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#1 - Live By the Sword
S2:E88/27/2017
Outside Los Angeles, sword collector Neal Williams is the house-husband while his wife Manling keeps the family afloat. It's a tough but happy life, as their home videos attest, until Manling returns home to find her family slaughtered -- at sword point.
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8.0/10(66 votes)
#2 - The Craigslist Killer
S2:E99/3/2017
Family and faith have always been important to Richard Beasley, as their home videos show. Which is why it's so scary when one day — the Ohio man vanishes. Especially after police discover that an online monster has been luring local men to their deaths.
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8.0/10(57 votes)
#3 - Falling Down
S4:E19/2/2019
Alene and George Jenkins are the perfect couple living a perfect life. Their desire for children leads them to adopt a son and a daughter to complete their family. But it triggers a dark spiral ending in an unspeakable crime.
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8.0/10(39 votes)
#4 - Day Three After Murder
S10:E26/4/2023
Divorced dad-of-three, Daniel Halseth, lives for visitations with his kids. When 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 fire.
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8.0/10(27 votes)
#5 - Say Daddy's the Best
S10:E97/23/2023
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.
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8.0/10(12 votes)
#6 - My Brother’s Keeper
S13:E812/16/2025
Tymeir, the loving son, contrasts sharply with his brother Rodney. In a tragic Cain and Abel twist, Rodney's jealousy culminates in an unthinkable act of violence, shattering the family to pieces.
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7.9/10(87 votes)
#7 - Alabama Murder Mystery
S2:E37/23/2017
When Frank Hilley is struck down by a mysterious sickness, the entire town of Anniston, AL grieves. But when his daughter also falls seriously ill, the family becomes suspicious. Vintage home movies trace a shocking tale of murder—revealing a monster.
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7.9/10(46 votes)
#8 - Two Families
S4:E29/8/2019
The Holton family lives a perfect life, until a shocking murder exposes a dark secret. In a two-hour special, American Monster confronts a terrible choice. If both suspects are your own blood, how do you decide who's a killer?
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7.9/10(31 votes)
#9 - Life Of The Party
S4:E49/22/2019
Doug and Rose fall in love and get married; however, lies and deceit surface behind their seemingly perfect facade as seen on home videos. Then, a no-show at Thanksgiving and a box on the side of the road lead to a shocking discovery.
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7.9/10(36 votes)
#10 - Flesh and Blood
S5:E26/14/2020
Young parents Adrienne and James Magee work hard to provide a stable life for their three small children in rural Louisiana. But beneath the idyllic scenes lurks a dark secret, culminating in a heinous double-murder at the hands of a loved-one.
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7.9/10(35 votes)
#11 - By God, That's Enough
S5:E98/2/2020
When single mom Michelle Chaffin finds love, it seems like the perfect case of opposites attract. But when Michelle vanishes without a trace, police uncover a terrible jealousy revealed through a shocking confession that leaves her family reeling.
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7.9/10(34 votes)
#12 - Stay With Me
S5:E108/9/2020
Diana Lovejoy and husband Greg Mulvihill live happily in southern California. But when accusations rock the marriage and a mysterious phone call ends with an attempted murder, police uncover the shocking truth behind this once dream couple.
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7.9/10(41 votes)
#13 - Second Chance
S6:E212/13/2020
Joy and Fred are typical high school sweethearts until a tragic work accident changes the course of their lives forever. As Joy tries to find a second shot at love, her past will refuse to let her go and sets in motion a heartbreaking tragedy.
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7.9/10(44 votes)
#14 - He Was Her Everything
S7:E210/31/2021
In Hudson, WI, Charlene and Darrell Wold seem to be living a blissful existence with their blended family. They do all they can to keep their household safe and secure, but they never imagined the real danger would come from within.
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7.9/10(39 votes)
#15 - By Design
S7:E411/14/2021
Growing up outside Chicago, the Simonian sisters are thick as thieves, even after they leave the nest to start new lives of their own. Then, when the youngest sets off to pursue her master's degree, a horrific crime tears the whole family apart.
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7.9/10(30 votes)
#16 - Enjoy the Moment While It Lasts
S10:E56/25/2023
Mystery shrouds the Iraqi community in Michigan when Ammar Al-Yasari, a devoted husband and 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.
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7.9/10(37 votes)
#17 - Spoiled to Death
S11:E111/12/2023
David Sumney Sr. and his wife, Margaret, devote their lives to spoiling their only son, David. However, everything comes at a price, and when his parents divorce, David Jr.'s anger escalates, resulting in the deadliest of sins.
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7.9/10(21 votes)
#18 - Why You Recording Me?
S11:E91/21/2024
India Mackey live streams her life for all to see, but behind her smile on camera, her relationship with her boyfriend Kevin Dixon is painful. A day after her 20th birthday, India learns what her boyfriend Kevin can do.
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7.9/10(22 votes)
#19 - Angels and Demons
S11:E101/28/2024
When Alessia Mesquita reconnects with her childhood crush, Rashod Newton, the couple fall desperately in love. When the romance becomes overshadowed by Rashod's behavior, Alessia has to make a decision that will have deadly consequences.
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7.9/10(17 votes)
#20 - Lovely Rida
S12:E88/4/2024
Matt Hendershot is devastated when his marriage ends and his ex-wife moves on. But following the death of her lover, he allows her back into his home, along with a collection of the dead man’s guns. It is a mistake which will prove to be fatal.
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7.8/10(82 votes)
#21 - Right Before Your Eyes
S1:E67/6/2016
When a good-looking, successful businessman meets an aspiring actress, she appears to be the perfect match. But the honeymoon doesn't last long. The relationship takes a turn... a deadly turn.
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7.8/10(91 votes)
#22 - The Green Monster
S2:E17/9/2017
In rural Ohio, an intruder brutally guns down Jack and Linda Myers in their sleep. The only witness is their sleepy 4-year-old grandson. But their extensive home movies — aired here for the first time — may have captured a monster lurking in their midst.
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7.8/10(42 votes)
#23 - Just Out of Frame
S3:E1210/21/2018
A fun-loving couple cultivates close relationships with their grown daughters, then the mother is bludgeoned to death in her home. No one suspects that the unthinkable could be true, but video doesn't lie, unlike guilty people.
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7.8/10(41 votes)
#24 - Twice Shy
S4:E39/15/2019
Carol-Ann and James Sharp seem like a match made in heaven, but behind the veneer hides a monster in plain sight. Loved ones close to the couple sit down for the first time on camera to make sense of a murder that none of them saw coming.
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7.8/10(36 votes)
#25 - Too Good To Be True
S4:E1211/17/2019
After their beautiful wedding, Amanda and John Grazioli embarked on a fairytale life. But just six months later a 911 call will bring the police to a crime scene and a shocking discovery that unmasks a web of lies and a cold-hearted killer's double life.
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