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The Best Episodes of The Real Murders of Orange County

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Horrific and salacious cases rock Southern California's wealthy coastal community. From a murder-for-hire gone wrong to families turning on their own, viewers hear the harrowing tales of when privilege leads to problems and greed leads

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    The Real Murders of Orange County Season 2 Episode 7 - Too Close for Comfort
    7.4/10(13 votes)

    #1 - Too Close for Comfort

    S2:E7

    When cherished Laguna Niguel resident 72-year-old Jane Thompson is beaten to death in her townhome in 2004, detectives must peel back the layers of her life to get to the bottom of the murder mystery. Police soon discover a wolf in sheep’s clothing just around the corner.

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  2. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 1 Episode 2 - Spoiled to Death
    7.2/10(30 votes)

    #2 - Spoiled to Death

    S1:E2

    The Sachs family seems to be living the OC life in their hilltop mansion when their family is suddenly torn apart by a vicious shooting in the middle of the night. Investigators reveal a surprising list of enemies who had the victims in their sights.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 1 Episode 3 - Love Lost at Sea
    7.2/10(26 votes)

    #3 - Love Lost at Sea

    S1:E3

    Thomas and Jackie Hawks live aboard their luxury yacht until their disappearance sparks an investigation that turns on the alleged sale of their yacht.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 2 Episode 6 - Hometown Heartbreaker
    7.2/10(15 votes)

    #4 - Hometown Heartbreaker

    S2:E6

    The promising trajectory of 17-year-old Diego Gonzalez from the city of Orange is cut tragically short when he is found shot to death and burned on a desolate road in 2003. Investigators must figure out who wanted this rising star athlete dead – and why.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 3 Episode 2 - Driven to Kill
    7.2/10(14 votes)

    #5 - Driven to Kill

    S3:E2

    When two loyal employees at a family-owned mobile home business are gunned down at work, detectives are left with no hints towards a motive. A hunt for a missing car, however, finally reveals a killer driven by old-school Orange County intentions.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 2 Episode 1 - If I Can’t Have You…
    7.1/10(12 votes)

    #6 - If I Can’t Have You…

    S2:E1

    The 1999 brutal double-murder of two beloved pianists, Tom Whitney and Larry Wong, a gay couple, rocks a tranquil Irvine neighborhood. After weeks of twists and turns, the hunt for the killer leads detectives to the strangest of suspects.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 3 Episode 1 - Nightmare in Laguna
    7.1/10(12 votes)

    #7 - Nightmare in Laguna

    S3:E1

    After a beloved party planner at an iconic Laguna Beach hotel is found murdered at home, investigators use high-tech tools and old-fashioned shoe leather to capture two killers and restore calm to the tight-knit beachside community.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 1 Episode 1 - Wrong Turn
    7.0/10(34 votes)

    #8 - Wrong Turn

    S1:E1

    The execution-style murder of a Fountain Valley wife and mother shocks the OC, and leaves police with no leads on motive. The community bands together to find justice until a similar shooting reveals the truth behind a murder plot gone awry.

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  9. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 1 Episode 6 - A Tale of Two Brothers
    6.9/10(20 votes)

    #9 - A Tale of Two Brothers

    S1:E6

    The brutal murder of three members of a family in an old monied Fullerton enclave reverberates throughout the neighborhood and the rest of Orange County. The investigation reveals the family’s dark secrets and a tragically OC motive.

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  10. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 2 Episode 9 - A Deadly Obsession
    6.9/10(13 votes)

    #10 - A Deadly Obsession

    S2:E9

    Detectives get caught up in a dangerous game of cat and mouse when a young couple is brutally attacked in an upscale Placentia neighborhood.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 3 Episode 4 - Lethal Lies
    6.9/10(14 votes)

    #11 - Lethal Lies

    S3:E4

    A young woman tells her mom she's going out for a night with friends and never returns home in a puzzling case that went cold for nine heartbreaking years until a shocking confession breaks the case wide open and exposes the brutal missing piece.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 3 Episode 6 - Money, Lies, and Murder
    6.9/10(12 votes)

    #12 - Money, Lies, and Murder

    S3:E6

    Investigators working on the cold case murder of a beloved Orange County millionaire uncover a box of old tape recordings that reveal long-buried secrets, leading them on a path to finally nail the killer.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 1 Episode 5 - A Deadly Double Life
    6.8/10(23 votes)

    #13 - A Deadly Double Life

    S1:E5

    Keeping up appearances is key in the OC, but when the Stahls are found shot to death on the side of the Ortega Highway, the façade turns deadly. The case leads detectives down a dark path through a series of scandalous and twisted love triangles.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 2 Episode 2 - A Slow Death
    6.8/10(11 votes)

