When an off-duty police officer in San Francisco happens upon a minor theft at a lumberyard one Sunday afternoon, he unwittingly jumpstarts an investigation into one of California's deadliest, most depraved serial killers: Leonard Lake and Charles Ng.
An Iowa mother is hailed a hero when she shoots an intruder in her home. But as the case evolves, investigators learn things are far from what they seem. Detectives face off against a master manipulator hell-bent on revenge at any cost.
A park ranger in Texas pulls over a suspicious truck filled with marijuana. The passenger flees deep into the desert, unleashing a manhunt that will unearth something far more sinister--and bizarre--than detectives could ever have imagined.
An American college student goes missing while on spring break in Mexico near the U. S. border. Authorities on both ends work around the clock to find him when the investigation suddenly takes a grisly turn into the world of drug smuggling, the occult and human sacrifice.
When three synagogues simultaneously go up in flames, federal agents work around the clock to solve the arsons. They get an unexpected break when a double murder 150 miles away reveals new evidence - and a sinister plot of bigotry, fire and fury.
In the fall of 1994, an elementary school principal is found tied to a tree outside Oklahoma City, launching a nationwide manhunt for Franklin Delano Floyd, and exposing a staggering, decades-long reign of terror and abuse.
In El Dorado County, CA, firefighters combatting a raging fire discover a burnt out SUV with the charred remains of a beloved local man reported missing just hours earlier, igniting an investigation into a sinister scheme, and exposing a deadly affair.
A suspicious gun store robbery in Maryland piques the interest of the ATF, and ignites an investigation into violence, arson, and murder. As detectives zero in on the suspect, they find themselves face-to-face with an unlikely killer.
After a wild Christmas party, Ed Amos wakes to find his wife, Bobbe dead from an apparent cocaine overdose. When her toxicology report suggests foul play, detectives dig into their pasts to uncover greed, secret love affairs, and suspicious deaths.
When an officer pulls over a reckless driver in a routine traffic stop, he unlocks the key to a series of murders. Investigators from various jurisdictions work in tandem to track a sadistic killer with a penchant for torture, robbery, and bloodlust.