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2020: A Des Moines, Iowa mother, Paula Thompson, calls 911 to report her delinquent son, Christopher Thompson. Five days later she turns up dead in her home.

In 2012, John Bridges killed Lee Clay in North Dakota, staging a car crash. Bridges was convicted of Clay's murder and received life+20 years. Previously at 16, he had killed Danny Taylor in Illinois.

May, Texas: This installment details the videotaped confession of Ryan Riggs in November 2017. He had raped and murdered mentally-challenged Rhonda Chantay Blankinship on May 13, 2016. When he told the detectives, "It wanted to kill somebody," he explained that "It" stood for "Satan." Ryan Riggs was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

Nicholas "Nick" Nigro finds his girlfriend and her mother murdered in their beds at night. He calls 911 for help, but police, through careful questioning, uncover the true story behind the horrendous murders.

Aurora, Colorado: On September 10, 2003, Richard Paul White shocks police detectives by revealing that he is behind a long trail of bloodshed and is a serial killer who seems to consider himself an angel of mercy. First, White confesses to "accidentally" killing his best friend, Jason Reichardt, while cleaning his gun. He also confesses to the murders of three prostitutes: 1. Victoria Turpin, who had been buried in the backyard of his Denver house; 2. Annaletia Maria Gonzales, who had also been buried in his backyard; 3. Torrey Marie Foster, who had been left in the Colorado desert. For Jason's death and two of the girls, White took a plea deal and was sentenced to 3 consecutive life sentences plus 144 years.

This installment details the murders of James Barnes of Florida. In December 1997, he murdered his wife, Linda Barnes, in Melbourne, Florida. This confession is on audiotape. James Barnes only agreed to confess if Linda's ex-husband, Tony Verzi, was present. In January 1998, James Barnes was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife. The murder of Linda Barnes was not his first murder. On November 1, 2005, at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Florida, James Barnes confessed to the 1988 murder of 41-year-old Patricia Miller. He had raped and killed her and then burned her body on a mattress. This murder had been unsolved for 17 years. In December 2007, Barnes was sentenced to death for the murder of Patricia Miller. The Miller confession is on videotape. As of January 2023, he is still awaiting execution while his case goes through the appeals process.

Paraplegic Terry Neely is tortured and killed by Angela Simpson. She dismembers his body and burns it. Investigators arrest Simpson after a tip, finding her a remorseless psychopath. She pleads guilty and receives life imprisonment.

This installment outlines the Sunday, January 28, 2007 husband-and-wife murders of an elderly couple, Gilbert Overlin and Naomi Overlin of Mitchellville, Iowa. Police find their bodies at the bottom of a a well at their residence and look for their son, Russell Overlin, age 52. Russell is found 400 miles from the crime scene in Miami, Oklahoma on February 8, 2007. He admits to the brutal homicides of his father and his step-mother. He tells detectives that he hated his step-mother and had been thinking of murdering her for the past four years, because she made him feel uncomfortable and unappreciated in their home. This is in spite of the fact that he has been living with them, and sponging off of them, for several years. In the end, Russell Overlin pleads guilty to the double-murder and is sentenced to two consecutive life sentences with no possibility of parole.

Omaha police officers chase down a stolen vehicle driving recklessly. When they arrest the driver, he shocks detectives by giving an unsolicited confession to a gruesome murder of a local woman, the first of many chilling revelations.

When a Catholic priest, Reverend Father Rene Wayne Robert, age 71, of Saint Augustine, Florida goes missing, police focus on a troubled ex-convict, career criminal Steve James Murray, age 28, who had been recently released from a Jacksonville, Florida jail. Father Robert had ministered to Murray and had helped to support him. Through multiple interrogations, the psychopathic killer reveals details of a twisted vengeance that escalates to the chilling firearm murder on April 10, 2016 in Waynesboro, Georgia. Steven Murray was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

This installment discusses going inside the minds of psychopaths to see if it is possible to discover when their pervasive traits deviate into violence.

Both of these cases were previously aired on this series in January and February 2023, both as hour-long stories. For this installment, the cases are edited and combined into two 30-minute segments. STORY 1. July 6, 2012, Bismarck, North Dakota: A crash on a North Dakota highway leaves the passenger Lee Clay, age 40, dead. The driver, John Clark Bridges, age 38, claimed that his friend died due to the accident. Police noticed several stab wounds on Lee Clay's neck, plus zip ties and duct tape at the scene and suspected that Clay was dead before the crash. In the end, John Bridges is arrested and convicted of the murder of Lee Clay. He was sentenced to "life plus 20 years" in prison. This had not been Bridges' first murder. When Bridges was age 16, he killed Danny M. Taylor in Harrisburg, Illinois. He had already served his time for that murder and had been released from prison. STORY 2. Phoenix, Arizona, August 5, 2009: The dismembered and burned body of a disabled man, paraplegic Terry Neely, age 46, is found in a trash can. Law enforcement detectives receive a tip and are soon on the heels of a woman who seemingly thirsts for torture. Eventually, Angela Simpson confesses to Terry Neely's brutal murder. Neely had been a resident in an assisted care facility. Autopsy results revealed multiple injuries, including a three-inch nail that had been hammered into Neely's skull. Simpson had been under the false impression that Neely was a "snitch" and took it upon herself to eliminate him.

