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Homicide Hunter: American Detective

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About Homicide Hunter: American Detective

Homicide Hunter: American Detective is a crime and documentary TV series that premiered on Investigation Discovery on January 4, 2021. It has 6 seasons and 48 episodes so far and is still airing new episodes. The latest episode, Season 6 Episode 8 "Wolf in the Shadows", aired on June 3, 2026.

Joe Kenda trades in his own case files to bring viewers astounding investigations from across the country, with each episode featuring a different homicide detective whose tireless efforts helped put a killer behind bars and bring justice for the victim.

  • Crime
  • Documentary

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Episodes

48 episodes · 6 seasons

Season 1

2021 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 5 years ago

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    10. Lights Out

    Finale

    An elderly couple is viciously attacked at their Phoenix home, and the ravaged crime scene points to a gruesome sexual assault. Determined investigators focus on a missing wedding ring, which could be the key to tracking down this diabolical perpetrator.

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    9. Black Water

    In Bensalem, Pennsylvania, the long-dead body of a kind natured computer programmer is found submerged in the bathtub of his ransacked house. Leads are scarce until Detective Chris McMullin discovers a series of troubling voicemails.

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    8. What She Saw

    A quiet Maryland town is shaken to its core when a local couple is savagely slain in their bedroom. Det. Joe Bellino wonders if the key to unlocking the mystery lies with the victim's disabled daughter, who bore witness to both murders.

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    7. A Face With No Name

    A North Carolina teen's body is found in an empty dirt lot - beaten, blindfolded, and riddled with bullets. To catch an unlikely band of killers, Det. Josh Hamilton must trace a series of mysterious transactions and expose an ugly truth.

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    6. Goodbye Horses

    On Chincoteague Island, a beautiful young mother is murdered steps from a vacant summer home. Detective Danny Plott learns she was lured to her death by a mysterious phone call and soon realizes the killer has been hiding in plain sight.

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    5. Tale of Two Knives

    A med student is found pinned to her bedroom floor with a large knife. Suspicions turn to a disarmingly casual 911 caller. But when the caller's alibi checks out, Det Frank Dillard must employ his skills as an interrogator to hunt down a serial killer.

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    4. From The Deep

    Some three miles off the Jersey shore, boaters discover the decomposed remains of a 16-year-old girl, bound in metal chains. Detectives from Delaware and New Jersey join forces to unravel a cold-blooded conspiracy and catch an unlikely killer.

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    3. Hazard Lights

    The abduction and murder of a beloved young schoolteacher shakes a sleepy New England town to its core. Veteran investigator Robert Cushing is called in to lead the manhunt, but even he is caught off guard by depravity of the killer's plan.

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    2. "Murder, Murder, Murder"

    A Seattle woman is slain steps from an infamous homeless encampment known as "The Jungle". After navigating a set of false leads, Det. Cloyd Steiger connects her case to a pair of unsolved homicides, triggering a city-wide hunt for a serial killer.

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    1. Fourteen Stories Down

    When a promising young realtor plunges to his death from the 14th story of a trendy Miami high-rise, first responders assume suicide. But Det Joe Schillaci suspects foul play and follows a series of clues to the bloodied body of a second victim.

Season 2

2022 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 4 years ago

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    6. Death Roll

    Finale

    Gunshots ring out in broad daylight, killing a young mother of four only steps from her workplace in Carson, CA. Veteran detective Louie Aguilera works hard to find the assailant, but the investigation leads him across international borders.

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    5. Drugstore Cowboy

    The murder of a young entrepreneur in the entranceway of his family home sends shockwaves through his affluent seaside community. To catch the killer, Detective Dale Mason must navigate a tangled conspiracy and outwit a band of career criminals.

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    4. Radio Silence

    The body of a promising young radio host turns up on the side of the road in south Houston. When Detective Brian Harris arrives to determine who wanted the second-generation immigrant dead, he uncovers a tragic tale of love and deceit.