    #14 - A Slow Death

    S2:E2

    Well-known school board president, wife and mother Janet 'Jan' Overton, battling a mysterious illness, collapses and dies in her driveway in Dana Point in 1988. But when the coroner reclassifies her death as a homicide, investigators must unravel the cause behind her baffling demise.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 3 Episode 3 - Wrong Place, Wrong Time
    6.8/10(15 votes)

    #15 - Wrong Place, Wrong Time

    S3:E3

    When a handsome hockey player and a single mom are found dead in an upscale Newport Beach condo, loved ones have no idea how they knew each other. The discovery of a link to another area attack launches the race to catch a killer.

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  16. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 3 Episode 5 - Christmas Catastrophe
    6.8/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Christmas Catastrophe

    S3:E5

    When a wealthy churchgoing woman is found murdered in her bedroom just a week before Christmas, investigators initially believe this is a robbery gone wrong. The painstaking investigation, however, uncovers a killer much closer to home.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 2 Episode 5 - Blood Money
    6.7/10(15 votes)

    #17 - Blood Money

    S2:E5

    Three people - Bill King, his wife Renee King, and friend Clyde Oatts - are brutally gunned down in the Kings' gold coin shop in swanky Newport Beach in 1989; Bill King was shot multiple times, once in the head, but eventually was the only survivor while the other two died at the scene. With little to go on, detectives slowly piece together a murder plot that didn’t exactly turn out as planned.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 1 Episode 4 - The King of Orange County
    6.6/10(26 votes)

    #18 - The King of Orange County

    S1:E4

    The larger-than-life owner of a strip club empire is mowed down with a machine gun before the gates of his Orange County estate. The secrecy surrounding the clubs and their employees makes the case extremely challenging for investigators.

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  19. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 1 Episode 8 - Sleeping with the Enemy
    6.6/10(19 votes)

    #19 - Sleeping with the Enemy

    S1:E8

    A rising star financial whiz is brutally murdered in his seaside Huntington Beach home where the only witness, his wife Dixie, was also assaulted. After years of determined and methodical investigation, the shocking true killer is revealed.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 2 Episode 3 - American Nightmare
    6.6/10(11 votes)

    #20 - American Nightmare

    S2:E3

    A Taiwanese jet-setting tech millionaire Jim Peng finds himself at the center of the 1993 double murder investigation of his much younger Chinese girlfriend Ranbing 'Jennifer' Ji and their baby boy Kevin in Mission Viejo. But what detectives uncover shocks everyone – including the tycoon in the middle of it all.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 2 Episode 8 - A Grave Mistake
    6.6/10(13 votes)

    #21 - A Grave Mistake

    S2:E8

    The disappearance of 62-year-old divorcee and mom Carolyn Avdeef in 2005 sends her Lake Forest neighbors and loved ones into a tailspin. The search for answers leads investigators through three states with a dramatic conclusion no one saw coming.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 2 Episode 10 - Jewels And Jinxes
    6.6/10(13 votes)

    #22 - Jewels And Jinxes

    S2:E10

    Investigators uncover unusual suspects and an even more unusual motive after a local Santa Ana jewellery salesman goes missing and is presumed dead.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 2 Episode 4 - Murders, Mobsters, and the Mustang
    6.5/10(13 votes)

    #23 - Murders, Mobsters, and the Mustang

    S2:E4

    When wealthy Buena Park entrepreneur Jimmy Casino is violently executed and his girlfriend, Shelly Fisher, is raped on January 2, 1987, investigators are faced with a mystery that spans decades. Detectives ultimately uncover a web of murder, mayhem, and mobsters.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 3 Episode 7 - Campus Killer
    6.4/10(10 votes)

    #24 - Campus Killer

    S3:E7

    When an ambitious college student is stabbed to death after a campus concert, the brutality of the attack leads police to believe it must have been personal. The resolution nine years later, however, proves darker than anyone could have imagined.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. The Real Murders of Orange County Season 3 Episode 9 - Stolen Youth
    6.4/10(10 votes)

    #25 - Stolen Youth

    S3:E9

    In March 1985, 23-year-old wife, mother and stepmother Linda Bailey Brown is shot and killed in her own bed in Garden Grove in what seems to be a sudden crime of rage. Her husband David says his 14-year-old daughter Cinnamon shot her stepmother and ran off. But, the true killer is shockingly revealed years later to be a twisted master of manipulation.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Too Close for Comfort" is the best rated episode of "The Real Murders of Orange County". It scored 7.4/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/2/2022. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Spoiled to Death".