The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade

A young couple are robbed and shot in Boston. He survives to describe their black assailant, inflaming racial tensions, until a surprise witness comes forward with a story that blows open the case.

Jennifer Levin is found strangled to death in Central Park. A prep school heartthrob, Robert Chambers, is arrested for the crime. The press seizes on his claim that Jennifer’s death happened accidentally during “rough sex.”

15-year-old cheerleader Kirsten Costas is stabbed to death in California. A teenage girl is seen fleeing the scene. As months pass without an arrest, the police are stumped. But some in the community… think they know the murderer.

The largest mass murder in recent Missouri history stuns a small town. An entire family is wiped out. The unlikely suspect is a 14-year-old boy, but the real extent of the horror is even more shocking.

Joe Pikul and his wife Diane are living the New York high life. When Diane discovers Joe’s been leading a double life, a bitter conflict ensues and their marriage comes to a violent end.

Single mother of three Linda Culbertson lands a dream job as a legal secretary in a Kansas City law firm. She falls for her married boss, Donald Pierce. Their twisted passions draw bystanders into a shocking and vicious crime.