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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Evil Lives Here Season 13 Episode 3 - Scratch My Murderous Itch
    4.5/10(73 votes)

    #1 - Scratch My Murderous Itch

    S13:E3

    Eugene Borg knows that Satan has evil plans for his young son Tyler and spends the subsequent years battling the demons he believes plague his child; a shock comes that proves that he may have forever lost the war for his son's soul.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Evil Lives Here Season 5 Episode 4 - Under His Thumb
    4.8/10(85 votes)

    #2 - Under His Thumb

    S5:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Evil Lives Here Season 14 Episode 5 - He Had a Torture Chamber
    5.8/10(44 votes)

    #3 - He Had a Torture Chamber

    S14:E5

    When Terry Patzer hears what police discovered at Russell Tillis' house of horrors, memories of the nine years she spent married to him flood back; she can't explain how her former lover became so twisted, but she was right to be afraid.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Evil Lives Here Season 8 Episode 4 - Momma Made Me Help
    6.1/10(58 votes)

    #4 - Momma Made Me Help

    S8:E4

    When Shirley Furgala helped her mother, Betty Lou Beets, drag a dead body to the yard and bury it, she knew her own life might be in danger if she refused to help. What Shirley didn't know was this wouldn't be the last time her mother would ask for help.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Evil Lives Here Season 12 Episode 1 - He Should Have Died Sooner
    6.2/10(50 votes)

    #5 - He Should Have Died Sooner

    S12:E1

    When George Yzaguirre kills himself in prison, he takes his secrets with him, and his ex-wife, Jennifer Meyer, is left to wonder how many of her memories might hold the keys to unsolved crimes and whether or not she'll ever know the truth about him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Evil Lives Here Season 7 Episode 9 - He Almost Got Away With It
    6.3/10(62 votes)

    #6 - He Almost Got Away With It

    S7:E9

    Timothy Bass had gotten away with murder for decades, telling his wife, Gina, that he enjoyed working the night shift to make extra money; Gina believed him until she uncovered his secret and was left wondering what evil her husband had done.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Evil Lives Here Season 10 Episode 3 - Why Did I Let Him In?
    6.3/10(43 votes)

    #7 - Why Did I Let Him In?

    S10:E3

    Teshana Singleton initially thinks her first boyfriend Cedric Ricks' obsession with her is flattering, but when his obsession turns evil, she begins to realize she's in danger. Cedric believes if he cannot have Teshana, no one can.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Evil Lives Here Season 10 Episode 5 - My Sister Blamed Me
    6.3/10(50 votes)

    #8 - My Sister Blamed Me

    S10:E5

    Cindy Blust is confident she's ready to defend herself when sister Camellia Brown gets out of prison and inevitably blames Cindy for her incarceration. Cindy is just as confident that Cammy's had evil inside her from the very beginning.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Evil Lives Here Season 5 Episode 12 - He Was a Good Man to Me
    6.4/10(71 votes)

    #9 - He Was a Good Man to Me

    S5:E12

    When Alvin Bud Brown is arrested he tells an officer that he is just like Hannibal Lecter; to his wife, Jackie, the man she shared a bed with for years appeared to be gentle and loving until the Thanksgiving Day when she discovered the truth.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Evil Lives Here Season 10 Episode 13 - He Fed Them to Gators
    6.4/10(43 votes)

    #10 - He Fed Them to Gators

    S10:E13

    Craig Lester Thrift brags about getting away with murder, but everyone thinks he is kidding. Robyn Barry knows Thrift better than anyone, and she begins to suspect he isn't joking. Someone needs to believe her before Thrift makes her his next victim.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Evil Lives Here Season 13 Episode 5 - He Called It "The Need”
    6.4/10(45 votes)

    #11 - He Called It "The Need”

    S13:E5

    When Dianne Burns moves across the country to marry Mark Burns in prison, she holds no doubts of her fiancé's wrongful conviction until after his release, when she begins to see signs of both his guilt and plans to resume his criminal behaviour.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Evil Lives Here Season 17 Episode 6 - Three Times a Killer
    6.4/10(34 votes)

    #12 - Three Times a Killer

    S17:E6

    Debra believes Randy is a good man and faith will help him overcome his dark past; after they marry, his violent and cruel side takes over; she manages to escape, but the next woman isn't so lucky.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Evil Lives Here Season 8 Episode 2 - I Didn't Know It Was Blood
    6.5/10(52 votes)

    #13 - I Didn't Know It Was Blood

    S8:E2

    As Christina Hildreth unwittingly helped Shawn Grate clean up his first crime scene, she didn't realize what she was doing. Once police were banging on her door while she was trapped with a madman, she understood the situation was direr than she realized.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Evil Lives Here Season 13 Episode 6 - He Looks Like the Killer on TV
    6.5/10(47 votes)

