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Murder in the Heartland

  • TV Series
  • 2017–
  • TV-14
  • 42m
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7.5/10
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Murder in the Heartland (2017)
Featuring a true murder story in the heartland (midwest USA). Includes interviews with the victim's family, friends, and investigators, as well as reenactments.
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ID channel show featuring a true murder story in the heartland (midwest USA). Includes interviews with the victim's family, friends, and investigators, as well as reenactments.ID channel show featuring a true murder story in the heartland (midwest USA). Includes interviews with the victim's family, friends, and investigators, as well as reenactments.ID channel show featuring a true murder story in the heartland (midwest USA). Includes interviews with the victim's family, friends, and investigators, as well as reenactments.

  • Creators
    • Ari Mark
    • Phil Lott
  • Stars
    • Joel Searls
    • Blake Eli
    • Eric Laney
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    613
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    • Creators
      • Ari Mark
      • Phil Lott
    • Stars
      • Joel Searls
      • Blake Eli
      • Eric Laney
    • 10User reviews
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    2cantgetright3131

    You'll learn more from Google

    I just couldn't get past the shaky camera work. It's very distracting, and the details of the stories are not 100% accurate, and is based on biased accounts.
    8lifelinespublishing

    worth the watch....

    I watched the first 4 episodes of this, the narration is good and it features in depth assesment of the killer and the victim with good directing specially in the end..

    If you like 48 hours and other crime reality shows, this is up your alley too...

    8/10 stars
    6willhowcoop

    Careless production mistakes, good show otherwise

    Fascinating, in-depth true crime stories; however, I have seen several episodes with careless typos in the screen title cards ("supect" instead of "suspect," "tounge" instead of "tongue"). The show needs a proofreader!
    3rmmil

    Weird production distracts from the stories

    This series is pretty typical of the true crime format: You hear the details from loved ones of the victims while police fill in the rest. Unlike some series of this type there is very little recreation of the events that are being described, probably due to a relatively small budget.

    Drone photography has made way more of these shows possible, because even with a small budget you can get sweeping, dramatic landscape shots without much money spent. And the landscape shots in this show are impressive.

    Unfortunately, due to a lack of recreations and the small budget, it's all the other non-drone photography that falls short in this series. There are so so many shots, weird random shots of the subjects being interviewed. There must be some directive from the producers that they get a lingering slow motion shot of everyone's backside. There are also tons of random shots of people doing their jobs. Feeding cows. Cutting the grass. Making biscuits. Just a lot of whatever camera work while someone talks in the background.

    The production itself is also sloppy in that some of the details are just wrong. Incorrect dates displayed on the screen. Typos. Kind of amateur hour.

    The stories themselves are okay, most are easy to follow and tell a concise narrative.

    But with so many true crime shows out there, this one is among the sloppiest I've seen.
    1debbiestein-93965

    Not Accurate

    Just watched my first episode. I thought it was pretty good until I googled the news reports and found out the show totally changed the story.

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      • November 29, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
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      • Crímenes en el corazón de América
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