A typical American family isn't exactly what it seems. In public, Max and Janeene Jones appear to have the perfect marriage, but behind this happy image lies hidden truths. 20 years later, an undercover police investigation reveals an unexpected killer.

Home Video Hit

Brian and Randi Trimble are in the throes of newly married life. But when Brian meets the fun-loving Blaine Norris at work, their friendship over Blaine's low-budget horror film takes a dark turn. It isn't long before three becomes a crowd...

Appalachian Horror Film

The daughter of one of America's most notorious killers gives an exclusive interview, taking us on a journey into the eyes of a cold-blooded monster. Never-before-seen footage reveals the devastating double life of a murderer and his horrific crimes.

Wave to Daddy

In the summer of 2014, a peaceful community in Hartford, WI is shaken to its core when a local teenager is found dead...the victim of a brutal murder, and the second victim in two days. The community must now come to terms that a killer lives among them.

Sing for the Camera

A monster stalks the summer streets of Phoenix in 2005. With never-before-seen footage, we get a glimpse into the killer's life and how he's able to hide in plain sight. Can police catch him before he strikes again?

Shooting Phoenix

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.

Right Before Your Eyes

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.

The Green Monster

The Yates family moves to Spokane, WA only to find it besieged by a serial killer who's targeting young women and confounding the police. Now, the family's never-before-aired home videos provide a chilling look of one of America's most notorious killers.

Family Snapshot

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.

Alabama Murder Mystery

The Snyders are thrilled when their 34-year-old son Mike finally starts a family with his sweetheart—as seen in these home videos. But after being diagnosed with a terrible illness, Mike vanishes. Only years later does his horrific fate comes to light.

Anything For You

After a taping of their local-access TV show in rural Vermont, Chrissy and Charlie Billis have a terrible accident, smashing their car into a tree. Only one survives. But tapes from the couple's TV show suggest a sinister tale behind what really happened.

The Last Broadcast

In Colorado, second-time spouses Harold and Toni Henthorn seem to dote on their young daughter and each other, until their idyllic life is shattered by a deadly hiking accident. Their happy home videos conceal a deadly predator who nearly escaped justice.

Push Record

After moving to a remote town in Colorado, Ron and Cynthia Phillips and their four children try to adjust. But their never-aired home videos mask darker impulses within their family - ones that would lead to a complex web of deceit, infidelity and murder.

Stand By Your Men

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.

Live By the Sword

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.

The Craigslist Killer

In Pennsylvania, Kevin and Joanne Dowling like to capture their kids' milestones on videotape in their modest suburban home. But when a woman in a nearby town is gunned down - and Kevin is accused of murder - his fate hangs on that same home video camera.

The Wrong Man

In suburban California, an intruder attacks and kills 55-year-old Joan Dawley; as the Dawley family grieves, it falls to LAPD Detective Paul Tippin to crack the case; home movies reveal a shocking tale of deceit.

The Puppet Master

When Sherri Dally mysteriously vanishes from her Ventura home, her husband Michael and bestfriend Debbie head up a massive search. But someone knows more than they're saying. Never-before-aired home videos trace a tale of sordid secrets and double lives.

Remote Control

In Ogden, Utah, Stephen and Becky Vargas appear to have it all; however, jealousy and control issues abound behind the picture-perfect life seen in their home videos, but no one suspects their marriage will end in murder.

Backyard Daddy

Home movies reveal the fabulous lifestyle of Lanny and Donna Horwitz who are raising their son, Radley, in their Florida mansion; when their lives are upended by a ghastly shooting, everyone in this eccentric family becomes a suspect.

A Mother's Work

The Laffertys are pillars of the Mormon community, and they are known as an example of wholesome family values, as seen in home videos; however, an evil is lurking that will one day explode into an unholy double homicide

Band of Brothers

Home videos show U.S. Air Force Sgt. Nathan Paet and his family living a blissfully normal life, then blind greed brings about the destruction of this loving family.

Watch Your Back

Dr. John Hamilton and his wife, Susan, are successful, respected and very much in love, until a vicious Valentine's Day murder destroys their lives; never-before-seen home videos shed light on a brutal murder no one saw coming.

The Last Valentine

At a family-run construction company, brothers and cousins work hard together—and play even harder. But when one of them vanishes, no one has answers. The mystery of his disappearance, and the salacious betrayal behind it, isn't solved for 20 years.

Into the Swamp

On the day before he's to start a new job, a father of two disappears with no warning. His wife has no idea where he went. His friends hint that he led a secret, sordid life. But it remains a mystery for years—until a tip reveals the jaw-dropping truth.

Don't Forget Me

An obsessive video blogger shares every detail of her roller-coaster life with her husband and their children online; one night, intruders tie her up, kidnap her husband and execute him; it seems someone has been keeping secrets.

