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On a cold, snowy, North Carolina morning, an employee discovered the brutally murdered body of Nancy Harvey inside her used-car business. Investigators worked around the clock collecting evidence to figure out who would kill this hard-working, loving grandmother. Seven years later, they're still trying to figure it out. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Nancy Harvey's brutal murder left her family reeling. Her granddaughter needed answers, her son and daughter-in-law, just days away from welcoming their second child, and still no solid leads on who committed the crime. Seven years later the family looks back on the chain of events and how it still affects them to this day. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After the brutal killing of Nancy Harvey at her business Atlanta Car Company in 2012, it seemed investigators didn’t have many clues to go on. But three years later, a bombshell came in the form of surveillance video. The footage was shot outside Atlanta Car Company 52 days before Harvey was found murdered and showed three masked gunmen lurking outside of the business. Investigators say they are confident the people captured on the video know what happened to Harvey more than one month later, but all these years later, they still can’t find them.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Time moves on for Nancy Harvey's family, but it doesn't mean they've healed. They still remember January 25, 2013 vividly and seven years later they still have the same questions, who brutally murdered their mother and grandmother and why is it taking so long to solve this crime? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

January 25, 2013, an employee arrived to work and found Nancy Harvey brutally murdered. To this day, no one has been arrested for the crime investigators describe as “heinous", leaving everyone wondering who killed Grandma Nancy.

Why did a poor North Carolina tobacco farmer kill his wife, six of his kids and himself on Christmas Day, 1929? Despite 90 years of rumors and speculations some family members say they know what was on the heart and mind of Charlie Lawson. Thanks to some recently discovered interviews you'll hear the voices of people who were there that day and those who've kept family secrets for decades Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.

After Charlie Lawson killed seven members of his family and then himself on Christmas Day, 1929 the story began to spread, making headlines around the country. The curious began to descend on the Lawson's tobacco farm and sightseers were known to steal pieces of the property as souvenirs. To control the crowds, and save the farm for the sole surviving son, the family opened it up as a tourist attraction. The gruesome story also made its way into the music world as a hit ballad record in 1930 helping fuel even more interest and lore to this murder mystery. Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.

Decades after Charlie Lawson killed his family, people are still drawn to the mystery. Local historians and collectors now search for anything related to the murders and it's lore that followed. Today people are flocking sixteen miles away from the crime scene to the former funeral home that prepared the Lawson family for burial. The building is now museum with odd occurrences that attract the curious and those interested in the paranormal. Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.

On Christmas day, 1929 a rural North Carolina tobacco farmer brutally murdered six of his children, his wife and then killed himself. The horrific crime made the front page of the New York Times. It inspired a hit record and would conjure up rumor and speculation for generations to come. Some say Charlie Lawson just snapped while others believe it may have been centered around a troubled heart. But as brutal and bizarre as the murders were, what followed the funeral has become the stuff of legend. The crime scene became a tourist attraction with bloody photographs being sold as souvenirs. Deadly Secrets, The Lawson Family Murders delves deep into the events ─ with recently discovered interviews from people who were there that day ─ in hopes of finding answers to this 90-year-old murder mystery. Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.

True crimes that sound more like a twisted plot for a tv movie. Some come to a surprising conclusion, others remain a mystery.

On August 15, 2002, an employee found Michael and Mary Short murdered in their Oak Level, VA home. Their 9-year-old daughter had disappeared, leaving investigators few clues as to where was Jennifer Short. In this episode, authorities revisit the first 24 hours after the murders, and what they found inside the home off US 220. Family members share their heartbreak learning there was no sign of Jennifer, beginning a frantic 6 week search to find the little girl alive.

While deputies investigate the murders of Michael and Mary Short, a frantic nationwide search has begun for 9-year-old Jennifer. Investigators admit they don't know where she could be or who took her. Family and friends make public pleas for her safe return as the new school year is set to begin.