The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade

In the midst of America's Farm Crisis, the largest mass murder in recent Missouri history stuns a small town - and a 14-year-old boy is a suspect.

A couple is attacked in Boston, killing a woman and her unborn baby. The survivor describes their assailant, inflaming racial tensions - but a new witness emerges.

In a rich California suburb, popular cheerleader Kirsten Costas is stabbed to death. A teenage girl is seen fleeing the scene - does someone know the killer?

Beautiful teenager Jennifer Levin is found strangled to death in Central Park. Prep school heartthrob, Robert Chambers, is arrested but blames it on "rough sex."

Single mother Linda Culbertson lands a dream job but falls hard for her married boss, Donald Pierce. Their passions draw bystanders into a shocking crime.

Terror grips Wylie, Texas when young mother Betty Gore is hacked to death with an axe. Is a copycat killer on the loose? Or is the truth more shocking than fiction?

When one of Libertyville's wealthiest couples is gunned down in bed, the community is shocked. Was it a robbery - or did the family harbour dark secrets?

When Lisa Solomon disappears on Christmas eve, her family search relentlessly. Did she leave her new husband in the night, or is something more sinister at play?

When rising star Rebecca Schaeffer is murdered, Hollywood panics. Detectives investigate who killed the beloved actress, and if a copycat killer is on the loose.

31-year-old violinist Helen Mintiks is found murdered in an airshaft at the Metropolitan Opera House. Could there be a real life Phantom of the Opera?

When the body of Vaudeville producer Ray Radin is found, police are at a loss. Is his death the due to a film deal gone bad or dealings with a drug cartel?

In 1987, Judge Vincent Sherry and his wife are found murdered in their home. Their daughter sets out on a decade-long quest to find their killer.

Hare Krishna devotee Charles St Dennis' future seems bright, until he disappears. When police investigate, they face a wall of silence among the community.

When 13-year-old Sarah Rairdon vanishes from rural Minnesota, the entire town searches for her. But the discovery of her body reveals a tragic secret.