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TV series

Fear Thy Neighbor

2014TV-1411 seasons8.0 / 10

These are the terrifying tales of the unwanted neighbors who turn home sweet home into home sweet hell. A look inside the lives of horrific neighborly disputes and what happens when a simple issue turns into the worst night of a family's life. Do you really know who lives next door? This true-crime series tells the chilling tales of those with the misfortune to unwittingly take up residence within a stone’s throw of a psycho or killer.

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Checked Jul 22, 2026

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Synopsis

These are the terrifying tales of the unwanted neighbors who turn home sweet home into home sweet hell. A look inside the lives of horrific neighborly disputes and what happens when a simple issue turns into the worst night of a family's life. Do you really know who lives next door? This true-crime series tells the chilling tales of those with the misfortune to unwittingly take up residence within a stone’s throw of a psycho or killer.

Season 5 episodes

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Episode 1

Desperate Houseknives

43m

Two families with several children between them get along famously until one of the mothers starts to dictate to the other how she should be raising her kids. Battle lines are drawn, violence flares, and blood runs in the street.

Episode credits

Guest stars Keanu Bertrand

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Episode 2

Deadly Duplex

43m

After an early retirement, a man buys a duplex and rents half of it out to a troubled family. With the help of his gun, he sends the abusive husband packing, and becomes smitten with the wife left behind - all of which turns deadly when the husband return

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Episode 3

Head in the Oven

43m

Two neighboring bachelors start out as friends; harmless banter turns into threats eventually igniting an escalating war; the violence ends with a murder so shocking it is almost beyond belief.

Episode credits

Directed by David TebbyWritten by Carl KnutsonGuest stars Mark Nocent

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Episode 4

Cock-a-Doodle-Dead

43m

A homeowner has high hopes for the renters who move in next door; then, his hopes are dashed, setting the stage for a shocking act of violence that threatens to claim many lives.

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Episode 5

Roadkill

43m

A single woman and her daughter are delighted when a single man and his two daughters move in next door; they become fast friends until molestation charges result in anger, accusations and multiple bloody deaths.

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Episode 6

Mistress of Death

43m

Two women have lived next door to each other since childhood; then, one of the women's ex-husband begins seeing the other, leading to a conflict; when property disputes are mixed in, the result is a shocking act violence that engulfs them all.

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Episode 7

This Bullet's for You

43m

Realizing a long-held dream, a Michigan couple relocates to Florida, then their life in the sun is destroyed after they get into a fatal conflict with their neighbor.

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Episode 8

The War Next Door

43m

A family loves everything about their new home except the mockingbirds that perch and squawk in the backyard lemon tree; the family seeks to scare them off, igniting a feud with their neighbors that spins out of control until someone lies dead.

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Episode 9

Dead Men Tell No Tales

43m10.0 / 10

A man who is meticulous about his lawn bickers with a new neighbor who doesn't have the same priorities; the feud between the two men escalates, ultimately ending in an episode of shocking violence.

Episode credits

Directed by Jeffrey HirschfieldGuest stars Diana Chrisman, Marshall Craft, John Dickhout, Jimmy Korderas, April Lee, Jack O'Neil, Emily Weir, Cassandra Williams

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Episode 10

Family Values

43mfinale

A woman who still lives in her family home befriends her new neighbors, only to be plunged into a nightmare of threats, violence and betrayal. When her brother steps up to protect her, blood will be spilled and lives forever shattered.

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Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026

More about Fear Thy Neighbor

Cast

Tish IcetonNarrator (voice)
Andee FrizzellNarrator (voice)
Logan ThompsonStepson
Joseph DalyIrsie Henry
Heath HudsonJohn Hamilton
Rob SalernoMichael Nerone
Peter BavisPaul Hashman
Michael PezDarrel Oskins

Credits

Written by
Carl Knutson, Armen Kazazian, Chris Trebilcock, Laurel Baker, Buffy Childerhose, Brian Rice, Cameron Rothery

Production details

Status
Returning Series
Series type
Documentary
Episodes
106
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • Investigation DiscoveryUnited States
  • Cream ProductionsCanada
  • Bad Move 6 Productions Inc.
  • Bell MediaCanada
  • Bad Move 9 Productions

Themes

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