City Confidential

Battle Creek Michigan, also known as Cereal city, was an idyllic midwestern town until the murder of a local celebrity and news anchor by a mysterious assailant causes the community to look within.

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A star of the screen and a star on the slopes, Aspen residents Claudine Longet and Spider Sabich's romance had faded, but few would suspect their case would be a defining moment of the snowy Colorado town.

An eccentric city commissioner is suspected in the deaths of a professor and his wife.

In 1997, Dr. John Malmstrom is found dead of five gunshot wounds in his house, and his wife, Geraldine, is the main suspect when her alibi falls through and the murder weapon is discovered to belong to her family.

In 1996, Terri Gilbert called 911 because she had shot an intruder in her home. The intruder was her ex-husband Gene Gilbert, and a nearly identical incident with a previous husband makes Terri's plea of self-defense highly questionable.

When Sara Tokars is murdered, her estranged husband Fred Tokars is the prime suspect. But many in Atlanta find it difficult to believe the former prosecutor and part-time judge is involved.

A look into the famous California city and infamous murder trials of Lyle and Erik Menendez after the gruesome slaying of their parents.

After the death of two husbands, a mother-in-law and her 9-year-old daughter, investigators are forced to look closer at beloved town figure Anjette Lyles.

A rural Texas town is shocked when a woman accuses the local sheriff of a sexual assault while transporting her on the same night she shot her estranged ex-husband.

A look at the DeCavalcante crime family of northern New Jersey, their resemblance to "The Sopranos", and the unsanctioned killing of their own godfather.

Just 30 miles outside of Akron, one of Ohio's largest cities, sits Apple Creek, an Amish Country village that's a throwback to another time. When a young mother of five is found shot to death in her home, people are shocked. An investigation is launched, and soon, a community that has worked to avoid prying outsiders finds itself at the center of a murder case--only the second in its 250-year history.

When an 11-year old girl goes missing on her way home from a Halloween party, it shocks the close-knit community of Oil City. When it becomes clear a terrible crime has been committed, suddenly the trusting town realizes that monsters exist.

Three employees are gunned down inside one of Washington D.C.'s favorite brunch spots. Residents are gripped with fear as detectives hunt for the shooter, only to find a group of greedy assassins with a personal vendetta.

Terror sweeps through an upscale Houston, Texas shopping district when a shooter attacks women without warning. A lucky break leads police to a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to unleash a deep-seeded hatred.

Students fear for their lives in the fall of 2000 when Washington D.C.'s Gallaudet University, a college for the deaf, becomes a killer's hunting ground. Detectives sift through the twisted mystery and learn not everyone on campus is who they seem to be.

The murder of a vibrant 21-year-old leaves the peaceful community of Knoxville, Tennessee questioning its core values. But a family's persistence reminds Marble City what it's made of and residents band together to bring a killer down.

New York City, known for its diversity and acceptance, becomes the focus for a sadistic serial killer targeting the gay community. It takes dogged determination and new technology to bring a monster's reign of terror to an end.

People in charming Hope Mills, North Carolina are on edge when a high school freshman vanishes while on her way to meet a friend. When she turns up dead three weeks later, the community rallies to flush out the killer.

When a city official is gunned down in Berryville, Virginia, shocked residents are left wondering who among them is a cold-blooded killer. As police dig into the victim's life, they learn not everyone held her in high regard.