Henry Lee Lucas was known as America's most prolific serial killer, admitting to hundreds of murders, but, as DNA results contradict his confessions, will they expose the biggest criminal justice hoax in U.S. history?
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Cast:Bob Prince , Nan Cuba , Hugh Aynesworth , Phil Ryan , Clemmie Schroeder , Vic Feazell , Mike Cox , Parker McCollough , Joyce Lemons , Ninfa Sheppard Lambert , Linda Erwin , Anne Gilmore , Larry Hawkins , Truman Simons , Jim Henderson , Liz Flatt , George W. Bush , Michael Jarrett
The hunt for two missing women leads authorities to Henry Lee Lucas. In court, he drops a bombshell, setting off a media circus and riveting a nation.
At Georgetown, Lucas regales visiting officers with stories to clear murder cases. But one Lubbock family will do their own police work to refute him.
Suspicions about Lucas's confessions crescendo as a front-page investigative story hits the newsstands, and an ambitious DA takes on the Texas Rangers.
As families long for closure, the manipulation continues. Years later, on death row, Lucas steps up the fight for his life. But the lies don't stop.
DNA testing and a close examination of the evidence reveal the truth about Lucas - and the officers who let the real killers get away with murder.