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.
In a small Texas town, a serial rapist stalks and attacks multiple high school cheerleaders, before graduating to murder. Detectives discover that the monster behind these horrific crimes is much closer to home than anyone could have possibly guessed.
Conspiracy theories rock a small Texas town after a beloved high school football player mysteriously vanishes; baffling clues and community pressure pit the local sheriff against a brash private investigator until some unusual suspects emerge.
A beloved high school teacher's mutilated body lies in a field near her home, leaving behind a baffling trail of evidence; one suspect tells a story that makes no sense, but the real killer's motives are as confusing as they are terrifying.
In a struggling Pennsylvania coal town, where high school football is king, the killing of a Mexican immigrant splits the community. When star players emerge as suspects, some locals emerge in a cover-up that is almost as shocking as the murder.
As quarterback and then as coach, Juan Joseph led his Louisiana high school football team to multiple victories. When he's inexplicably gunned down, his community unites to bring his killer to justice.
A cold-blooded murderer takes the life of local football hero TK Kelly; the high school standout had carried the dreams of his small California city on his shoulders, but for someone close to TK, jealousy of the star was motivation enough to kill.
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.
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.
When police find a former cheerleader burned to ashes in her car, they launch an investigation filled with rumors of town corruption and cover-ups; decades later, loved ones are still searching for an answer.
The family of a high school cheerleader finds her murdered in her room the night after the homecoming dance. Detectives surmise that she knew her killer, and because so many people are back in town for the big football game, everybody is a suspect.
The shooting of an East Texas football coach inside the high school fieldhouse triggers a lockdown in the middle of a school day. As police race to track down an active shooter, they discover a community deeply divided by the coach's past.
To say that Paul Reagor and Jerry Bailey are close friends would be an understatement. When the two football coaches mysteriously disappear, a small Oklahoma town's racial tensions emerge alongside the high stakes of high school football.
Former cheerleader Valerie Zavala is invited to a party with high school football players and cheerleaders. She is found dead. Investigators collect home video from the party to find clues to identify her killer.
Middle school cheer captain Tristyn Bailey is the future of Friday night lights at Creekside High. Police investigating her disappearance have to navigate teenage rumors and gossip in their small Florida town to identify a monster in their midst.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The stabbing of a star punter coming home from class devastates the University of Northern Colorado football team; what seems like a random tragedy unfolds as a calculated takedown after the investigation exposes jealousy within the team.
Drum major Robert Champion suddenly dies in the back of the Florida A&M marching band bus, mystifying authorities; an autopsy points to foul play, leading to an investigation that exposes a secret inside one of America's premiere marching bands.
Teen Alicia DeBolt goes missing shortly after making the cheer squad; police question members of the football team and fellow cheerleaders, but the truth behind this mystery is more sinister than anyone in her small Kansas town could have imagined.
The Ybarra family awakens to discover their son Jacob and his best buddy Sabion shot and killed. The deaths of two tiny Texas towns, both outstanding football players for their high schools, wreak havoc on the community, but the tragedy escalates when the perpetrator is revealed.
On Thanksgiving weekend, a former high school football star turned referee is fatally murdered on his porch in broad daylight. In the high-stakes world of Texas football, police are investigating the possibility that a dissatisfied parent or fan followed him home.
A Texas community is forced to confront a troubling reality inside youth sports after a football coach is gunned down during a game in front of dozens of witnesses, including his own family. A former NFL player is at the center of the investigation.
In 1985, police find the body of a beloved coach in the barrens of southeast Texas, triggering a murder investigation laced with sex, jealousy and revenge. Investigators close in on the killer, but an eleventh-hour twist tears the community apart.
The Hill family lives in a gated community near Dawson HS, where their daughter Arrijana is a popular athlete. When she is found murdered in her bedroom, detectives learn that Arrijana was hiding a secret that leads them to her killer.
Josh Missiledine, an 18-year-old male cheerleader on one of the most prestigious squads in Mississippi, vanishes the day before the state championship. While searching for Josh, Investigators discover secrets from the troubled past he is trying to escape.
A prominent football coach at a private high school, 27-year-old Jaz Granderson, dies shortly after calling 911 to ask for help after suffering a gunshot wound. Police race to identify a mystery woman who they believe lured Jaz to his death.