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American Nightmare

Season 1
When sentimental memories collide with horrific imagery, it becomes an American nightmare. Actual crime scene videos are paired with real home videos to create a mystery where the clues are hidden right in plain sight.
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  1. S1 E1 - Apartment 23
    December 31, 2018
    43min
    TV-14
    With graduation nearing at Northeastern University, students are alarmed at the discovery of a fellow co-ed shot to death in her apartment. Detectives face many challenges until they realize the answer is right in front of them.
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  2. S1 E2 - Too Close To Home
    January 7, 2019
    43min
    TV-14
    The New England chills of the new year bite even more brutally when a mother and daughter are murdered in their Massachusetts home. With several suspects on the line, detectives take a shot in the dark to solve this mystery.
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  3. S1 E3 - Paradise Lost
    January 14, 2019
    43min
    TV-14
    A storm rattles the night in Key Largo, Florida, as an intruder slips silently into the home of Michael and Missy MacIvor. As daylight clears away the rain, a nightmare is revealed, haunting the entire community for years to come.
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  4. S1 E4 - Watch Your Back
    January 28, 2019
    43min
    TV-14
    When a young mother is found strangled to death in her Georgia apartment, detectives immediately believe she knew her attacker -- until a witness comes forward with a ringer of a clue that leads them to an unthinkable monster.
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  5. S1 E5 - No Good Deed
    February 4, 2019
    43min
    TV-14
    Winter in Iowa gets an extra chill when a grandmother of 12 is found stabbed to death in her home. With no forced entry, detectives believe she knew her assailant, leaving the family wondering who has betrayed them in cold blood.
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  6. S1 E6 - The Answering Machine
    February 11, 2019
    43min
    TV-14
    When an up-and-coming actress is savagely murdered in her home, police believe a revenge-hungry killer is responsible. But no one could expect the lies, obsessions and evidence that will be uncovered in the shocking cold case.
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Cast
Craig Lee Thomas
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Investigation Discovery
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