder, several key witnesses step forward to point the finger at different suspects. One false lead could unravel the entire case.

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7.29
49 votes

#7 - Down by Fire

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/25/2020

Ryne Zahner is an inspiration to his high school math students in Arizona. His friends see him as one of the nicest people they know. When a hooded murderer guns him down after a night of partying, the entire community struggles to grasp his murder.

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7.32
72 votes

#8 - Don't Go in There

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/25/2019

Beverly Puccio is found murdered in her home by her ex-boyfriend, who displays odd behavior; detectives use security and traffic cam footage to piece together the last night of her life, including an encounter with a mysterious stranger.

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7.33
15 votes

#9 - Three Days, Six Murders

Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/10/2023

Newnan, Georgia police respond to six murders in three days. As investigators try to piece together the motive behind the killings, several witnesses claim to know who is responsible, but a rush to judgment could result in a killer going free.

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7.38
42 votes

#10 - Twisted Upside Down

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/4/2020

The streets of Kalamazoo, Michigan are awash with rumors about 69-year-old, William Gray. Is he dead? Is he alive? No one local police speak with seems to know for sure. Faced with a missing persons case, investigators are met with a wall of silence.

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7.38
65 votes

#11 - Frenzy

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/18/2019

After coin collector Billy Shuler is found murdered, the case slowly unravels until someone comes forward to identify his killer.

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7.39
44 votes

#12 - The Truth is Dangerous

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/14/2020

Ty Underwood, a transgender woman, is found shot to death in her car, leaving detectives to wonder if she may have been a victim of a hate crime. Detectives use text messages, social media posts, and surveillance footage to track down her killer.

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7.41
99 votes

#13 - Scene of the Crime

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/4/2019

When Brad McGarry is discovered murdered in his Ohio basement, residents in this sleepy coal mining town are left in shock; detectives suspect robbery until a friend comes forward and points them in the direction of someone whom they least expected.

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7.45
33 votes

#14 - The Girl in the Park

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/5/2021

A deceased female's brutally beaten and sexually assaulted body turns up in Farmington, New Mexico. With an unidentified victim and plenty of suspects, detectives struggle with one of the most challenging "whodunits" of their career.

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7.49
47 votes

#15 - Don't Look Back

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/28/2020

Karen Simek is a talented food service worker. When her body is found with a gunshot wound outside her office in the early morning hours, it leaves her family in shock and sparks a year-long investigation, which ultimately leads detectives to her killer.

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7.49
49 votes

#16 - Fire in the Desert

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/26/2020

Albuquerque, N.M., mail carrier Marilyn Gandert disappears for days and no one knows where she has gone; when her body is found in the desert, detectives must find the murderer, and they only have a few witnesses beyond Marilyn's family members.

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7.50
52 votes

#17 - Lost in the Desert

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/5/2020

Steven Begay is a loving uncle whose nephews see as a protector, but his bloody body is found near a playground in New Mexico; a manhunt ensues leaving police with a major discovery that turns the case on its head.

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Three Loud Booms
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7.50
30 votes

#18 - Three Loud Booms

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/6/2022

A young man is shot dead in his own garage in Maricopa, Arizona in what looks like a planned ambush. Police must look into a romance gone wrong to find his killer, as well as the child that the two may share.Will they reach her in time?

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7.51
43 votes

#19 - Blind Love

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/9/2020

Thirty-one-year-old, Gabriel Montanez is found shot in a liquor store parking lot in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Two men in hooded sweatshirts are seen fleeing from the scene. Police then make a shocking discovery that leads to the truth behind the homicide.

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7.55
33 votes

#20 - Blunt Force Trauma

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/16/2022

A woman of faith, Susan Hernandez seems last like the last person police would expect to find murdered in her basement. Searching for suspects, detectives turn over every stone in the hunt for Susan's killer, with a result that shakes the town to its core.

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7.55
40 votes

#21 - Blood on the Bed

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/16/2020

When 27-year-old Byron Edwards is found brutally stabbed in his home, his family is absolutely devastated. But as detectives work to find the person responsible, they discover a single piece of evidence that changes the course of their investigation.

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One in the Chamber
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7.56
27 votes

#22 - One in the Chamber

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/20/2022

A retirement community in Evansville, Indiana is rocked when Odie Carrier Jr. is found mortally shot in his own home. Puzzled even more by the surprising way he was killed, police must work quickly if they are going to find the person responsible.

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7.57
14 votes

#23 - Who Killed the Landlord?

Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/12/2023

After a man calls 911 to report being stabbed and a house on fire, police find Ron Whiles shot and burned in his home in Lafayette, Ind.; with one victim dead and one clinging to life, detectives question multiple suspects, which leads to one name.

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The Smoke Shop
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7.58
26 votes

#24 - The Smoke Shop

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/10/2022

Flagler County, Florida, Sheriff's Office investigates the shooting of an 18-year-old high school track star, Curtis Israel Gray. The case threatens to go cold before a source close to home delivers the prime suspect straight to the Sheriff's front door.

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7.59
51 votes

#25 - Is That Blood?

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/4/2020

When devoted mother Danielle Pruett goes missing in Tazewell, Virginia, police launch an investigation to find her. But when her lifeless body is discovered in an open field, what starts as a web of lies and deceit becomes a race to track her killer.

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