Coming home from church, a local preacher finds his wife brutally stabbed and beaten, the apparent victim of a home invasion. His alibi is sound, as are their two grown sons. However, several details just don't add up. The truth shocks everyone.

A fun-loving couple, both business-owners, share a close relationship with their grown daughters. So when the mom is found gruesomely bludgeoned to death in her own home, no one suspects the unthinkable. But unlike guilty people, video doesn't lie.

Alene and George Jenkins are a couple living a perfect life. When their desire for children leads them to adopt a son and a daughter it seems their family is complete. But instead it triggers a dark spiral ending in an unspeakably awful crime.

April and Michael Holton live a perfect life, until a murder exposes a dark secret. In a 2-hour special with exclusive access, American Monster confronts a terrible choice. If both suspects are your own blood, how do you decide who's a killer?

Carol-Ann & James Sharp seem like a match made in heaven, but behind the veneer of happiness hides a monster in plain sight. Loved ones close to the couple sit down for the first time on camera to make sense of a murder that none of them saw coming.

When mysterious and beautiful Rebecca Thudin meets the dashing Larry Fenton, a whirlwind romance is sparked. The rich, successful pair seem to be a match made in heaven, until a murder exposes a tangled web of lies, deceit and buried secrets.

When outgoing Beth Spaulding meets shy Jason Risenburg it seems that love has conquered loneliness and the two marry. But illness and bad luck push their happiness to the brink, triggering a tornado of lies and deception that tears them apart.

When a devastating fire at the Kohnle family home leaves a family member dead, it appears to be an accident. But as the evidence mounts up it's the testimony of two young kids who lead the police to decipher if it was an accident, suicide or murder.

Brent Cotta's popular wife, Cassie, has mysteriously disappeared on New Year's Eve in Fort Smith, Arkansas. When family and friends conduct a search, the discovery of a shallow grave soon leads to the horrific truth emerging.

Todd and Rachel Winkler's life looks exquisite from the outside, but inside things are falling apart. Seen on video, their happy marriage hides the terrible secrets and mind-games that can only lead to one conclusion... murder.

Four best friends, two married couples, multiple sordid secrets, one huge betrayal... and a murder. With exclusive interviews and never-before-aired home movie footage, this is a story about how a love affair resulted in a crime of passion.

Great-Grandfather Arthur Burney knows he's lucky to have such a large loving family. But when a dead body is discovered everyone becomes a suspect - and it'll take an unexpected tip-off to reveal the mastermind behind the murder.

When attractive teacher Amanda Schmitt marries respected John Grazioli, home video captures their wedding. But just 6 months later, police respond to a 911 call and make a shocking discovery that unmasks the double life of a cold-hearted killer.

What is it like to live in a town that outsiders have called "The Village of the Damned?" Since a series of horrific and bizarre events in the '90s, the people of Dryden have maintained a code of silence until now. Welcome to Dryden.

In 1989, in peaceful Dryden, New York, a Christmastime massacre claims an entire family. Just when it seems the horror has passed, terror visits Dryden again. With these events, a so-called "curse" will descend on Dryden for ten years.

It's a Christmas day murder scene Portland detectives will never forget, a young woman bound, gagged and mutilated in a horrific manner. And when the killer then turns his sick sights on Homicide Detective Molly Daul, the stakes rise even higher.