Sins of the City - Episode Guide

A local celebrity goes missing in Tampa after winning the $30 million jackpot lottery; the coastal community is desperate to solve his mysterious disappearance.

An innocent father and younger brother of Baltimore's police spokesman is found slain in his own home; the entire city is in fear.

Derwin Brown, a veteran police captain and the sheriff-elect of DeKalb County, is assassinated in front of his home and the entire community is traumatized, especially when rumors of police corruption begin to surface.

A Columbus teenager is accused of murdering his twin brother in the night.

Chauncey Bailey an American journalist and the editor-in-chief of The Oakland Post.He is shot dead on a Downtown Oakland street on August 2, 2007, the victim of a crime syndicate he was investigating for a story. 

When a couple is found dead in their Riverside home, detectives must piece together the evidence to determine the killer.

Washington, D.C., is paralyzed with fear as a sniper begins taking out victims at random across the city.

An NBA superstar is killed in his hometown; the city of Memphis bands together to avenge the fallen hero.

A man found dead of multiple gunshot wounds on a street corner is identified as Raymond Myles, a popular local gospel singer recently praised by Billboard magazine as being on the brink of mainstream success. Myles, 41, was lying on his back, bleeding and unresponsive, when a passer-by discovered him about 11:30 p.m. Sunday, New Orleans Oct. 11, 1998. 

For two years, the community of East Charlotte is gripped with fear as a serial killer stalks its streets; he is killing his unsuspecting acquaintances and co-workers then attending their funerals.

A world heavyweight champion boxer is found dead, and it shakes Sin City to its core and there's no shortage of theories about who took him out.

After several months of tense confrontations between Black liberation group MOVE and Philadelphia police, city officials decide to drop a bomb on the group's headquarters, killing most of its members and leaving several other citizens homeless.

Six members of the 1988 Carter High School football team are arrested for a string of armed robberies; the Dallas community must grapple with its championship team's dramatic fall from grace.

On May 25, 2020, George Floyd lost his life at the hands of the Minneapolis Police.The result of this action is now known as the spark of injustice heard around the world with tensions reigniting after the conviction of officer Derek Chauvin.

Despite Texas' rich and diverse history, in 2015 the city of Houston falls prey to a string of lethal armored car robberies, striking terror in the streets; investigators must pull off an elaborate sting to bring the perpetrators to justice.

In Oklahoma City, a member of law enforcement is caught using his position of power to prey upon numerous Black women within the city when his last victim, a 57-year-old grandmother, steps up and speaks out against his reign of terror.

In Scottsdale, Ariz., women in the city fall prey to a handsome playboy who enjoys the party lifestyle as one of city's rich and famous; the party's over when the FBI learns he's a serial grifter running an investment scam.

When a promising young life is cut short on the streets of Chicago, a community bands together to demand real change in the South Side's gang-riddled neighborhoods.

In 2013, Cleveland is shaken when 911 dispatchers receive a call and three missing women are found in a house of horrors; investigators uncover the truth behind a horrific string of decade-old abductions committed by a city school bus driver.

When a beloved high school football player dies while shielding three girls from bullets in a random shooting, a city comes together to seek justice for a young life lost.

In 1989 in New York, a vicious assault on a female jogger sparks a racially driven witch-hunt for her attackers; police employ aggressive tactics to coerce confessions from five young men whose lives will change forever.

In Louisville, Ky., a young woman is killed overnight during a botched raid on her apartment; her outraged community comes together to demand her killers be brought to justice, sparking a nationwide call for police reform.

Brunswick, Ga. is known for its abundant coastal beauty; underneath its façade lies a history of racial tensions and political corruption; in 2020, the murder of Ahmaud Arbery reveals the city's dark secrets to the entire world.

Chattanooga began as a railway city and evolved into a mecca of arts and culture. But the city also has a violent history. And in 1979, one man's murder uncovers the city's dark secrets and leads detectives all the way to the governor's mansion

Over the Christmas holidays in 1992, a group of wayward teenagers carries out a deadly killing spree throughout the city of Dayton, Ohio.