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    3. Run the Wickets

    The former mayor of Powhatan Point, OH, turns up dead in his hunting cabin. Detective Ryan Allar and his team begin the search to figure out if this is political retaliation or something more personal. What they find hits a little too close to home.

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    2. The Creek

    A home health care aide's body floats in a rural Connecticut creek, and detective Garritt Kelly joins the investigation to bring justice to a community gripped by fear. But Kelly will need to employ burgeoning forensic technology to secure a conviction.

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    1. Prodigal Son

    A hardworking father of five lies dead on his kitchen floor with a bullet to the back of the head. To get to the bottom of the mystery, Det. James Colley must untangle a web of twisted relationships and bizarre fantasies.

Season 3

2022 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 4 years ago

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    6. One Drop

    Finale

    A fisherman spots a dismembered corpse floating in Thunder Bay. The case stalls until a fearless young witness delivers a harrowing testimony.

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    5. Blood Bath

    A small town reckons with its first murder in 34 years. An elderly woman lies dead in a bathtub, after the killer enters through a hole in the wall.

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    4. Murder Capitol

    After a hard-working young mother goes missing on the mean streets of Washington, DC, Det. Jackie Middleton must get to the bottom of a cold-blooded conspiracy.

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    3. Mr. X

    A farmhand goes missing from a sprawling cattle ranch, but the case takes a sinister turn when his body shows up miles down the Coweeman river.

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    2. Lothario

    Arson investigators find a man dead in a burned-out Kentucky home. The police investigation quickly uncovers victim number two. It’s up to Detective Meroni to catch the killer before he strikes again.

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    1. Body Parts

    Two South Carolina women make unthinkably horrifying discoveries on their doorsteps, including ominous death threats and trash bags containing severed human appendages.

Season 4

2024 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 2 years ago

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  1. E10

    10. Wayward Son

    Investigators uncover a tangled web of relationships and bizarre fantasies after discovering a hardworking father's lifeless body.

  2. E9

    9. The Highway Hunter

    A scene straight out of a horror film unfolds outside of a Colorado police station, leaving one woman clinging to life and a second violently abducted; Det. Rick Archer soon uncovers a disturbing pattern that may have started a decade earlier.

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    8. The Barrel

    In the Miami suburbs, a hard working mother from Trinidad vanishes into thin air; detectives Danny Smith and Jonathan Zeller soon uncover her secrets but then are stalled until they come up with a highly unusual way to smoke out the perpetrator.

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    7. Six Pounds of Pressure

    A mother raises the alarm when her daughter goes missing from the Ault, CO house she had recently moved into. While Det. Ben Endreson is investigating, an unusual suspect comes forward to confess her involvement, but her story doesn't quite add up.

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    6. Torso

    Amongst the ashes of a barn fire, N.C. investigators discover the remains of two dismembered women; agent Nick Deming must dig into the victims' personal lives to uncover a revenge scheme and a killer.

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    5. The Rose Tattoo

    The body of a South Carolina man turns up floating in the Black River. Investigator Allen Morris, working his first homicide case, must scrutinize the victim's wife and mistress and ultimately untangle the web of deceit surrounding his disappearance.

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    4. Candy

    Deep in the kudzu of Alabama, police get a call about the body of a young man burned beyond recognition; Detective Kevin Palmer turns to the victim's phone records and picks up on a plot to lure the victim.

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    3. Crimson Snow

    Police find an accomplished U.S. Forest Service worker executed beneath a mound of snow in Northern California; a missing wallet and a pair of jumper cables send Investigator Greg Hagwood on a multi-state manhunt for the killer.

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    2. Mr. Innocent

    In Minnesota, firemen put out a housefire and find a woman's body inside; Agent Rob Fraik learns that the victim was babysitting a friend's daughter, who is now missing; it is a race against time to track down the killer with a horrifying motive.

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    1. It Begins With One

    When a young woman turns up dead in South Texas, Captain Calderon fears the killer has disappeared into Mexico. As more bodies turn up, investigators pick up on the trail of a serial killer, leading to a showdown in the streets of Laredo.