Both of these cases were previously aired on this series in February 2023 as 'Heat Will Destroy' and March 2022 as 'I Call Him Monster'. The stories were both single-story, hour-long presentations. For this installment, the two hour-long cases have been edited to two 30-minute segments. STORY 1. This installment details the murders of James Barnes of Florida. In December 1997, he murdered his wife, Linda Barnes, in Melbourne, Florida. This confession is on audiotape. James Barnes only agreed to confess if Linda's ex-husband, Tony Verzi, was present. In January 1998, James Barnes was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife. The murder of Linda Barnes was not his first murder. On November 1, 2005, at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Florida, James Barnes confessed to the 1988 murder of 41-year-old Patricia Miller. He had raped and killed her and then burned her body on a mattress. This murder had been unsolved for 17 years. In December 2007, Barnes was sentenced to death for the murder of Patricia Miller. The Miller confession is on videotape. STORY 2. November 9, 2015, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Police respond to the site of a car crash alongside a highway. Investigators at the scene quickly realize this is no accident, but rather an elaborate cover up for a cold-blooded murder by a relentless psychopath. Lori Marie Vargas, age 37 and a mother of two girls, had been killed and placed in a car that had been set on fire as a cover-up. The person who murdered her was her fiance, Donald Spice. His motive was a $200,000 life insurance policy that was taken out on her, with Donald Spice as the beneficiary. Spice had been a career criminal who had previously served prison time for a suspected 1,200 'breaking and entering' crimes. In the end, for the murder of Vargas, Spice was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole.

Both of these cases were previously aired on this series in February 2023 as 'I Wanted Her to Hear It' and 'Hell to Look Forward to'. The stories were both single-story, hour-long presentations. For this installment, the two hour-long cases have been edited to two 30-minute segments. STORY 1. September 30, 2009, Scarborough Drive, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey: Nicholas Nigro, age 25, confesses to murdering his girlfriend of two years, Paula Mulder, age 21, and her mother Maryjane Buri-Mulder, age 48, in their separate bedrooms at night. After killing them both with a shotgun, he travels to his home, changes his clothes, and returns to the crime scene to phone 911 to report that he "found" the deceased women. At the beginning of his videotaped interrogation by the homicide detectives, he claims innocence, but his false story falls apart and he confesses to the brutal murders. When he was asked why he shot Paula's mother first, Nigro responded, "I wanted her to hear it." Nick Nigro was convicted of the murders in April 2011 and sentenced to 125 years in state prison, which included extra time due to the psychological terror he inflicted upon Paula by making sure that she first heard the murder of her mother. STORY 2. Aurora, Colorado: On September 10, 2003, Richard Paul White shocks police detectives by revealing that he is behind a long trail of bloodshed and is a serial killer who seems to consider himself an angel of mercy. First, White confesses to "accidentally" killing his best friend, Jason Reichardt, while cleaning his gun. He also confesses to the murders of three prostitutes: 1. Victoria Turpin, who had been buried in the backyard of his Denver house; 2. Annaletia Maria Gonzales, who had also been buried in his backyard; 3. Torrey Marie Foster, who had been left in the Colorado desert. For Jason's death and two of the girls, White took a plea deal and was sentenced to 3 consecutive life sentences plus 144 years.

Police find a 17-year-old Makia Coney's body in a ditch with two gunshot wounds. The investigation centers on two friends claiming her death was an accident. However, detectives uncover it was a thrill kill carried out by evil psychopaths.

Both of these cases were previously aired on this series in January and February 2023 as 'I'm a Sick Puppy' and 'It Wanted to Kill Somebody'. The stories were both single-story, hour-long presentations. For this installment, the two hour-long cases have been edited to two 30-minute segments. STORY 1. When a Catholic priest, Reverend Father Rene Wayne Robert, age 71, of Saint Augustine, Florida goes missing, police focus on a troubled ex-convict, career criminal Steve James Murray, age 28, who had been recently released from a Jacksonville, Florida jail. Father Robert had ministered to Murray and had helped to support him. Through multiple interrogations, the psychopathic killer reveals details of a twisted vengeance that escalates to the chilling firearm murder on April 10, 2016 in Waynesboro, Georgia. Steven Murray was sentenced to life in prison without parole. STORY 2. May, Texas: This story details the videotaped confession of Ryan Riggs in November 2017. He had raped and murdered mentally-challenged Rhonda Chantay Blankinship on May 13, 2016. When he told the detectives, "It wanted to kill somebody," he explained that "It" stood for "Satan." Ryan Riggs was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

Milford, New Hampshire reels after police arrest teenagers for robbing and murdering 42-year-old Kimberly Cates and maiming her 11-year-old daughter. Detectives uncover two suspects who are not ordinary criminals but sadistic psychopaths.