Hometown Tragedy is a true crime series telling the stories of unfathomable crimes that have rocked communities across America, leaving them forever changed. Details are told by Hearst station reporters who covered the case, family and friends of the victims, and those within the community directly impacted by the crime.

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Awards

  • Telly Award 2024 Gold Winner:

    • Editing—Online

    Telly Award 2024 Silver Winner:

    • General—True Crime

    • Craft—Use of Archival Footage

    Telly Award 2024 Bronze Winner:

    • Craft—Use of Remote Production

    • Craft—Sound & Sound Design

  • Telly Award 2023 Silver Winner:

    • General—True Crime

    • Craft—Use of Archival Footage

    • Craft—Sound & Sound Design

Season 3 - Episode 1

Anguish in Anderson

In August 2016, Kala Brown and her boyfriend, Charlie Carver, went missing in Upstate South Carolina. Weeks passed with no answers as to where the Anderson couple might be.

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Season 3 - Episode 3

The Texting Manslaughter

In a 2017 bench trial, a judge determined Carter caused the death of the 18-year-old Roy when she ordered him in a phone call to get back into his parked truck, which he'd rigged to fill up with deadly carbon monoxide. Carter was 17 at the time of Roy's death.

Season 2

The Drake Diner Slayings

A gunman shot and killed two restaurant workers during a Thanksgiving weekend robbery. The murders of Diner manager Cara McGrane and manager Tim Burnett turned the Drake neighborhood upside down.

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Executive Producers Ernesto Mourelo, Emily Phillips | Executive Producers for Very Local Andrew Fitzgerald, Laura Ling | Supervising Producer Rob Petrone | Supervising Producer for Very Local Sylvie Flanagan | Writer & Producer Aaron Burrell | Producer Chelsea Frisbie | Editor Seung Won Baik | Coordinating Producer Ashley E. Mercado | Post-Production Manager Corey Hart | Post-Production Coordinator Liz Flush | Camera Operators Kathy Wiseman, Andrew Bridgewater, Mark Peterson | Motion Graphics Designer LYNDSAY, Inc. | Opening Theme Composer Chris Phillips | Sound Mixer Zack Proteau | Colorist Raffaele Dilullo | Universal Production Music | Additional Video & Images from Getty and KCCI | Special Thanks to Dave Busiek, Tom Torpy, Allison Smith, Nathan White, Divya Kapuria