Man picking up dead swan carcass and then woman carjacks him

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!

A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.

A woman picks up a stranded motorist on the side of the road. Once inside her vehicle, the two hear a radio report about the recent slayings of the Screwdriver Killer...

A man picks up a girl who's car is broken down while a killer is on the loose.

He was once a pop star with adoring fans, now even his wife's left him for another woman. So he's kidnapped them both and is driving out of London with a tub full of poison and what he claims is enough antidote for two people. He's going to poison all three of them, then they'll jointly decide who gets to be saved.

A city woman drives on a small country road and hits a duck. In her attempts to release the animal from its suffering, she only makes things worse, both for the duck and herself.