Dennis Ryan grew up believing that his father's violent teachings were preparing him to save the lives of everyone in their farmhouse. But by the time Dennis discovers the horrible truth, it is too late-he has already gone too far.

Actor Thom Bierdz brings his troubled younger brother, Troy, out to Los Angeles to help set him straight; Thom turns out to be wrong about being able to help his brother and pays with the life of a loved one.

When Walt Chavis joins the police force, he is prepared to risk his life, but he never imagines the greatest threat will come in the form of his own brother or that he will be forced to choose between his duty and his family.

When Lori McLeod fell for a man claiming to be an FBI agent, she felt certain that she would always be safe. Now, as the end of her life draws near, Lori is determined to ensure that the murderer who betrayed her family never becomes a free man.

When Brian Cargill divorces his wife, Kimberly, he thinks it's the end of the worst time of his life; instead, he finds himself in a desperate battle to save his son, Jamie, from her deadly wrath.

As a boy, Eric Witte's father taught him to protect his family. But as his father grows increasingly violent, Eric realizes that he is the evil his family needs protection from.

Sherry Shafer never had a good relationship with her younger brother, Brian Britton, but she never expected to lose everything because of him. Today, all she has left is the fear that one day he will return to finish what he started 26 years ago.

Tiffany Shore grows up knowing her father is evil but keeps his secrets, then she escapes only to be devastated by the discovery that he has committed acts far more heinous than she could have ever imagined.

Sean Lewis isn't surprised to hear his brother Patrick has been arrested again, but this time around, Sean learns he has been helping a monster lead a secret double life by repeatedly helping his brother get out of jams.

Alice Swafford envies her childhood neighbor William Jennings Choyce for his perfect life, then she marries him and realizes his life wasn't perfect below the surface.

When Susan Hamlin walks into a police station to confess that she is part of a satanic cult and plans to murder her husband, no one could guess that the truth is even more bizarre and sinister, or that it is all part of her own desperate escape plan.

Lindsay Wrinkles always knew her father had a short temper, but she never expected to be on the run from him when she was only 14; as she runs from hideout to hideout, desperate to evade him, Wrinkles wonders what will happen if he ever finds her.

When Gwen Bailey married Norman Starnes she counted herself lucky to land the most eligible bachelor in town. But years later, she discovered she never really knew him at all. And by the time she finally realized, she was already his unwilling accomplice.

When Cindy first fell in love with Bobby Long, she never imagined that she would one day regret not committing murder. But years after she first discovered the horrifying truth, she is haunted by the night when she decided not to kill him in his sleep.

When Debra’s husband Robert Rhoads accused her of being cold and immature for refusing to experiment sexually, she thought something was wrong with her. She never suspected her husband’s perversions were signs that there was something evil deep within him.

Shelly Lietz had been afraid of her son ever since he was four years old. She knew she saw something evil in his eyes that scared her. As he got older and more violent, that fear crippled her, eventually making her a prisoner in her own home.

Melissa Moore loved being “Daddy’s Little Girl” and to her, her father Keith Jesperson, could do no wrong. But as she got older, that admiration was replaced by fear, and then by the horror of learning how close she had come to being his next victim.

Brooke Lehman is raised to believe Kevin Dunlap is her father; her mother, Stephanie, keeps the truth a secret, but neither of them realize that Dunlap is keeping far more deadly secrets of his own.

As a little girl, Karen Kuzma adores her older brother, then she sees changes in him she doesn’t understand; it never occurs to her that he will become the most infamous serial killer in American history.

Unlucky in love, Jamie Clark has high hopes after meeting Anthony Lord; by the time she learns about his perverted plans for her, she is already trapped.

For 17 years, Kathy Swanson fears her son, Michael, will harm someone; she tries in vain to convince people that there is something different about Michael, then her worst nightmare comes true.

William Knorr's mother, Theresa, always threatened that if she ever went to jail for what she had done, she would take him down with her; after years spent helping her keep the horrors secret, he may go to jail with her.

Ronald and Patty had always seen the signs that their older brother, Bernard Eugene Giles, had a darker side, but when Gene finally let loose the monster lurking inside, they couldn't help but wonder how things had gone so wrong.

As a child, Lori Hodge doesn't understand what she sees when her father, Gene Keidel, digs a hole in the yard in the middle of the night, but as she gets older and realizes the truth, she becomes a threat; he will stop at nothing to keep his secret.

For years, every time Gabi Blair walks past the freezer, she shudders at the thought of the horrors hidden inside; forced to keep secret her mother's crimes, she prays that someone will discover the truth before she becomes her mother's next victim.