8.2/1055 votesLoading...#1 - Live By the Sword
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 8/27/2017
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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8.2/1046 votesLoading...#2 - Falling Down
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/2019
A couple's idyllic life is forever changed by an unspeakable crime.
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8.2/1012 votesLoading...#3 - Angels and Demons
Season 11 Episode 10 - Aired 1/28/2024
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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8.1/1070 votesLoading...#4 - Alabama Murder Mystery
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 7/23/2017
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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8.1/1053 votesLoading...#5 - The Craigslist Killer
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 9/3/2017
Family and faith have always been important to Richard Beasley, as these 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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8.1/1037 votesLoading...#6 - He Was Her Everything
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 10/31/2021
In Hudson, Wisconsin, 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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8.1/107 votesLoading...#7 - Lovely Rida
Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 8/4/2024
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8.0/1026 votesLoading...#8 - Life Of The Party
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/22/2019
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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8.0/1033 votesLoading...#9 - By Design
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 11/14/2021
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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8.0/1033 votesLoading...#10 - Day Three After Murder
Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 6/4/2023
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 house fire.
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8.0/1027 votesLoading...#11 - Spoiled to Death
Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 11/12/2023
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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7.9/1067 votesLoading...#12 - Right Before Your Eyes
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/6/2016
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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7.9/1077 votesLoading...#13 - The Green Monster
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/9/2017
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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7.9/1039 votesLoading...#14 - Two Families
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/2019
Unraveling the mystery behind the confusing evidence at the scene of April Holton's tragic murder.
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7.9/1035 votesLoading...#15 - Twice Shy
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/2019
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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7.9/1031 votesLoading...#16 - By God, That's Enough
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 8/2/2020
A single mom vanishes, and police uncover a terrible jealousy revealed through a shocking confession that leaves her family reeling.
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7.9/1028 votesLoading...#17 - Stay With Me
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 8/9/2020
Police uncover the shocking truth behind a dream couple.
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7.9/1035 votesLoading...#18 - Second Chance
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 12/13/2020
A happily remarried woman fights for a new start, but life has other plans.
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7.9/1033 votesLoading...#19 - Unmasked
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 1/17/2021
Rob and Lisa Whedbee are a beautiful couple who turn heads wherever they go; then a medical trauma upends their happy family, setting them on a path of destruction that will end in lies, accusations and a brutal home invasion.
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7.9/1033 votesLoading...#20 - Stage Fright
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 12/5/2021
Envy turns to hate when a killer snuffs out the life of a gifted performer.
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7.9/1033 votesLoading...#21 - Dance With Me
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 6/12/2022
Ramon Sosa is a father of three who runs a successful boxing gym in Texas. He feels like the luckiest man alive until someone marks him for murder.
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7.9/1022 votesLoading...#22 - Enjoy the Moment While It Lasts
Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 6/25/2023
A gruesome axe murder leaves a digital trail that unveils a heinous plot.
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7.9/1023 votesLoading...#23 - Say Daddy's the Best
Season 10 Episode 9 - Aired 7/23/2023
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7.8/1034 votesLoading...#24 - Take Me to the River
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 10/14/2018
Coming home from church, a preacher finds his wife stabbed and beaten, the apparent victim of a home invasion; the preacher's alibi is rock solid, and his son's alibis are sound as well; however, several details don't add up, leading to the truth.
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7.8/1034 votesLoading...#25 - Just Out of Frame
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 10/21/2018
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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The Best Episodes of American Monster
Every episode of American Monster ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of American Monster!
On any street, behind any smile, lurks an American Monster. Never-before-seen-video footage looks straight into the eyes of a killer, hidden in plain sight. Mom...
Genres:CrimeDocumentary
Network:Investigation Discovery
Best Episodes Summary
"Live By the Sword" is the best rated episode of "American Monster". It scored 8.2/10 based on 55 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/27/2017. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Falling Down".