Season 5

2025 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 1 year ago

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  1. E8

    8. 12 hours of terror

    A series of murders puts the residents of a small town on high alert; as bodies continue to pile up, the urgency escalates, pitting Detective Dave Frankel in a race against time to capture a deranged spree killer before he claims his next victim.

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    7. 44 Magnum

    After someone executes a charismatic New Hampshire businessman in his sleep, the case goes ice cold; detective Robert Freitas uses his wits and a wiretap to outsmart a deceitful associate who believed he'd long since gotten away with murder.

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    6. Line goes Dead

    In rural Minnesota, a masked murderer bludgeons an entire family in their sleep; as small-town secrets unravel, Sheriff Mike Gormley uncovers a dangerous love triangle and a vengeful killer who is willing to risk his own blood for retribution.

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    5. Valentine Day Murder

    A mother's charred body leads detectives to a wolf in sheep's clothing.

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    4. A Letter From Hell

    Two brothers from Michigan search for buried treasure on Oak Island off the coast of Nova Scotia.

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    3. Barn of Horrors

    After someone abducts a vivacious Ohio undergrad in broad daylight, local police join forces with the FBI. The discovery of blood-soaked evidence kicks the case into high gear and brings investigators face-to-face with the depths of human depravity.

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    2. Mr. Nobody

    Jacksonville deputies locate the bones of a missing woman. As Det. Mechelle Soehlig pieces together the victim’s final steps, a trail of clues lead her from the site of a late-night house party to a mysterious Icelandic biker known as “Viking.” English

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    1. The Colonial Parkway Murders

    After multiple homicides occur along Virginia's Colonial Parkway, Authorities task Det. Danny Plott with finding a serial killer. When investigators uncover a pattern at the crime scenes about the killer's method, it becomes the key to solving the case.

Season 6

2026 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 5 months ago

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  1. E8

    8. Wolf in the Shadows

    A scene unfolds leaving one woman clinging to life and a second violently abducted.

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    7. Catfished To Kill

    Detective Ryan Jorstad follows a digital trail of evidence after police find a man shot and robbed in his own truck.

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    6. Puppet Master

    Investigators initially suspect a demonic sacrifice when they find a mother executed in an abandoned building.

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    5. The Curse

    This true-crime series hosted by Lt. Joe Kenda, one of America's toughest detectives, features incredibly disturbing and mind-blowing cases from across the country. Lt. Kenda expertly guides us through the complex twists and turns of these bizarre crimes.

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    4. First To Die

    An unknown killer executes a seemingly perfect family in their upscale Florida home. As detective Eva Marie Multari searches for answers, she uncovers hidden family tensions and a maniacal scheme driven by an obsessive love affair with a webcam model.

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    3. To Kidnap a Prince

    When kidnappers snatch the heir to a multi-million-dollar empire for ransom, the FBI races to get him back. An innocuous piece of surveillance footage reveals a far more sinister plot orchestrated by someone inside the family business.

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    2. The Desert City Murders

    This true-crime series hosted by Lt. Joe Kenda, one of America's toughest detectives, features incredibly disturbing and mind-blowing cases from across the country. Lt. Kenda expertly guides us through the complex twists and turns of these bizarre crimes.

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    1. Man's Best Friend

    A murder victim's lost dog becomes the key clue in solving her murder.

Cast & crew

  • Mike Watkiss

    Mike Watkiss

    Self - Former News Reporter

  • Fidelus Singleton

    Jay Fowler

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The most recent episode of Homicide Hunter: American Detective, Season 6 Episode 8 "Wolf in the Shadows", aired on June 3, 2026.

How many seasons of Homicide Hunter: American Detective are there?

Homicide Hunter: American Detective has 6 seasons with 48 episodes in total.

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Homicide Hunter: American Detective first aired on Investigation Discovery on January 4, 2021.

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