American Monster

Molly McAfee and her partner, Adam Buchanan, cherish weekends at their cabin in the woods with all the family. It's the perfect place for sons Nolen and Gavin to soak up nature, but someone has plans to burn everything down to take what they want.

Heavily pregnant Colorado native Shanna Vandewege supports her husband Craig's plan to move to Texas for work. The birth of a baby makes up for Shanna's separation from family, but someone is about to exploit her isolation as an outlet for their rage.

A home invasion in California leaves a family shattered and detectives scrambling for answers. As investigators hunt down the perps over several years, they join the dots to outline an evil plot born from greed and a need for total control.

After three divorces between them, Roberta and Ken Samard seem to have finally found a marriage that can go the distance. Fifteen years on, they appear to be living their dream life in Oregon -- until an early morning call to 911 exposes the ugly truth.

Tawnee Baird and Victoria Mendoza fall in love when they're teens. Though they come from very different backgrounds, they share a love of music and a dream to be famous one day. But when passion turns to rage, only one young woman will make it out alive.

Mystery shrouds the Iraqi community in Michigan when a devoted father of two is found hacked to death in his home. As the search for his killer intensifies, investigators unravel a web of digital clues that reveal an evil conspiracy.

Jeffrey and Jeannine Glanda appear to have it all -- the house, the children, the lifestyle. When half of the partnership craves control more than love, it sets in motion a deadly plot ending with a suspicious car accident and a watery grave.

Carla Lewis gives her husband, John, the money to open a medical marijuana store that sells pain relief products. But spiraling costs, rumors of illegal activities and a string of infidelities eclipse the good intentions and sow the seeds for murder.

Divorced dad-of-three, Daniel Halseth, lives for visitations with his kids. When in 2020, his teenage daughter Sierra claims that she wants to live with her dad, Daniel finds himself drawn into a web of lies and a plot that ends with a deadly house fire.

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.