'One Deadly Mistake': Release date, plot, trailer and all you need to know about Oxygen's new true-crime series

'One Deadly Mistake' focuses on one concept — that killers often make one mistake that is enough to identify them
(Oxygen/NBC)
(Oxygen/NBC)

With January 2021, NBC Universal's true-crime focused network, Oxygen, will be filling its schedule with countless new specials and series. With a slew of original content set to air, one docuseries may be of particular interest. A new series titled 'One Deadly Mistake' will premiere as part of Oxygen's 'Nine Nights of Twisted Killers' event in January 2021.

Oxygen is a network solely dedicated to true-crime and it has never failed in bringing the best of the genre, so we can't wait to see what the new series will have in store for us. 'One Deadly Mistake' focuses on one concept — that killers often make one mistake, that may not seem so big at first glance, but might be enough to uncover the identity of the perpetrators of the crime.

When police officers come across these vital clues, everything often falls into place, meaning that the solution to the crime is not far away. The new Oxygen series will go about this investigation and focus on the investigators uncovering these vital clues. Read on to know more details about 'One Deadly Mistake'.

Release date

'One Deadly Mistake' will premiere on Oxygen on Saturday, January 16, 2021, at 9/8c.

Plot

The official synopsis for 'One Deadly Mistake' states: Each episode of 'One Deadly Mistake' follows a homicide investigation where police work tirelessly against the clock to solve a complex case until they discover a piece of evidence left behind that exposes the identity of the calculated killer.

In the premiere episode, Kathy Blair, a well-known and beloved member of the Austin, TX community, is found brutally murdered in her own home on a chilly afternoon in December 2014. As investigators process the puzzling crime scene, the clues point in several different directions. They are convinced they're on the hunt for a meticulous killer who has gone to great lengths to cover his tracks.

However, when an elderly couple in the same neighborhood is also found dead a week later, detectives work fast and furiously to track down the killer as the community awaits in fear for answers. One by one, as suspects are interviewed and evidence is tested, detectives begin to hone in on their killer when a surprising piece of evidence is discovered exposing the killer's careless 'One Deadly Mistake'.

Producers

'One Deadly Mistake' is produced by Weinberger Media with Scott Weinberger and Larry Israel serving as executive producers. 

Trailer

The trailer for 'One Deadly Mistake' can be seen here.

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