Hometown Homicide

Hometown Homicide
TV Show · Documentary · Crime

Using the urgency and intimacy of local news footage, we recount the stories of murder investigations that turned small towns and communities upside down.

2019 · 42m
Starring Jake Robards
Director William Kerr

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    All News Is Local
    In August 2000, 17-year-old Jessica Carpenter was found dead in her Aiken, SC home by her own mother. Local reporters and family members tell the story of a town frozen in terror as police search for a possible serial killer on the loose.
    43m
  • EPISODE 2
    Local Girl Gone
    North Carolina high school freshman Danielle Locklear slips into the night to see a friend but never returns home. As hours turn to days, her family and the residents of Hope Mills wonder if a killer could be in their midst?
    43m
  • EPISODE 3
    In the Neighborhood
    In May 2017, high school teacher Theresa Lockhart is a no-show at her confirmation sponsor's big event and she falls completely out of contact. When her car is discovered with nothing inside, police begin turning this placid community upside down.
    43m
  • EPISODE 4
    We're Watching You
    40 year-old Rachael Anderson, mother of four, calls an old friend one Friday evening in April 2010 about a home improvement project she'd never complete. Eight years later, she's still missing, and two men are behind bars.
    43m
  • EPISODE 5
    This Just In
    After college co-ed Jessica O'Grady vanishes late one night after leaving to see her boyfriend, locals are left to wonder if she was kidnapped. Another woman also disappeared a week earlier, was there a serial killer on the loose?
    43m
  • EPISODE 6
    I Will Find You
    19-year-old Ali Kemp was at a pool in Leawood, Kansas in June 2002 when her father found her body in the pool's pump room. News reports and interviews with investigators and family tell the story of a father's quest to find his daughter's killer.
    43m

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Cast & Crew

  • J‌R
    Jake Robards
    Narrator
  • W‌K
    William Kerr
    Director
  • T‌B
    Tim Baney
    Producer
  • A‌C
    Allison Corn
    Producer
  • S‌H
    Stan Hsue
    Producer
  • J‌S
    Jennifer Silverman
    Producer
  • B‌W
    Bob Waldman
    Writer

About

Hometown Homicide

Documentary

Using the urgency and intimacy of local news footage, we recount the stories of murder investigations that turned small towns and communities upside down.

Information

Studio
Investigation Discovery
Released
2019
Rated
TV-14
© 2018 Discovery Inc.

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English (United States)
Audio

English (United States) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC)

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Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
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  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

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  • 香港
  • Indonesia (English)
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  • Mongolia
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  • Philippines
  • Singapore
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