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A Body in the Basement

Season 1
These chilling stories of murder hit terrifyingly close to home -- each a real-life tale about the last thing anyone wants to find in their basement, a dead body. Every episode will make one think twice before ever stepping foot in the basement again.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Killer in the New Neighborhood

    July 19, 2023
    42min
    TV-14
    In 1978, a shocking murder in broad daylight terrifies a small Illinois town. It goes unsolved for years until an elite team of investigators uses cutting-edge technology to dig up new clues and lay a cunning trap to catch a killer.
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  2. S1 E2 - Ice Cold Killers

    July 26, 2023
    42min
    TV-14
    In Youngstown, Ohio, in 2017, an unsuspecting married couple discovers body parts in a mysterious locked freezer that someone has put in their basement, unlocking a harrowing mystery surrounding a missing woman and a tragic love triangle.
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  3. S1 E3 - Murder On Repeat

    August 2, 2023
    42min
    TV-14
    In June 2001, just outside Rockford, Illinois, a welfare check leads police to a woman brutally murdered in the basement of her once quiet suburban home. The hunt for her killer will lead detectives to a mystery buried for over fourteen years.
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  4. S1 E4 - Chase and Lies

    August 9, 2023
    42min
    13+
    When 32-year-old Adam Chase goes missing, police comb the woods and fields of Ontario County, New York, but come up with nothing. It takes the tireless, months-long efforts of a private investigator to at last reveal the truth and Adam’s terrifying fate.
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  5. S1 E5 - Missing Means Murder

    August 16, 2023
    42min
    TV-14
    A man vanishes from a small Idaho town, leaving behind a trail of strange clues that stumps detectives and leads his neighbors to believe that a deadly imposter is living among them. When his body is found, the truth is more shocking than anyone imagined.
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  6. S1 E6 - Deadly Invitation

    August 23, 2023
    42min
    TV-14
    In 1999, a killer brutally murders well-known community activist and member of the gay community Dennis Dolinger in the basement of his Washington, DC, home. With DNA technology in its infancy, the race is on to find the culprit before they strike again.
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Allison Corn

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Investigation Discovery
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