Off-Camera

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.

Take Me to the River

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

Just Out of Frame

A couple's idyllic life is forever changed by an unspeakable crime.

Falling Down

Unraveling the mystery behind the confusing evidence at the scene of April Holton's tragic murder.

Two Families

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.

Twice Shy

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.

Life Of The Party

After locking eyes at the gym, Rebecca Thudin and Larry Fenton get married; then, Larry is shot dead in an apparent home invasion; home videos and interviews with family members help to unravel what really happened.

Looks Can Kill

When outgoing Beth Spaulding and shy Jason Risenburg meet, it looks like a match made in heaven; however, a series of disasters strike the once-devoted couple, causing tensions to simmer in their marriage.

In Sickness And In Health

When a devastating fire at the Kohnle family home leaves a family member dead, it appears to be an accident. But as the evidence mounts up it's the testimony of two young kids who lead the police to decipher if it was an accident, suicide or murder.

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Cassie Golonin disappears just before New Year's Eve from Fort Smith, Ark.; when family and friends conduct a search, the discovery of a shallow grave soon leads to the truth.

An Open Relationship

Todd and Rachel Winkler's life looks exquisite from the outside, but inside things are falling apart; video footage shows the truth behind their seemingly happy marriage, revealing terrible secrets and mind games that culminate in murder.

Edge Of Reason

Four best friends, two married couples, multiple sordid secrets, and one betrayal that leads to murder; with exclusive interviews and never-before-aired home movie footage.

Double Cross

Great-grandfather Arthur Burney knows he's lucky to have such a large, loving family; but when Arthur is found murdered, the entire Burney family is divided - until a tip-off exposes a masterful plot.

Momma's Girl

When Amanda Schmitt marries John Grazioli, the happy day is captured on home video; six months later, police respond to a 911 call and make a shocking discovery.

Too Good To Be True

The close bond between cousins Mark Corona and Paul Stoeppler is quickly severed when one of them is murdered in cold blood; never-before-seen home movie video and shocking CCTV reveals what happened.

Brothers in Arms

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 next door; dad across the street; the kid who never broke the rules. Anyone can be a MONSTER.

Flesh and Blood

Hyrah Frasch is no ordinary baby. The photogenic one-year-old already has her own website and looks set to become an internet sensation. But when a tragic accident occurs in the family swimming pool, police discover a killer hiding in her midst.

Once a Princess

Jason and Lindsey Lee are destined for each other. However, marriage can have its highs and lows. When the young couple decide to change their lifestyle to reignite the spark in the relationship, it comes with deadly consequences.

Body Type

When popular teacher Simeonette Mapes-Crupi is found dead in her Staten Island condo, all evidence points to a brutal robbery gone wrong; as detectives dig deeper, they uncover a wealth of secrets.

Staten Island Love Story

Sandy Miles and her daughter Tracie are as close as can be. But when Tracie vanishes and Sandy is found brutally murdered, the truth behind the killing is more horrific than investigators can possibly imagine.

My Body

Rebecca and Ken Pierce film themselves raising their four kids in idyllic rural Oklahoma. But the family is haunted by a specter of addiction and violence across generations that will leave two of them brutally murdered, and the family destroyed.

Have You Seen This Woman

When Dianne Hart and Donnie Rudd begin an affair in a small Chicago suburb, Dianne's kids hope that their mum has found love. But instead it triggers a series of bizarre lies and deceptions that reveal a cold-hearted killer in their midst.

Who Am I?

A single mom vanishes, and police uncover a terrible jealousy revealed through a shocking confession that leaves her family reeling.

By God, That's Enough

Police uncover the shocking truth behind a dream couple.

Stay With Me

When wealthy bachelor Steve Clayton meets homely VA nurse Lana Walsh, it's love at first sight. But the devoted couple aren't immune to life's tragedies, and when an untimely death raises questions, an unsettling and devastating secret is revealed.

Everyone's Favorite Uncle

A happily remarried woman fights for a new start, but life has other plans.

Second Chance

Brett and Mona Wehde live a quiet life in sleepy rural Iowa raising their three children; when a new family arrives, relationships are made, but behind closed doors a wicked plot is hatched.

Out of His Shell

In Michigan, a mother is murdered by her jealous ex-boyfriend. Friends and family examine home video footage and question if there were any warning signs.

Plus-One

The Futos are a close-knit family of five who film their lives over many decades; four of them are found brutally murdered and the slayings uncover a terrible secret.

It Was All of Them

High achieving Keonte Chavis has always relied on her big, loving family to support her dreams. But when a sudden disappearance leads to a disturbing murder, they all face a dark and terrifying reality... the predator is one of their own.

Hoop Dreams

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.

