Former Louisiana State CID partners Martin Hart and Rustin Cohle give separate statements to a pair of investigators about the murder of a prostitute, Dora Lange, 17 years earlier. As…

The disappearance of a young Arkansas boy and his sister in 1980 triggers vivid memories and enduring questions for retired detective Wayne Hays, who worked the case 35 years before…

The disappearance of a city manager disrupts a lucrative land scheme and ignites an investigation involving three police officers and a career criminal who is moving into legitimate business.

A violent denouement in the forest clears the Dora Lange case and turns Cohle and Hart into local heroes. Each man settles into a healthier rhythm of living as Hart…

Maggie reveals Cohle’s activities in 2002, when his relationship with Hart fractured and he quit the force.

Hart and Cohle call a truce to investigate a series of disappearances that may be related to the Dora Lange murder and the Tuttle family.

An overlooked detail provides Hart and Cohle with an important new lead in their 17-year-old case.

Under pressure to land a suspect in the Lange murder, Quesada warns Hart and Cohle that they might be replaced by three detectives from a new task force. The pair…

A hidden image at the burned-out church leads Cohle and Hart to Joel Theriot, a tent-revival minister whose parishioners finger a scarred “tall man” seen with Dora Lange. Brought in…

Hart and Cohle hunt for their newly identified suspect, Reggie Ledoux, a meth cooker who shared a cell with Dora Lange’s husband and recently skipped parole. As Hart’s personal life…

Horse grooms at a racetrack find one of their own dead in her dorm. Her death is ruled a suicide, but her family suspect foul play. Three years later, the…

There’s no pain like the loss of a young, innocent life. When a 14-year-old’s murder goes unsolved for decades, it festers into a wound that never heals. The family had…

The innocence of the quiet, rural town of Miles City, Montana is shattered when a doting father of two and loving husband, Marty Etchemendy, disappears after a local football game….

Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi meets with the detective and prosecutor who took on the case of Karen Ann Watson, a wife and mother who was brutally stabbed to death in 1987; nearly…

It’s late by the era 26-year-very old goings-on student Tracey Schoettlin finishes her serving shift at a restaurant in downtown Birmingham, Ala. She clocks out but never makes it get…

An everyday teenage girl is found murdered in the Arizona desert upon Christmas Eve, 1988. Detectives soon studious her say, Cindy Monkman Apelt, who was reported missing by her husband…

In March 2000, energy couldn’t be sweeter for 71-year-pass Margarita Ruiz and her adult daughter Hope. They spend their days in the hot Florida sunshine caring for Hope’s two minor…

Donna Decker returns dwelling from performance tardy in description to a Friday night and enters the grips of an intruder, who ties her taking place in the kitchen. She manages…

An unexpected eyewitness emerges to help Detective Danner piece together the true story behind Xavier’s demise. Season finale.

After having made a pact to get rid of the local sex trafficking ring, Eric tortures Chauncy; a street thug, for answers about the missing girl Keisha Jarvis. Doctor Cintron…

After Eva Banks (guest star Rosie Perez) makes a shocking discovery about her son, Cory’s (guest star Cruz Santiago) behavior at school, she takes him to the doctor, only to…

Hays looks back at the aftermath of the 1980 Purcell case in West Finger, Arkansas, including possible evidence left behind at the Devil’s Den. As attention focuses on two conspicuous…

He is among the most infamous serial killers in American history. From 1976 to 1977, David Berkowitz terrorized New York City – under his creepy self-given moniker: the Son of…