Libertyville, Illinois is the kind of place where families go to live out the American Dream. When one of the town's wealthiest couples is gunned down in their bed, the community is shocked.

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On Friday the 13th, a young mother and teacher, Betty Gore, is hacked to death with an ax. It could be a psycho killer trying to create his own real-life slasher film, but the truth turns out to be more horrifying than fiction.

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Single mother of three Linda Culbertson lands a dream job as a legal secretary in a Kansas City law firm. She falls for her married boss, Donald Pierce. Their twisted passions draw bystanders into a shocking and vicious crime.

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Jennifer Levin is found strangled to death in Central Park. A prep school heartthrob, Robert Chambers, is arrested for the crime. The press seizes on his claim that Jennifer's death happened accidentally during "rough sex."

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15-year-old cheerleader Kirsten Costas is stabbed to death in California. A teenage girl is seen fleeing the scene. As months pass without an arrest, the police are stumped. But some in the community think they know the murderer.

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A young couple is robbed and shot in Boston. He survives to describe their black assailant, inflaming racial tensions, until a surprise witness comes forward with a story that blows open the case.

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Joe Pikul and his wife Diane are living the New York high life. When Diane discovers Joe's been leading a double life, a bitter conflict ensues and their marriage comes to a violent end.

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The largest mass murder in recent Missouri history stuns a small town. An entire family is wiped out. The unlikely suspect is a 14-year-old boy, but the real extent of the horror is even more shocking.

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July 1996. Thousands gather at Centennial Park for the Atlanta Olympics when a bomb explodes. Alice Hawthorne is killed and more than 100 others are injured. As the FBI investigates terrorism, they soon find themselves tracking a serial bomber.

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Lisa Carlson is found murdered in her own home. It seems robbers surprised her during a moment of sexual self-satisfaction and killed her on the spot. But a closer look reveals that the whole scene was staged, leaving detectives to wonder -- by whom?

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