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s04e09 · 2025-03-13
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Murder Under the Friday Night Lights
Investigation Discovery Documentary
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For many small towns across America, a Friday night spent under the blinding lights of the local high school football stadium cheering the home team onto victory is the glue that holds a community together. But, what happens when the Friday night lights shut off and the town's beloved team finds themselves embroiled in the center of a tragic crime? How does a community so devoted to football reckon with the aftermath – one that may force them to either cope with the devastating loss of one of their own or look at their treasured team and players differently? A new series from ID takes an unflinching look at the shocking and tragic cases of dangerous obsessions, brutal violence and even murder surrounding local high school football teams, tarnishing the sport these communities hold sacred.
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8 this season · 31 totals02e01 A Killer's Secret Play 2022-11-17 03:00
A Killer's Secret Play
When a beloved high school football coach's friend finds him shot 11 times in his Texas home, no one can imagine who would possibly want him dead, until investigators discover a secret world of women and underground parties.
s02e02 Homecoming Nightmare 2 2022-11-24 03:00
Homecoming Nightmare 2
The abduction and murder of a popular high school cheerleader shocks a tight-knit suburban town. A second, eerily similar murder just two weeks later terrifies the community, which now suspects they have a serial killer in their midst.
s02e03 Who Shot Darrent Williams? 2022-12-01 03:00
Who Shot Darrent Williams?
When the Broncos draft Texas high school football star Darrent Williams, he stays loyal to his hometown. On New Year's, he flies five school friends to Denver for a party, soon after midnight, Darrent dies and no one knows who killed him, or why.
s02e04 When Danger is no Stranger 2022-12-08 03:00
When Danger is no Stranger
A 7-year-old cheerleader vanishes from plain sight at a small Kentucky town's biggest youth football game of the year. When she's found murdered, panic takes over, and every parent fears the worst kind of predator is among them.
s02e05 The Muck Bowl Murder 2022-12-15 03:00
The Muck Bowl Murder
In 2008, someone guns down Pahokee High School's star football player, Norman Pooh Griffith, outside a homecoming dance in Belle Glade, Fla., home to Pahokee's biggest football rivals.
s02e06 When Rules Don't Apply 2022-12-29 03:00
When Rules Don't Apply
Coach Joe Paterno turns Penn State into a football powerhouse. A serial rapist from the team's ranks preys on multiple co-eds. When the justice system fails to put an end to his attacks, many wonder if Paterno's football machine protected him.
s02e07 A Killer's Bet 2023-01-05 03:00
A Killer's Bet
A high school football coach vanishes, baffling the police. Then, they learn that he ran a secret football betting ring among his friends, and clues lead cops to one of the gamblers who could not pay up.
s02e08 Devil Came to Dance 2023-01-12 03:00
Devil Came to Dance
When a popular teenage dancer suddenly disappears one day after practice, police have few leads until one of the dance team members reveals that a man stalked her just days before her best friend's disappearance.