Plot Synopsis

THE MURDER TAPES is a one-hour crime docuseries that uses every conceivable form of taped footage involved in a homicide case, sharing up-close perspectives from those at the scene and showing the aftermath of a murder in in a raw and unfiltered form. Viewers see and hear it all -- from the initial crime scene investigations via body cam, to home security tapes, to the interrogation room footage that reveals heart-pounding confessionals. The tapes capture the reactions from loved ones and families in real time, record investigators' first impressions of the scene, and show exactly how theories begin to arise. Evidence accumulates and emotions surge, but the tapes keep rolling. Investigators know it takes time to find all the footage they need, but the revelations are worth the effort. Throughout the series, real tapes are woven in with present-day interviews from friends, family and law enforcement directly involved in the case. Viewers see the case at its beginning and follow it to the end.

The sophomore season of THE MURDER TAPES premiered on Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at 9pm ET/PT on Investigation Discovery. In the season opener, "Lost in the Desert," Steven Begay is a loving uncle whose nephews see as a protector. So, the irony could not be greater when his bloody body is found near a playground in New Mexico. A manhunt ensues, leaving police with a major discovery that turns the case on its head.

Season 6 of THE MURDER TAPES debuted on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 9pm ET/PT on Investigation Discovery. In the season opener, "Blunt Force Trauma," a woman of faith, Susan Hernandez, is the last person police would expect to find murdered in her basement; searching for suspects, detectives turn over every stone in the hunt for Susan's killer, with a result that shakes the town to its core.

THE MURDER TAPES returned for its seventh season on Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 9pm ET/PT on Investigation Discovery. In the season opener, "Three Loud Booms," in what looks like a planned ambush, a young man turns up dead in his garage in Maricopa, AZ; police must look into a romance gone wrong to find his killer, and the child that the two may share.

Season 8 of THE MURDER TAPES premiered on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 10pm ET/PT on Investigation Discovery. In the season opener, "Two Neighbors," a chilling confession ultimately tells all after a relative finds Cindy Testerman strangled to death in her own home and a second woman goes missing.
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The ninth season of THE MURDER TAPES premiered on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 9pm ET/PT on Investigation Discovery. In the season opener, "Blood in the Snow," Noah Kinney is found shot dead in a car crashed outside a home in Akron, Ohio. Detectives face a "whodunit" and race to find an armed killer on the loose. Ultimately, investigators are shocked to discover video evidence that cracks the case wide open