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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
    A couple finds the mutilated body of a missing woman in a basement freezer.
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  3. S1 E3 - Murder On Repeat
    August 2, 2023
    42min
    TV-14
    When two wives turn up dead on basement stairs, a husband draws suspicion.
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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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Content advisory
Violence
Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English
Cast
Allison Corn
Studio
Investigation Discovery
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