A History of Violence

Terror grips Wylie, Texas on Friday the 13th, when young mother and teacher Betty Gore is hacked to death with an axe. Is a copycat psycho killer trying to create his own real life slasher film? The truth turns out to be more horrifying than fiction.

When teen Sherita Williams meets an untimely death after a quick trip to the nail salon everyone in Pennsauken, New Jersey is shocked. Police dig up a cast of potential villains but when the true killer appears, they find he’s in a class all his own.

Holiday cheer ends in holiday fear, when Jean Wholaver and her two daughters are murdered in their home on Christmas Eve. Detectives in Middletown, Pennsylvania check their list of suspects twice and are shocked by the killer’s true identity.

When Chris Mader is shot on Thanksgiving Eve, no one in his Southern Maryland town is in the mood to give thanks. But as the years pass, all investigators run into are dead ends. Finally, an unlikely informant lead police to Chris' killer.

When a mother of four is found tortured and brutally murdered in her home, the people of Northport, Washington discover that their isolation doesn't guarantee their safety.

Rumors fly in the small town of Auburn, New Hampshire after well-known local George Jodoin is found murdered in his bed and the top three suspects are his close friends.

When a beloved couple vanishes just before their annual Christmas party, their family fears the worst - and police must do everything from posing as the Mafia to coaxing information from threatened witnesses in order to solve a years-long mystery.

Barbara Mackle, a promising co-ed and real estate heiress, is kidnapped and buried alive in a coffin-like "capsule." From Washington D.C. to Miami, local police and the FBI race to find the culprit before Barbara's time underground runs out.

Montgomery, Alabama’s upper crust social circle is about to play host to an uninvited party guest. Murder is on the menu when one family’s distrust and finger pointing lead detectives on a cross-country trek for a killer.

On Thanksgiving, police officers are sent out on a welfare check and uncover an unthinkable triple homicide. To unmask the killer, detectives must uncover a victim's secrets and examine a hidden world of disinheritance, rage, and dark accusations

A frantic 9-1-1 caller informs police he's found a family member dead. At first, it looks like a simple case of suicide. But a deeper dig reveals a secret world of sex tapes, broken promises and unbelievable murder motives.

Twenty-three year-old Brandi Wells is a spirited young woman about to get a second chance in pursuing her lifelong goal. But, her dreams are cut short when police find her abandoned vehicle the morning after she goes out alone to a nightclub.

A locally adored and respected mother of three living in Colorado vanishes. Her community is shocked to learn she has been working as an adult escort. With a violent previous marriage, and another marriage before that, no one knows whom to blame.

25-year-old Amy St. Laurent vanishes one night while out on a date with an out of town friend. Suspicion soon falls on a suspected sexual predator, but detectives need to work around the clock to find a way to connect him to the grisly crime.

Michele Whitaker is vivacious, attractive, and out of control. Drinking heavily and fighting with her mother, she hitches a ride to a truck stop and disappears. Most think she is dead, but her family never gives up.

Lee Cutler is the universally loved high school senior who disappears after dropping off his best friend on a cool autumn morning. The search involves police officers across two states, underwater divers, and a nationwide watch.