Saturday

A wife discovers that her husband is a serial rapist. When the police won't help her its up to her to get the proof she needs.

Jenn Carson loved her dad more than anything but this heavenly match was headed for hell. Jenn’s own flesh and blood turned out to be one of America’s most notorious serial killers.

Sean Vincent Gillis has been described as one of America's most depraved serial killers, killing eight women and dismembering some of his victims at home. But Gillis was happily married to an unsuspecting wife. This is her story.

Caitlin Atwater’s life was shattered when her mother died in an accident. After an investigation, police charged Caitlin’s stepdad with murder. It turned out that Michael Peterson was hiding a terrible secret & it wasn’t the first time he’d killed.

Florida v. Russell Holbrook. The quiet community of Crestview, Florida was shaken following the vicious murder of beautiful 33 year old nurse Melissa Howard, described as a caring angel, found with her throat slashed in her own living room. Friends were immediately suspicious of Melissa’s ex-husband who had just lost a nasty custody battle over their son Taylor but he had a strong alibi. The case remained unsolved for ten years, until Florida State Agent Detective Meaghan Palumbo, newly assigned to the homicide squad, took a personal interest in the cold case. Using modern day forensics, Palumbo re-tested Melissa’s sweatshirt preserved all those years and found clues to lead them to the DNA of her ex-husband’s best friend, Russell Holbrook, and a dramatic trial as witnesses recounted the true story of Melissa’s last days.

Michigan v. Kemia Hassel. New Year’s Eve and a seemingly random murder, in the small town of Benton Harbor , on the western shore of Lake Michigan. Police body cam video captured the heartbroken cries of young Army Sergeant Kemia Hessel as she cradled her handsome, dying young husband in her arms, as he was loaded into an ambulance. But despite the happy outward appearance of the attractive young military couple, investigators soon accused Kemia of directing a murder-for-hire plot with the help of a lover she met while deployed in Korea. Her boyfriend quickly confessed and in a dramatic, videotaped jail house phone call, laid out the murder plot to the victim’s father. Kemia at first denied involvement and despite admissions in a lie detector exam, strongly defended her innocence, claiming her comments to police came from exhaustion and grief. She pointed the finger of blame at her jealous boyfriend who she said acted alone.

High profile politician Kathy Augustine married nurse Chaz Higgs after a whirlwind romance. They were an unlikely match: she was wildly ambitious, while he hated politics. When their marriage hit the rocks, Chaz decided to use his medical training to commit an undetectable crime.

Denise Williams was devastated when her husband Mike disappeared on a duck hunting trip. He was feared drowned, perhaps even eaten by alligators. But Mike’s mother Cheryl didn’t buy it, and after years of relentless campaigning, she finally uncovered the devastating truth about her son’s death.