PEOPLE MAGAZINE INVESTIGATES uncovers the heart-wrenching true stories behind crimes that transcended headlines and became part of popular culture. Exclusive firsthand interviews reveal shocking twists, new evidence, and unexpected resolutions.
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Cast:Alicia Dennis , Steve Helling , Cynthia Sanz , Christine Pelisek , Dan Wakeford , Jess Cagle , Elaine Aradillas , K.C. Baker , David Christopher Wells , Johnny Dodd , Greg Hanlon , Marc Peyser , Michael Wayne Brown , Anna MacDonald , Chris Harris , Carl Turner , Mark Schaefer , Drew Hale
In the 1970s a serial rapist is on the loose in northern California. And just as his reign of terror over the community wanes, police discover he isn't just a serial rapist, he's a serial murderer and he's been killing people all over California.
A young couple's toddler vanishes while the family is enjoying an impromptu camping trip in Leadore, Idaho; investigators and private detectives work around the clock to find the missing boy, only to come back to his parents.
When a young family vanishes from their Southern California dream home, friends and family are left with dozens of unanswered questions; authorities suspect they fled the country, until an unlikely source uncovers the truth.
One summer night in 2007, the Petit family is woken up by two strangers in their quiet Connecticut home; suddenly, these four family members find themselves being held hostage and in a fight for their lives.
Sherri Rasmussen and John Ruetten are enjoying newlywed life until one morning in 1986 when Sherri calls into work sick. That night John returns home, only to find her murdered. Years later, detectives discover her killer was too close for comfort.
The small fishing town of Craig, Alaska is stunned when a premiere fishing boat explodes into flames just off shore. After fighting the flames, state troopers discover the remains of a young family and few clues as to could have set the ship blaze.
In Florida, friends and family are stunned after an esteemed criminal law professor is executed in his garage; investigators follow a series of leads taking them on a statewide hunt in search of the murderous masterminds.
After a young couple goes missing, detectives find a clue leading them to a strange storage container in the middle of 95 acres, and what's inside unlocks the secrets of a monster hiding in plain sight.
2 young women are killed on a beach in Southern California several years apart. Both appear to be by the same killer with very similar wounds.
In 1980, small Wisconsin town is terrified after a young couple vanished then later is discovered murdered. It's almost 40 years before a woman comes forward saying her family holds the key to unlocking the case known as Sweetheart Murders.
A Washington community is shocked when PTA mom, Mechele Linehan is arrested for murder from a decade earlier in Alaska. Is this suburban mother a cold-blooded temptress or has she been wrongly accused?
Miles Sachs steps up to lead his family when his parents are both murdered in their bed. Just a kid himself, he is thrust into a murder investigation while trying to comfort his siblings & make life predictable & secure once again.