As a boy, Eric Witte’s father taught him to protect his family. But as his father grows increasingly violent, Eric realizes that he is the evil his family needs protection…

A husband pretends to save his wife from a horrifying, violent encounter.

When police arrest Adam Pennylegion’s stepbrother, Dustin Duthie, some people blame steroids, but Adam has noticed Dustin heading down a dark path for years.

A woman’s willingness to believe a parolee has changed leads to tragedy.

When Linda Bergstrom begins to suspect that her husband James’ bondage fetish shifted into something sinister, she can’t get anyone to believe her; the more she learns about his behaviour, the…

When Sarita Anderson begins feeling ill, she thinks it’s just the flu at first; she never suspects that the man pretending to love and nurse her back to health is…

When George Yzaguirre kills himself in prison, he takes his secrets with him, and his ex-wife, Jennifer Meyer, is left to wonder how many of her memories might hold the…

When Amy Chessler calls 911 to report what her brother, Jesse Winnick, has confessed to, she doesn’t know whether to believe him. Jesse’s always been a liar, and Amy doesn’t…

Christina Gaines goes on a date with Patrick Fowler, a supposed “perfect gentleman.” She soon discovers Patrick’s true nature and realizes she’s been duped. Now that Christina is in his…

Jon Eason hopes every day that someone will murder his son Dylan in prison; Dylan Eason’s life sentence without parole doesn’t appease his father, who admits wishing for his own…

When Christian Fuhr is sentenced to life in prison, Ammie Turos is willing to wait for him, completely convinced the man she loves could not possibly have also been a…

After finding her name on a bullet, a woman fears her son has lethal plans.

As Christina Hildreth unwittingly helped Shawn Grate clean up his first crime scene, she didn’t realize what she was doing. Once police were banging on her door while she was…

Jack Roy Spillman starts collecting wolf memorabilia, and his sisters think it’s an odd hobby; when they learn of horrific things he’s done, they realize some people may have been…

It has been more than 25 years, yet Joyce Alexander is still terrified of her son, William Patrick Alexander; she fears he holds her responsible for his horrifying crime, and…

Robert Foust contemplates killing his son, Aaron, as the only way to prevent Aaron from becoming a murderer; instead, Robert chooses to put himself and his son in God’s hands,…

When Clare Bradburn’s ex-husband, Ed, suddenly confesses to his crime after 26 years, she thinks she finally has justice, and that the nightmare she lived for decades would end; she…

William Knorr’s mother, Theresa, always threatened that if she ever went to jail for what she had done, she would take him down with her; after years spent helping her…

When Alvin Bud Brown is arrested he tells an officer that he is just like Hannibal Lecter; to his wife, Jackie, the man she shared a bed with for years…

When Joshua Hudnall goes off to war, he feels more at home than he ever did around his mother; while Joshua thinks he’s escaped his mother’s torment, she sets her…

Linda Wittmier and Terry Jo Howard fall in love with James Michael Randall; both of them discover the monster lurking inside him without ever realizing how lucky they were to…

Karen strikes a deal to get her brother, Richard, out of her life, not knowing he will begin targeting his new wife, Vernetta; neither woman realizes how devastating Richard’s impact…

When Cindy first fell in love with Bobby, she never imagined that she would one day regret not committing murder. But years after she first discovered the horrifying truth, she…

A 14-year-old girl must go on the run from her psychopathic father.

Tiffany Shore grows up knowing her father is evil but keeps his secrets, then she escapes only to be devastated by the discovery that he has committed acts far more…

Sean Lewis isn’t surprised to hear his brother, Patrick, has been arrested again, but this time around, Lewis learns he has been helping a monster lead a secret double life…

Alice Swanson envies her childhood neighbor William Jennings Choyce for his perfect life, then she marries him and realizes his life wasn’t perfect below the surface.

When Susan Hamlin walks into a police station to confess that she is part of a satanic cult and plans to murder her husband, no one could guess that the…

Wallace Jeffs was raised to believe that his half-brother, Warren, would guide his family to salvation. But when his nephew reveals Warren’s true nature, Wallace will have to choose between…

Sherry Shafer never had a good relationship with her younger brother, Brian Britton, but she never expected to lose everything because of him. Today, all she has left is the…

Dennis Ryan grew up believing that his father’s violent teachings were preparing him to save the lives of everyone in their farmhouse. But by the time Dennis discovers the horrible…

George and Margaret Keller never suspected that the man terrorizing their city could be a member of their own family. As it dawns on them that their son is hiding…

Danyall White describes how her brother, Richard, tells increasingly violent stories until she comes to realize he is keeping a monstrous secret.