INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY DEBUTS NINE NEW AND RETURNING SERIES TO KICK OFF THE SUMMER
May 22, 2014
(Silver Spring, MD) - This June, Investigation Discovery unleashes a programming slate that shines with all-star detective work and investigative journalism into headline-making crimes. Nine new and returning series deliver a month of dramatic stories, emotional journeys, heartbreaking investigations, and salacious secrets.
Every day of the week, ID delivers the perfect blend of mystery and suspense. As dark secrets surface from the not-so-sunny side of the white picket fence, neighbors keep the rumor mill turning on the world premiere of SUBURBAN SECRETS, starting with back-to-back episodes on Friday, June 13 at 9/8c and 9:30/8:30c. Then the all-new series DEVIL IN THE DETAILS, premiering Saturday, June 14 at 10/9c, proves the key to cracking a cold case sometimes lies in the smallest of details.
In addition, four returning series join the lineup. Searching for the true motive behind a crime, journalist Tamron Halls digs for answers in season 2 of DEADLINE: CRIME WITH TAMRON HALL, premiering Sunday, June 1 at 10/9c. Then on I (ALMOST) GOT AWAY WITH IT: WHAT WOULD KENDA DO? premiering Monday, June 2 at 9/8c, ID's resident homicide hunter Lt. Joe Kenda re-visits popular cases featured on the hit series and offers his expertise into each investigation. Following the "Kenda-fied" special, I (ALMOST) GOT AWAY WITH IT returns on Monday, June 2 at 10/9c profiling all-new perpetrators with different criminal backgrounds and one shared motive: to stay out of prison. Then, season 2 of SWAMP MURDERS, premiering Tuesday, June 3 at 9/8c, reveals the murkiest of murder mysteries. And SOUTHERN FRIED HOMICIDE returns Thursday, June 19 at 10/9c, exposing all new salacious stories from south of the Mason Dixon Line.
Three previously-announced premieres also add to the stacked programming slate. Viewers are invited to embark on an emotional journey as desperate families search for their missing loved ones on LAST SEEN ALIVE, premiering Sunday, June 1 at 9/8c. Then on the debut of CRY WOLFE, premiering with back-to-back episodes on Tuesday, June 3 at 10/9c and 10:30/9:30c, private investigator Brian Wolfe reveals the truth behind his suspicious clients. Later in the month OJ: TRIAL OF THE CENTURY, premiering Thursday, June 12 at 9/8c,chronicles the twists and turns of the OJ Simpson murder trial and allows viewers "re-live" every moment of the investigation first-hand.
ID's full June programming lineup includes:
LAST SEEN ALIVE
Premieres Sunday, June 1 at 9/8c
LAST SEEN ALIVE follows the emotional and action-packed journeys of 12 families-turned-detectives as they chase down leads, interview potential witnesses, and travel cross-country in the hope of reuniting with their recently missing relatives. Beginning with the moment the person was last seen alive, episodes chronicle the search efforts of a desperate family with everything to lose, aided by a skilled investigator determined to turn chase down every lead.
DEADLINE: CRIME WITH TAMRON HALL
Premieres Sunday, June 1 at 10/9c
MSNBC Host and NBC News Correspondent/Anchor Tamron Hall knows first-hand the effect of violent crime, as her older sister was a murder victim in a case that is still officially unsolved. In each one-hour episode, Hall is joined by a core team of correspondents with extensive knowledge of law enforcement, to go beyond the headlines and explore not only what happened, but why it happened.
I (ALMOST) GOT AWAY WITH IT: WHAT WOULD KENDA DO?
Premieres Monday, June 2 at 9/8c
ID's resident homicide hunter, Lt. Joe Kenda, is on the scene as host of the revamped and reloaded special, I (ALMOST) GOT AWAY WITH IT: WHAT KENDA DO? Each episode contains never-before-seen footage and little known facts about cases featured on I (ALMOST) GOT AWAY WITH IT. With one of the highest case-closure rates in the country, Lt. Joe Kenda spins a new twist on each case as he lends expert commentary throughout the show.
I (ALMOST) GOT AWAY WITH IT
Premieres Monday, June 2 at 10/9c
For these perpetrators, the stories may be different, but the motives are always the same - to stay out of prison and live life on the lam. The people profiled in I (ALMOST) GOT AWAY WITH IT evaded justice for years, sometimes decades, by using their families, fake identification and even violence to avoid capture.
CRY WOLFE
Premieres Tuesday, June 3 at 10/9c
Inspired by true accounts from his actual case files, each half-hour episode features Private Investigator Brian Wolfe and his investigative assistant, Janine McCarthy, as they expose cheating spouses, dishonest employees, con artists, and scammers to deliver answers to their clients.
SWAMP MURDERS
Premieres Tuesday, June 3 at 9/8c
Hot, humid swamps make great hiding places - for bodies that is. In SWAMP MURDERS, moss-covered trees, dead-end trails, creaky docks and mangrove forests are the ominous backdrops for the murkiest of mysteries.
OJ: TRIAL OF THE CENTURY
Premieres Thursday, June 12 at 9/8c
OJ: TRIAL OF THE CENTURY follows the real-life soap opera that was the OJ Simpson case as it played out like an episodic work of dramatic fiction. This is the story of how an event - the prosecution and then acquittal of a man accused of double homicide - became the first nationally televised soap opera of tangled and salacious plotlines that would beget countless others.
SOUTHERN FRIED HOMICIDE
Premieres Thursday, June 19 at 10/9c
Against a backdrop of Southern hospitality, etiquette, and Christian values, evil creeps in like vines on a time-worn plantation. SOUTHERN FRIED HOMICIDE proves that ugliness lurks behind beauty when cracks in good ol' moral values give way to cold-blooded murder.
SUBURBAN SECRETS
Premieres Friday, June 13 at 9/8c
From money laundering to murder, many small towns in America harbor deep dark secrets. In each episode, SUBURBAN SECRETS goes behind the white-picket fences to reveal the shocking tales of real crimes they lived through.
DEVIL IN THE DETAILS
Premieres Saturday June 14 at 10/9c
Every investigation is a hunt for clues. In questions of murder, it's the details that reveal the cold-blooded truth. DEVIL IN THE DETAILS is a six-part series that follows a trail of details to track down a killer.
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