Unmasked

In 1997, 78-year-old Jean Schwarzkopf was murdered in Florida. The retiree's husband owned a jewellery business, was she murdered for her diamonds?

Life in Florida

An odd couple with a "devilish" wedding date discovers love is not eternal.

Nothing Can Stop Us

In 2017, an unimaginable betrayal leads to the death of a woman in the state of Louisiana. Police discover she has been murdered by her estranged husband.

Ghost From the Past

A woman's hopeful dreams of true love disintegrate into a deadly nightmare.

Unlucky in Love

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.

He Was Her Everything

Book smart Avis Banks always puts her career ahead of her love life, until she meets handsome teacher Keyon Pittman. But just when she's on the brink of having it all, a dirty secret tears them apart in the most brutal way possible.

With Honors

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.

By Design

Raised in a big Mormon family, Ashlee Harmon grows up wanting that same kind of lifestyle; she marries her college boyfriend, Emmett Corrigan, and raises five kids while he opens his own law firm, but dirty secrets soon trigger a deadly showdown.

What the Heart Wants

Envy turns to hate when a killer snuffs out the life of a gifted performer.

Stage Fright

A woman's blissful marriage to a younger man takes a detour into darkness

Once a Killer

A faltering relationship had devastaing consequences for an entire family.

Say Your Prayers

A charismatic woman's turbulent romance slides a deadly downward spiral.

It Could Be Me

A divorced woman's second gamble at love may mean her luck has run out.

About to Break

Ashley Pittman thinks she hit the lottery marrying Jeffrey Scott, and he gives her a cushier life than the one she left behind in small-town Louisiana; however, behind closed doors, a secret soon turns deadly.

Tell Me You Love Me

Gil Dossett and his family live an idyllic existence until an accident changes everything.

Life On The Lake

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.

Dance With Me

A woman meets her love match, but his idea of love may be her undoing.

An Uncomfortable Day

A couple's dream of a blended family ends abruptly in a hail of bullets.

It Was All Of Them

A woman with everything to live for can't foresee the darkness that awaits.

Broken Heart in Broken Arrow

Doris falls for a friend, never thinking he'd soon become her greatest foe.

Safe At Home

A man vows to protect his new wife, but he's the one who needs protection.

Put Yourself Out There

Joann sees her man as a new beginning, but he may bring on her tragic end.

When's Mom Coming Home

A routine trip to a shopping center costs one devoted mom her life.

The Man Who Got Away

A monster in Ohio drowns out their victim's desperate pleas for help.

Rescue Me

Greed and manipulation transform an unlikely suspect into an axe murderer.

I Had No Choice

A Pakistani family's big American dreams transforms into a bloody nightmare.

It's Over. Move On.

A dietician's dashing new husband hides a horrifying Christmas surprise.

Brothers and Sisters

Young love gone horribly wrong leads to a gruesome discovery in a closet.

Only She Knows

No one sees the evil taking root inside a Florida home until it is too late.

The Only Way Out

A rock star of the snake breeding world falls prey to a venomous plot.

Building is full of Snakes!

Family comes first to grandparents Ron and Kay Wilkson; though they may not have much money, their growing brood always know how to make their own fun; something evil is prowling close to home and not everyone makes it out alive.

Two Anniversaries

Tammy Gardner loves being a mom and running a day care out of her suburban Delaware home; she also loves a night out on the town; what starts as innocent fun leads this 40-year-old down a dark path of jealousy and deadly rage.

You Got Me Mean

Police officer Albert Pacheco and his wife Cathy live on Hawaii's Big Island, raising four kids in the bosom of their close-knit church community; what looks like a household steeped in traditional goodness is hiding something evil.

Gone Hunting

In the middle of 2017 deer season in Campbellsburg, Kentucky, the hunter becomes the hunted.

Friends Outside of Work

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.

Day Three After Murder

The collapse of a business triggers a brutal murder in a secret basement.

The Hidden Room

Control trumps love in a marriage that ends inside a watery grave.

Lake Placid

A gruesome axe murder leaves a digital trail that unveils a heinous plot.

Enjoy the Moment While It Lasts

Tawnee Baird and Victoria Mendoza fell in love when they were teens. But when passion turns to rage, only one young woman will make it out alive.

I Took Her Somewhere

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.

He Wasn't Supposed To Be Here

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.

Keep It Hush

Say Daddy's the Best

Cabin Fever

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 next door; dad across the street; the kid who never broke the rules. Anyone can be a monster.

All Episodes of American Monster

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Season 1

Home Video Hit

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/1/2016

Appalachian Horror Film

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/8/2016

Wave to Daddy

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/15/2016

Sing for the Camera

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/22/2016

Shooting Phoenix

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/29/2016

Right Before Your Eyes

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/6/2016