Episode 1
Kissing Cousins
43mfinale
A scandalous family relationship leads to the deaths of nine people in the premiere of this true-crime series examining Southern murders.
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TV series
Southern Fried Homicide
2013TV-143 seasons6.2 / 10
Southern Fried Homicide probes the juiciest stories from down in the Bible Belt. Classic true crime is served up against a backdrop of Southern hospitality, etiquette and Christian values. Good ol' morals give way to cold-blooded murder in these grim tales of love gone wrong, business deals turned sour, families divided, and more.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
Southern Fried Homicide premiered June 5, 2013. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
Southern Fried Homicide probes the juiciest stories from down in the Bible Belt. Classic true crime is served up against a backdrop of Southern hospitality, etiquette and Christian values. Good ol' morals give way to cold-blooded murder in these grim tales of love gone wrong, business deals turned sour, families divided, and more.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 2
Fatal Belle
43m
Spoiled southern belle Pat Allanson yearns to be the next Scarlett O'Hara. She thinks she found the perfect Rhett Butler in Tom Allanson, but when her privileges suddenly come to a halt, she will stop at nothing to get the life she thinks she deserves.
Episode credits
Guest stars Ann Rule
Episode 3
The Grim Reaper of Baton Rouge
43m
21-year-old Geralyn DeSoto, a beautiful, young graduate student is brutally murdered in her Baton Rouge, LA home. Hers is but one of a string of slayings that have police racing against the clock to prevent a serial killer from striking again.
Episode credits
Guest stars Susan Mustafa
Episode 4
Deadly Devotion
43m
Beloved preacher Matthew Winkler and his loving wife, Mary, seem like two peas in a pod. But they’re hiding some scandalous secrets. Before long their horsing and carrying on will leave one of them dead and the other one running for the hills.
Episode credits
Guest stars Diane Fanning
Episode 5
Catch Me If You Can
43m
When Stephanie Bennett, a beautiful young woman, is killed in her apartment, Raleigh police must play a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse to obtain a DNA sample from her suspected murderer.
Episode credits
Guest stars Amanda Lamb
Episode 6
Terror in the Tar Heel State
43m
After growing up in a tiny coal town and pulling herself up by her bootstraps, FBI secretary Melissa Galade Mooney had a whole lot to live for. When her promising life is suddenly cut short, friends wonder who would snuff out such a vivacious woman in her prime.
Where to watch Southern Fried HomicideEpisode 7
Scandal in Hunt Country
43m
In the posh expanses of Virginia's Hunt Country, the fiery relationship between billionaire heiress Susan Cummings and her Argentine polo-playing boyfriend Roberto Villegas comes to a violent and shocking end.
Episode credits
Guest stars Lisa Pulitzer
Episode 8
Bloodshed in Boonsboro
43m
When a retired couple, Derek and Nancy Haysom, is found murdered in their home in 1985, the town of Boonsboro, VA, fears they have a killer on the loose. Neighboring police agencies join forces to hunt down the monster and uncover clues that may have them heading right into the devil's den.
Where to watch Southern Fried HomicideEpisode 9
Bleeding Heart
43m
Genore Guillory is a generous soul and a friend to all, and when she doesn’t show up at work one day, her colleagues are immediately concerned. When police in Clinton, LA, discover her battered body but no enemies, they are left to wonder -- who loved Genore to death?
Episode credits
Guest stars Chuck Hustmyre, Greg Lang
Episode 10
Friendship Under Fire
43m
Robyn and Carol ('Sissy') are best friends who've always been by each other's side. When Robyn's husband, Brian Davis, is found murdered in Lake Charles, LA, Carol is right by her side. But police uncover Brian's racy past and a love for women that may have been his demise.
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More about Southern Fried Homicide
Cast
Shanna ForrestallSelf - Host / Narrator (voice)
Kristen UdowitzSelf - Narrator (voice)
Ann RuleSelf - Author, "Everything She Ever Wanted"Susan MustafaSelf - Author, "Blood Bath"
Diane FanningSelf - True Crime Author, 'The Pastor's Wife'Amanda LambSelf - Author, "Evil Next Door"
Lisa PulitzerSelf - Author, "A Woman Scorned"
Chuck HustmyreSelf - Author, "Unspeakable Violence"
Credits
- Written by
- Lorraine Markus Dirienzo
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Documentary
- Episodes
- 22
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
Investigation DiscoveryUnited States
True Crime NetworkUnited States
Sirens MediaUnited States
Discovery CommunicationsUnited States
Themes
homicidehomicide detectivehomicide investigationmurdermurder investigationreenactmentsouthern usatrue crime