![]() It’s not until Aliza’s mother receives one of her daughter’s pink mittens in the mail that police realize they are dealing with a kidnapping and time is running out. Neighbors search for the girl for 13 days. But then, word spreads that little Aliza May Bush has gone missing in the blinding snow. “Thirteen Days in Winter” on Tuesday, December 5 at 10/9cīy February 1990, residents of Dryden can finally breathe a sigh of relief after the nightmare of the Harris family murders.These events mark the beginning of a so-called “curse” that descends on Dryden for the next ten years. ![]() Residents live in fear while police race to identify the killer – or killers – but just when the horror seems to have passed, terror visits the town again when 2-year-old Aliza May Bush vanishes in a snowstorm. Suddenly, the once safe and quaint New York town finds itself torn apart by the grisly quadruple homicide of Tony, Dodie, Shelby, and Marc Harris. In 1989, the village of Dryden reels when a horrifying Christmastime massacre claims the entire Harris family. SERIES PREMIERE: “The ‘Curse’ Begins at Christmas” on Tuesday, November 28 at 10/9c.Serialized episodes in this season of VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED include: In a town of 15,000 people where everybody knows each other, residents were left in fear and wondering “who could be next?” ![]() Twenty years ago, as gossip swirled that a so-called “curse” loomed over Dryden, residents focused on healing through heartbreak while law enforcement worked tirelessly to pursue justice. “As the leading television destination for true-crime programming, we are grateful to the small town community of Dryden for putting their trust in ID and Red Marble Media to tell their story in a way that’s never been done before.” “This exclusive and limited series, VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED, explores important and disturbing questions concerning how innocent people become ensnared by evil, and how a tight-knit community survives when senseless crime pushes it past the breaking point,” said Henry Schleiff, Group President of Investigation Discovery, American Heroes Channel and Destination America. Produced by Red Marble Media in association with Spring Theory, the five-part serialized event VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED airs Tuesdays at 10/9c starting November 28 only on Investigation Discovery. Interviews with law enforcement and other key players transport viewers back to the moments, days, months, and years that followed each crime. Each episode pries open one chapter from that era, starting with the cold-blooded execution of an entire family, followed by the murder of a beloved football coach, the untimely deaths of two beloved cheerleaders, and the tragic ripple effects that touched all corners of the community. Nearly two decades after Dryden’s dark years ended, America’s leading true-crime network, Investigation Discovery (ID), brings the mystery to life in a serialized format that features the town itself as the central character, as well as a Greek chorus of residents that lived through this tragic time. To them it was a tragic coincidence, but outsiders gossiped about a curse, labeling Dryden as a real-life “Village of the Damned.” Residents have maintained a code of silence… until now. But contrary to that image, Dryden became the setting for a strange string of tragedies and murders between 19 that left residents wondering why death stalked their beloved town. “Legend has it that the quiet, picturesque village of Dryden, N.Y., inspired Frank Capra’s vision of Bedford Falls in It’s a Wonderful Life. ![]() Investigation Discovery revealed more about this series in a press release. The special five-episode series will focus on small town mysterious tragedies. ![]()
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