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About A Body in the Basement

A Body in the Basement is a reality and crime TV series that premiered on Investigation Discovery on July 19, 2023. It has 3 seasons and 14 episodes so far and is still airing new episodes. The latest episode, Season 3 Episode 2 "Her Last Steps", aired on October 14, 2026.

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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  • Crime
  • Documentary

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Episodes

14 episodes · 3 seasons

Season 1

2023 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 3 years ago

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    6. Deadly Invitation

    A killer brutally murders well-known community activist and member of the gay community, Dennis Dolinger, in the basement of his Washington, DC, home.

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    5. Missing Means Murder

    A man vanishes from a small town, leaving behind a trail of strange clues that stumps detectives and leads his neighbours 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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    4. Chase and Lies

    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 a months-long efforts of a private investigator to at last reveal the truth and Adam's terrifying fate.

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    3. Murder On Repeat

    In June 2001, just outside Rockford, Illinois, a welfare check leads police to a woman brutally murdered in the basement of her once quiet suburban home; the hunt for her killer will lead detectives to a mystery that has been buried for over 14 years.

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    2. Ice Cold Killers

    In Youngstown, Ohio, in 2017, an unsuspecting married couple discovers body parts in a mysterious locked freezer that someone has put in their basement, unlocking a harrowing mystery surrounding a missing woman and a tragic love triangle.

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    1. Killer in the New Neighborhood

    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.

Season 2

2025 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 1 year ago

A Body in the Basement is a true-crime series that explores real-life murder mysteries where the victim's body is discovered in a basement. Each episode delves into a different case, detailing the investigation that leads detectives to the chilling discovery and, ultimately, to the killer.

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    8. Aroma of Death

    In 1998, new homeowners renovating their basement, discover a body; as police investigate, they learn it belongs to teenager Christopher Denoyer, who was reported missing by his family in the 80's.

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    7. Disappearing Act

    In rural Pennsylvania, a young family discovers a mysterious skeleton buried in their basement. Archaeologists come in to identify the body, uncovering the truth about a decades-old missing persons case and a grisly family secret.

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    6. Can't Find Her

    When 31-year-old Ashley Young doesn't call her mum for days, her family and friends fear for the worst. And when a 911 call triggers a gruesome basement discovery, those fears come true.

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    5. Follow the Money

    In 2021, in a Norman, Oklahoma basement, police unwrap the gruesome contents of a suspicious box.

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    4. We Got a ***** Serial Killer

    On a hot summer night in Springfield, Massachusetts, a seemingly routine traffic stop turns into a nightmare when officers unknowingly apprehend a serial killer and discover a torture chamber and several murdered women in a quaint suburban home.

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    3. Keep Me Safe

    Police unlock a missing Michigan man's cell phone to discover clues to his whereabouts and find him hanging in a basement dungeon.

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    2. A Coal Miner's Murder

    When friends find Brad McGarry shot to death in the basement of his Bellaire, Ohio home, evidence suggests a robbery; when detectives learn that Brad is an openly gay man working in the world of coal mining, a more complicated motive emerges.

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    1. Tacony Dungeon

    Philadelphia police officers find four adults locked in a filthy basement dungeon.

Season 3

2026 · 2 episodes · Last episode: 3 weeks ago

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    2. Her Last Steps

    A suspected home invasion in Connecticut leaves a mother dead in the basement and her husband injured; detectives learn there's more to the story.

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    1. Collecting Trophies

    In the fall of 2003 in Hammond, Indiana, a string of disappearances leads detectives to a seemingly ordinary trophy shop worker and a horrific discovery in his basement reveals him to be a sadistic serial killer who has been preying on the town's teens.

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The most recent episode of A Body in the Basement, Season 3 Episode 2 "Her Last Steps", aired on October 14, 2026.

How many seasons of A Body in the Basement are there?

A Body in the Basement has 3 seasons with 14 episodes in total.

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A Body in the Basement first aired on Investigation Discovery on July 19, 2023.

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