In Clintonville, OH, the murder of Christie Mulllins, a young 14-year-old girl in the year 1975, remains unsolved. Forty years after her death, a young woman comes forward, claiming her uncle to be the murderer.

After Charlie Kinkel goes missing in a Nevada mining town, his wife, Trayce, tries to investigate, but is shunned by locals. After a body is discovered, detectives discover Kinkel's murder was a tragic case of misplaced suspicion.

In Goliad, TX, Patricia Mills is killed in a house fire that her sister deems to be suspicious. It will take 10 years to break the silence surrounding this case, but Mills' killer is eventually brought to justice.

Donna Fontaine and her boyfriend, Fred Palahniuk, are found shot dead in a burning building in remote Kendrick, ID. A conspiracy of silence protects the killer until his lovers crack and confess the damning evidence needed to convict him.

Trudy Darby, a 42-year-old woman, is mysteriously murdered in the town of Mack's Creek, MO, after which, two more women disappear. The incidents shock the small community until a surprising call reveals that the killers are close at hand.

Sherry Leighty disappears from Altoona, PA, leaving her three small children behind. After a 13-year search, her sister discovers the rumor Leighty skipped town with a new boyfriend is a lie and people close to her have been harboring a dark secret.