On February 18, 2024, the series’ first two-hour episode “The Butcher And The Box” aired in Season 15, in which the ex-wife of murderer Gary Simmons meets Brooke, another woman victimized by him.
The premise of the show depicts the stories of people who shared a home and a life with a loved one who would become a killer whether it be a parent, sibling, extended family member, or even an offspring.
Reenactments blended with police footage, family photographs, videos and interviews give the audience a view of the murderer as told through the eyes of someone close to them.
[1] Most episodes are done solo with only one close person to the suspect who committed heinous acts telling the story, though there are a few with two people featured.
She discovers the less attractive side of Bobby Joe Long, but she has no idea that she will marry a serial killer in the future.
Police said it was a heart attack, but years later she would discover her father's death was just one of the deadly secrets her mother, Blanche Taylor Moore had been hiding from her.
The sister and niece of serial killer John Wayne Gacy tell how his modus operandi affected their lives, and describe the complete details, right up to the day of his execution.
Some episodes do favor the original show's format featuring family member culprits, but the stories are told by two or more people of the family (often joined by a police officer assigned to the case), as opposed to just one person the whole way through which is a main element of the original show for most of the episodes.
When a Twin Falls, Idaho woman dies of a suspected drug overdose in 1999, the case seems open and shut until her 3-year-old daughter gives a chilling statement to police.