Walter Stawicki always tries to protect his son, Ian, from evil, but Ian grows up to commit an unspeakable crime, making Walter realize he failed to protect his son and…

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

As children, Cindy Blust loved her younger sister, Camellia Brown, deeply, but she also saw cruelty and darkness in her that she couldn’t ignore. As they got older, Cammy became…

A killer’s sister agonizes over whether to protect him or turn him in.

Jessi Toronjo went to a sleepover in 1989 thinking her stepbrother, Jeffrey Pelley, was at his senior prom. She spent the next 13 years believing someone else committed the unspeakable…

Michele Ward was always glad that her husband, Richard Daniel Starrett, didn’t mind her frequent trips to visit her parents. She never guessed that he sent her away because his…

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…

Ronald and Patty had always seen the signs that their older brother, Bernard Eugene Giles, had a darker side, but when Gene finally let loose the monster lurking inside, they…

Norma Hawkins grew up in fear of her mother, Shirley Allen. For years, Norma watched in horror while Shirley’s anger destroyed those closest to her. But when people started dying,…

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…

Cindy Best’s friends and family all think she’s crazy when she tells them her suspicions about her husband, Karl Karlsen; regardless, Cindy is determined to take matters into her own…

When Robin Lindsey is rescued from her mother’s violence and goes to live with her father, she thinks she has cheated death; she has no way of knowing that her…

Kat Harris and Marla Kreuger love Lawrence Harris each in her own way; they dismiss his dark obsession as childish and strange, but harmless; neither of them realize he is…

When Lori McLeod fell for a man claiming to be an FBI agent, she felt certain that she would always be safe. Now, as the end of her life draws…

Unlucky in love, Jamie Clark has high hopes after meeting Anthony Lord; by the time she learns about his perverted plans for her, she is already trapped.

Felecia Collier almost killed Chester Turner once. At the time, she was relieved to hear that he would survive. But years later, that moment would become the biggest regret of…

As a little girl, Karen Kuzma adores her older brother, then she sees changes in him she doesn’t understand; it never occurs to her that he will become the most…

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…

Reginald Brooks began acting strangely, and Beverly Stephens worried that her husband’s bizarre behavior was a warning sign that something wasn’t right. But she never suspected there was a killer…

Shelly Lietz had been afraid of her son ever since he was four years old. She knew she saw something evil in his eyes that scared her. As he got…

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…

When 17-year-old Bernadette’s boyfriend, Brian Sugrim, told her he had murdered someone, she didn’t believe him until years later.