American Monster

A typical American family isn't exactly what it seems. In public, Max and Janeene Jones appear to have the perfect marriage, but behind this happy image lies hidden truths. 20 years later, an undercover police investigation reveals an unexpected killer.

In rural Ohio, an intruder brutally guns down Jack and Linda Myers in their sleep. The only witness is their sleepy 4-year-old grandson. But their extensive home movies — aired here for the first time — may have captured a monster lurking in their midst.

In suburban California, an intruder attacks and kills 55-year-old Joan Dawley. As the Dawley family grieves, it falls to LAPD Detective Paul Tippin to crack the case. Home movies reveal a shocking tale of deceit.

Alene and George Jenkins are the perfect couple living a perfect life. Their desire for children leads them to adopt a son and a daughter to complete their family. But it triggers a dark spiral ending in an unspeakable crime.

Mark Corona and Paul Stoeppler are two cousins who are as close as brothers. This blood bond is destroyed when one of them is murdered in cold blood. Never-before-seen home video and shocking CCTV footage reveal what really happened.

When wealthy bachelor Steve Clayton meets homely VA nurse Lana Walsh, it's love at first sight. But the devoted couple aren't immune to life's tragedies, and when an untimely death raises questions, an unsettling and devastating secret is revealed.

Tabatha Spake grows up in an adoring home, but by the time she’s a teenager, she longs for a different kind of love -- one that will elude her for decades to come. Just when she finally finds happiness, a monster turns her dreams into a nightmare.

Ashley Pittman thinks she hit the lottery marrying Jeffrey Scott, and he gives her a cushier life than the one she left behind in small-town Louisiana; however, behind closed doors, a secret soon turns deadly.

In Genoa, OH, John Eichner, his wife and kids look like a happy bunch, but behind closed doors a disturbing pattern of torment and gaslighting plays out for years. Someone keeps calling 911, but well-crafted lies drown out a victim’s pleas for help.

Young parents Gary and Tasha Bentley are living the good life. They’ve got high-paying jobs, a nice house, and regular vacations to the tropics -- but just five years into their marriage, someone’s plotting an exit strategy that ends with a bullet.

David Sumney Sr. and his wife, Margaret, devote their lives to spoiling their only son, David. However, everything comes at a price, and when his parents divorce, David Jr.'s anger escalates, resulting in the deadliest of sins.

The lives of a beautiful young family in Long Beach, NY, rip apart when 5-year-old Audrey witnesses her mother, Diane, brutally stabbed to death. To Audrey's horror, her mother's murderer is somebody very close to home.

When two bodies turn up in a car crash, investigators uncover the grizzly truth about a seemingly perfect relationship.