Gone: The Forgotten Women of Ohio

Six women have gone missing in the town of Chillicothe, Ohio. Four have turned up dead. Documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger follows the open investigations without knowing to where it all leads. It is a tale of drug addiction and prostitution in the American rust belt.

At first, it seems to be a simple true crime show. I figured that a serial killer is killing prostitutes like any number of fictional network TV shows. This Spike TV series just kept on going. With each new victim, the show reveals a devastating picture of death and destruction in the American heartland. It's a cancer spreading and metastasizing from the Oxy crisis. Quite frankly, it is one of the darkest series I've seen on TV. It's harsher than most of the advocacy specials on drugs, prostitution, and human trafficking. The murders really highlight the damage and they also provide a mystery for the audience. It's a real world journey into the heart of darkness.