By 1998, Jasper is one of the most racially progressive small towns in east Texas; the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. by three white supremacists reveals hidden racial divisions and makes Jasper's name forever synonymous with murder and hate.

Newark, New JerseyNewark, N.J., may be one of America's oldest and most diverse cities, but it's also one of the most dangerous; in 2007, the violent attacks of four college students by a ruthless gang of teenage killers would prove just how deadly the city could be.

Richmond, CaliforniaViolence is nothing new to Richmond, Calif., but when one of its young football stars is gunned down in cold blood by a bloodthirsty teenage killer, the city fights back to stop the emergence of a ruthless teenage gang before it strikes again.

As much as the glitz and glam of Tinseltown are intertwined into the fabric of Los Angeles, so is the LAPD; when one of the force's own goes on a deadly shooting rampage, the violent killings bring both the city, and the LAPD, to their knees.

Miami's dark side is exposed when a botched burglary takes the life of star NFL player Sean Taylor; due to a tragic miscalculation, five would-be thieves become murderers with one fatal gunshot, leaving the city to mourn their beloved hometown hero.

In 2012, Sanford, Fla., would become the epicenter of a nationwide debate when George Zimmerman shoots and kills Trayvon Martin. Trayvon's death ignites the Black Lives Matter movement and puts the city on center stage for the trial of the century.

The violent murder of 21-year-old Justin Cosby inside a Harvard dormitory basement sends shockwaves throughout the city of Cambridge, Mass., and ignites a loving mother's fight to clear her son's name once the story goes public.

Austin's peaceful atmosphere is shattered when a wave of bombings appears to target the city's minority communities. Multiple law enforcement agencies descend upon the city to try and put an end to the carnage before the body count rises.

Twenty years before George Floyd's murder, Army veteran Roger Owensby Jr. was killed by Cincinnati Police under similar circumstances. His death at the hands of law enforcement would help ignite three days of violent riots throughout the city.

In 2013, mayoral candidate Marco McMillian was hoping to bring seismic change to his hometown of Clarksdale, Miss., before he has his chance, he's found dead under mysterious circumstances, sparking rumors of a political assassination.

The city of Flint, Mich., was plagued by deadly drinking water for nearly four years, as state officials repeatedly denied any problems. The crisis would become one of the most infamous State sanctioned public health disasters in American history.

When beloved Detroit rapper Blade Icewood is shot and paralyzed in 2004, he launches a war of words against his attackers. The salvo of revenge lyrics only heats up the rivalry, leaving Blade dead in a barrage of bullets just 7-months later.

In August 2013, Omaha residents are sent into an all-out panic when four victims are tragically found dead days apart. Soon after, Omaha native Nikko Jenkins is arrested, exposing a violent serial killer that a flawed system helped to create.

Beloved Wilkes-Barre DJ Mike Onley uses his celebrity status to encourage peace among the masses. When he's killed in a seemingly random crime, his murder sends shockwaves throughout the city and ignites a decadeslong fight to find justice.

In the early morning of New Year's Day 2009, Oakland resident Oscar Grant is shot in the back by a BART transit officer at Fruitvale Station. Within days, dramatic cellphone videos of Oscar's shooting go public, igniting a global fight for justice.

When two beloved young men are brutally gunned down in the streets of Roanoke, this typically quiet tourist town must face the harsh reality that no city, not even small-town America, is safe from gang violence.

After a beloved family of seven is firebombed in their sleep in the Baltimore neighborhood of Oliver, the Baltimore City Police fall under intense scrutiny, ultimately bearing as much blame from the community as the killer himself.

Long-standing racial tensions in Brooklyn's Bensonhurst neighborhood explode into months of protests after an unarmed Black teenager named Yusuf Hawkins is pursued, shot, and killed by a mob determined to send a message to Black communities.

In 2013, East Cleveland's reputation as a violent community would provide cover for a deranged serial killer. When the sobering truth is revealed, the city faces the harsh reality that three women were killed, all while no one seemed to notice.

In 2023, tensions in Memphis explode when 29-year-old Tyre Nichols dies, allegedly at the hands of a rogue unit within the Memphis PD. Activists take to the streets, igniting a furious backlash to a problem that has plagued the city for centuries.