On the night of October 6th 1998, Matthew Wayne Shepard is at The Fireside bar drinking like many 21 year old college students did on any given night, but this night was different. This night, Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney would approach him and somehow get Matthew to get in Aaron’s truck, but Aaron wouldn’t be taking Matthew home, he and Russell had something much sinister in mind. What Aaron and Russell will do will change the whole nation in one single night.