7.5/1052 votes#1 - The Puppet Master
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 7/8/2018
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.
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7.4/1044 votes#2 - Remote Control
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 7/15/2018
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.
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7.4/1044 votes#3 - Backyard Daddy
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 7/22/2018
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.
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7.5/1038 votes#4 - A Mother's Work
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 8/5/2018
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.
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7.5/1037 votes#5 - Band of Brothers
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 8/12/2018
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
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7.5/1039 votes#6 - Watch Your Back
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 8/19/2018
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.
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7.5/1037 votes#7 - The Last Valentine
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 9/2/2018
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.
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7.3/1039 votes#8 - Into the Swamp
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 9/9/2018
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.
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7.4/1032 votes#9 - Don't Forget Me
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 9/23/2018
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.
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7.6/1041 votes#10 - Off-Camera
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 9/30/2018
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.
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7.7/1032 votes#11 - 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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7.9/1032 votes#12 - 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 Season 3
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Genres:CrimeDocumentary
Network:Investigation Discovery
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"The Puppet Master" is the best rated episode of "American Monster" season 3. It scored 7.5/10 based on 52 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/8/2018. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Remote Control".