Each day, Jon Eason harbors a desperate hope that someone will kill his son, Dylan, while he is incarcerated. The life sentence without parole that Dylan Eason received has brought him no solace. His father acknowledges the abhorrent nature…

A life sentence for Christian Fuhr. His girlfriend, Ammie Turos, maintains his innocence. But a revelation shifts her certainty, replacing it with a disquieting doubt. She begins to wonder if she had been unknowingly at risk all along.

At first, Teshana Singleton found her first boyfriend, Cedric Ricks’ intense attention flattering. However, as his devotion warped into something darker, a chilling realization began to dawn: she was in peril. Cedric held the conviction tha…

The arrest of Melvin Ignatow for murder ignited in his son Mike a fierce conviction of innocence, a certainty that pointed toward another: his father’s girlfriend. Though Melvin is acquitted, a later confession forces Mike to confront a dev…

Cindy Blust felt a grim certainty settle within her: she would be prepared to face whatever Camellia Brown’s release from prison brought, particularly the inevitable recriminations. She was equally convinced that darkness resided within Cam…

Daniel Rolle’s childhood was defined by the towering figure of his father, Donald, whom he once revered. But Donald’s volatile temper cast a long shadow, bringing misery to all around him. This simmering rage finally erupts in violence, cul…

Cathy Mills is barely a woman when her dream wedding to Robert Walden unravels into a terrifying reality. It is only upon seeing a police sketch of him that she understands the chilling truth: she alone possesses the key to the monster the …

At seven years old, Deborah Brashers awoke to the devastating news that her father, Robert, had taken his own life in a hotel room. For two decades afterward, she wrestled with an incomprehensible question: why? Neither Deborah nor the auth…

Jennifer Winter accepted Cristobal Palacio’s proposal from a place of need. She convinced herself he understood their union was one of convenience, devoid of affection. Yet, with the solemn words exchanged, he made her his prisoner, and in …

Each time Cheri Tate summons the police to her husband, Edward Allen Covington, they side with him. Abandoned, he directs his vengeance outward, targeting others. It is then she understands, with a chilling dread, that he has inflicted upon…

As a boy, Matt Roth accompanied his stepfather on repair work, believing he was simply assisting his father. He was unaware that he was instead entering the aftermaths of violent crimes.

Christina Gaines accepted a date with Patrick Fowler, a man who appeared to embody the ideal of gentlemanly conduct. It wasn't long, however, before the facade crumbled, revealing a darker truth. She understood then that she had been delib…

Craig Lester Thrift frequently boasts of escaping murder, though most dismiss it as a jest. Robyn Barry, however, knows Thrift intimately and finds herself increasingly troubled by the possibility that he might be serious. Someone must heed…