    #14 - He Looks Like the Killer on TV

    S13:E6

    Margie Bult thinks her second husband is too good to be true from the start, but when she sees a fugitive on TV named Paul Steven Mack who resembles him, she vows to uncover the truth no matter the risk to herself.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Evil Lives Here Season 13 Episode 9 - Ménage à Terror
    6.5/10(25 votes)

    #15 - Ménage à Terror

    S13:E9

    Genie already knows Lee Cawthon is capable of horrible things when he forces her into a polygamous relationship; she plays along with his twisted demands, but doesn't realize that the consequences of letting him have his way might be worse.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Evil Lives Here Season 16 Episode 1 - He Saved Her Life, Then Took It
    6.5/10(45 votes)

    #16 - He Saved Her Life, Then Took It

    S16:E1

    Betty hopes her sister's son, Chance, is a beacon of hope in their troubled lives, but Betty sees his dark side early on; he lacks empathy and becomes violent until he explodes in a fit of rage, harming the one person who cared for him most.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Evil Lives Here Season 16 Episode 5 - My Wicked Stepmother
    6.5/10(35 votes)

    #17 - My Wicked Stepmother

    S16:E5

    After her father, Donald 'Whitey' Hoop, meets and marries a woman named Joy, Desiree's life spirals; Joy is hot-tempered, cruel, and controlling. Desiree knows her dad can't escape his toxic marriage, but she has no clue that Joy is orchestrating a cold-blooded murder in 1997.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Evil Lives Here Season 16 Episode 8 - A Demon on Her Back
    6.5/10(28 votes)

    #18 - A Demon on Her Back

    S16:E8

    Kayla always knew to be careful around her stepfather, Richard. He imprisoned her mother with the fear of violence and, worse, the fear of taking her children from her. When she finally managed to escape his grip, he plotted a final and brutal revenge.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Evil Lives Here Season 9 Episode 7 - He Lived A Double Life
    6.6/10(46 votes)

    #19 - He Lived A Double Life

    S9:E7

    Sonja Holt begins to suspect that her fiance, Stafford Shaw, is living a secret double life. She can't imagine just how far he will go to keep everyone from finding out the truth about him or the terrible price that will be paid when his secrets collide.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Evil Lives Here Season 11 Episode 8 - Divorce? Never. Murder? Maybe.
    6.6/10(59 votes)

    #20 - Divorce? Never. Murder? Maybe.

    S11:E8

    When Vernon Jensen's ex-wife proves how far she'll go to get him back, his family is fractured beyond repair, and the little girl who was to be his stepdaughter never sees him again; now Jade Scotton is an adult and wants answers only Vernon has.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Evil Lives Here Season 13 Episode 7 - Fantasising and Hunting
    6.6/10(45 votes)

    #21 - Fantasising and Hunting

    S13:E7

    When Michael O'Leary moves in with his brother, Marc, he doesn't realise that Marc has already fled the police in one state and committed crimes in another until police finally track them down, and suspect Michael of being Marc's accomplice.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Evil Lives Here Season 13 Episode 10 - Sisters in Silence
    6.6/10(46 votes)

    #22 - Sisters in Silence

    S13:E10

    William Cosden Jr. coerced his much younger sisters, Karen and Susan, into keeping secrets about what he did; now the girls are adults, and with one facing death, they reunite to try to repair the trauma keeping those secrets caused them.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Evil Lives Here Season 8 Episode 5 - The Prom Night Killer
    6.7/10(54 votes)

    #23 - The Prom Night Killer

    S8:E5

    Jessi Toronjo went to a sleepover in 1989 thinking her stepbrother, Jeffrey Pelley, was at his senior prom. She spent the next 13 years believing someone else committed the unspeakable crime that weekend, only to discover she knew the killer all along.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Evil Lives Here Season 8 Episode 7 - They Found Them In Storage
    6.7/10(47 votes)

    #24 - They Found Them In Storage

    S8:E7

    When Wilda Gadd married Howard Willis, she dismissed the rumors about him. That is until she found herself wired up and risking her life to find the dismembered bodies of his victims. She discovered that his secret life was darker than any rumor.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Evil Lives Here Season 9 Episode 6 - The Box On Her Doorstep
    6.7/10(54 votes)

    #25 - The Box On Her Doorstep

    S9:E6

    Each time she was targeted by an anonymous predator, Sarah Garone ran to her stepfather, Gary Hardy. She always felt something about Gary was creepy, but as the events got more disturbing, she never imagined someone trusted could be the one to hurt her.

    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Scratch My Murderous Itch" is the worst rated episode of "Evil Lives Here". It scored 4.5/10 based on 73 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/5/2023. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Under His Thumb".