The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade

Synopsis

Investigation Discovery transports viewers on a bittersweet and terrifying journey back in time, revealing the dark side of America's favorite decade.

First Air Date: 2016-11-14

Last Air Date: 2017-12-18

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 16

Networks: Investigation Discovery

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Top Cast

Patrick Gallagher as Himself - Narrator
Lance Coughlin as NYPD Officer
Liam Higgins as Lawyer / Kansas City Cop
Benjamin Oduro as Cosmo Fallarino
Elle Gabriel as Cheerleader friend
Loydeen Pulsifer as Laney Jacobs
Avery Mull as Claudia Pikul
Bill Hoffmann as Himself
Becky Boggs as Robyn Arnold
Aaron Dalla Villa as Bobby Ferrara

Seasons

Season 1 (2016)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Yuppie Murder (2016-11-14)

The Stuarts, are robbed and shot in Boston. Carol and her unborn child are killed. Charles survives to describe their black assailant, inflaming racial tensions, until a surprise witness comes forward with a story that blows open the case.
Ep. 2: The Preppy Murder (2016-11-21)

Jennifer Levin is found strangled to death in Central Park. A prep school heartthrob, Robert Chambers, is arrested for the crime. The press seizes on his provocative claim that Jennifer’s death happened accidentally during “rough sex."
Ep. 3: The Cheerleader Murder (2016-11-28)

In a wealthy California suburb, 15-year-old cheerleader Kirsten Costas is stabbed to death. A teenage girl is seen fleeing the scene. As months pass without an arrest, the police are stumped. But some in the community… think they know the murderer.
Ep. 4: The Heartland Massacre (2016-12-05)

In the heart of America’s devastating Farm Crisis, the largest mass murder in recent Missouri history stuns a small town. An entire family is wiped out. The unlikely suspect is a 14-year-old boy… but the real extent of the horror is even more shock
Ep. 5: The Black Monday Murder (2016-12-12)

Stockbroker Joe Pikul and his wife Diane are living the New York high life. When she discovers Joe’s been leading a double life, a conflict ensues. And within days of the stock market crash of Black Monday, their marriage comes to a violent end.
Ep. 6: The Real Fatal Attraction (2016-12-19)

Single mother of three Linda Culbertson lands a dream job as a legal secretary in a Kansas City law firm. She falls hard for her married boss, Donald Pierce. Their twisted passions draw bystanders into a shocking and vicious crime?