American Monster

In rural Ohio, an intruder brutally guns down Jack and Linda Myers in their sleep. The only witness is their sleepy 4-year-old grandson. But their extensive home movies - aired here for the first time - may have captured a monster lurking in their midst.

Stars: Tom Streithorst, Linda Myers, Jack Myers
Director(s): Ian Clark
Writer(s): Bruce Kennedy

The Yates family moves to Spokane, WA only to find it besieged by a serial killer who's targeting young women and confounding the police. Now, the family's never-before-aired home videos provide a chilling look of one of America's most notorious killers.

Stars: Norman Brown, Bill Morlin, Adam Neill
Director(s): Steve Baker, Ian Clark
Writer(s): Bruce Kennedy

When Frank Hilley is struck down by a mysterious sickness, the entire town of Anniston, AL grieves. But when his daughter also falls seriously ill, the family becomes suspicious. Vintage home movies trace a shocking tale of murder - revealing a monster.

Stars: Freeda Burns, Mike Hilley, Steve Larter
Director(s): Ian Clark
Writer(s): Bruce Kennedy

The Snyder family is thrilled when the single brother finally gets a girlfriend who comes with a son.

Stars: Tom Streithorst, Michael Snyder, Ellen Snyder
Writer(s): Bruce Kennedy

After a taping of their local-access TV show in rural Vermont, Chrissy and Charlie Billis have a terrible accident, smashing their car into a tree. Only one survives. But tapes from the couple's TV show suggest a sinister tale behind what really happened.

Stars: Darren Annis, Charlie Billis, Pam Helenek
Director(s): Steve Baker
Writer(s): Bruce Kennedy

In Colorado, second-time spouses Harold and Toni Henthorn seem to dote on their young daughter and each other, until their idyllic life is shattered by a deadly hiking accident. Their happy home videos conceal a deadly predator who nearly escaped justice.

Stars: Tammi Abbruscato, Barry Bertolet, Bob Bertolet
Director(s): Elliot Goldner, Tom Lindley
Writer(s): Bruce Kennedy

After moving to a remote town in Colorado, Ron and Cynthia Phillips and their four children try to adjust. But their never-aired home videos mask darker impulses within their family - ones that would lead to a complex web of deceit, infidelity and murder.

Stars: Jack Howard, Mason Konrade, Cathy Nau
Writer(s): Bruce Kennedy

A sword collector is a house-husband while his wife provides for the him and his children right outside of Los Angeles. Their lives are tough, yet happy until she returns home to find her family slaughtered - at sword point.

Stars: Denise Bertone, Mario Ramirez, Melaney Ramirez
Director(s): Ian Clark
Writer(s): Bruce Kennedy

Family and faith have always been important to Richard Beasley, as these home videos show. Which is why it's so scary when one day - the Ohio man vanishes. Especially after police discover that an online monster has been luring local men to their deaths.

Stars: Richard Beasley, Tina Beasley, Tonya Beasley
Director(s): Ian Clark
Writer(s): Bruce Kennedy

In Pennsylvania, Kevin and Joanne Dowling like to capture their kids' milestones on videotape in their modest suburban home. But when a woman in a nearby town is gunned down - and Kevin is accused of murder - his fate hangs on that same home video camera.

Stars: Robert Boyle, Joanne Brenizer, Kathleen Brenizer
Director(s): Nick Davies
Writer(s): Bruce Kennedy