Episodes typically consist of interviews with investigators, prosecutors and family members coupled with re-enactments using actors.[3] The series focuses on crimes that occurred in small American communities.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
References
^Anderson, Kelly (5 February 2018). "Inside the success of ID's first decade". Realscreen. The Silver Spring-based prodco has produced hundreds of hours of true crime for ID — series including The Nightmare Next Door
^"Investigation Discovery profiling Bloomsbury murder of Monica Massaro". The Express-Times. 6 February 2011. The murder of Bloomsbury resident Monica Massaro is going to be the subject of an episode for Investigation Discovery's "Nightmare Next Door" series.
^Quick, Alee (21 August 2015). "Investigation Discovery show features 2012 White County murders". The Southern Illinoisan. An episode of Investigation Discovery's show "Nightmare Next Door" that aired Thursday night featured a case many Southern Illinoisans remember. The episode, titled "Into The Woods," recounted the 2012 murders of Jessica Evans, 17, of Norris City and Jacob Wheeler, 22, of Carmi.
^"1990 Rock Hill murder on national TV show". The Herald. 1 September 2016. The season premiere of the hit show 'Nightmare next Door' on the Investigation Discovery channel Friday night features a 1990 rape and killing of a Rock Hill woman, and her family's fight to keep the killer in prison.