American Monster (2016)
On any street, behind any smile, lurks an American Monster. Never-before-seen-video footage looks straight into the eyes of a killer, hidden in plain sight. Mom next door; dad across the street; the kid who never broke the rules. Anyone can be a monster.
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Episode 1 - The Green Monster
Release Date: 2017-07-09In 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.
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Episode 2 - Family Snapshot
Release Date: 2017-07-16The Yates family moves to Spokane, WA only to find it besieged by a serial killer who's targeting young women and confounding the police. Now, the family's never-before-aired home videos provide a chilling look of one of America's most notorious killers.
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Episode 3 - Alabama Murder Mystery
Release Date: 2017-07-23When Frank Hilley is struck down by a mysterious sickness, the entire town of Anniston, AL grieves. But when his daughter also falls seriously ill, the family becomes suspicious. Vintage home movies trace a shocking tale of murder—revealing a monster.
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Episode 4 - Anything For You
Release Date: 2017-07-30The Snyders are thrilled when their 34-year-old son Mike finally starts a family with his sweetheart—as seen in these home videos. But after being diagnosed with a terrible illness, Mike vanishes. Only years later does his horrific fate comes to light.
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Episode 5 - The Last Broadcast
Release Date: 2017-08-06After a taping of their local-access TV show in rural Vermont, Chrissy and Charlie Billis have a terrible accident, smashing their car into a tree. Only one survives. But tapes from the couple's TV show suggest a sinister tale behind what really happened.
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Episode 6 - Push Record
Release Date: 2017-08-13In Colorado, second-time spouses Harold and Toni Henthorn seem to dote on their young daughter and each other, until their idyllic life is shattered by a deadly hiking accident. Their happy home videos conceal a deadly predator who nearly escaped justice.
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Episode 7 - Stand By Your Men
Release Date: 2017-08-20After moving to a remote town in Colorado, Ron and Cynthia Phillips and their four children try to adjust. But their never-aired home videos mask darker impulses within their family - ones that would lead to a complex web of deceit, infidelity and murder.
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Episode 8 - Live By the Sword
Release Date: 2017-08-27Outside Los Angeles, sword collector Neal Williams is the house-husband while his wife Manling keeps the family afloat. It's a tough but happy life, as their home videos attest. Until Manling returns home to find her family slaughtered— at sword point.
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Episode 9 - The Craigslist Killer
Release Date: 2017-09-03Family and faith have always been important to Richard Beasley, as these home videos show. Which is why it's so scary when one day—the Ohio man vanishes. Especially after police discover that an online monster has been luring local men to their deaths.
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Episode 10 - The Wrong Man
Release Date: 2017-09-10In Pennsylvania, Kevin and Joanne Dowling like to capture their kids' milestones on videotape in their modest suburban home. But when a woman in a nearby town is gunned down - and Kevin is accused of murder - his fate hangs on that same home video camera.