UPCOMING EPISODES

R Kelly grew up from a poor, broken home where he was abused by multiple female family members and experienced extensive trauma before dropping out of high school. Music was a high point in his life and helped him sky-rocket to fame – bringing R&B music to mainstream audiences. Rumours soon began to swirl about his behavior towards underage girls he was mentoring – and over time those rumours began to gain traction with various corroborating accounts and video evidence to back them up. Accused of various underage sexual offenses and operating a sex cult, R Kelly was finally arrested and currently sits in jail awaiting trial. The real question is: how far do R Kelly’s sexual assaults go, and can the public continue to enjoy his music with a clean conscience?

Bobbi Kristina Brown was born into a life of glitz, glamour, celebrity status – and all the substance abuse issues that come along with it. Exposed at an early age to “living life in the fast lane,” she was put on a fast track to becoming famous in her own rite, while experiencing the negatives right along with it. After her mother Oded in a bathtub her mental health took a nosedive and never quite recovered – instead turning to drugs, alcohol, and her long-time platonic friend turned fiancé Nick Gordon. When Bobbi Kristina followed in the macabre footsteps of her mother and was also found ODing in a bathtub friends and family turned to Nick to blame. In a sick twist of fate, within a matter of years Bobbi Kristina was dead and Nick killed himself out of guilt. The real question is: who is really to blame for this tragic string of deaths? Fame? The media? Or were they victims of themselves?

From birth Ethan Couch was raised in a bubble of wealth, privilege, and lack-of-consequences. He was taught that money can buy you anything, and there’s no reason to be accountable for your actions. His teenage rebellious behavior escalated out of control in a series of incidents crescendo-ing in the deaths of 4 people and severe injuries of 9 more. During his trial and sentencing a radical defense of “affluenza” was presented and became a self-fulfilling prophecy: Ethan received a lenient sentence because he had been sheltered by wealth his whole life (losing his sense of consequences and morals). Over the following years he became a repeat offender, always slipping out of any true justice when caught. His behavior continues to this day. The real question is – who’s fault is it that he’s seems to be a remorseless psychopath?

Michelle Carter and Conrad Roy met during a chance encounter while on vacation, but immediately connected through their struggles with mental health. Over time Conrad’s wellbeing declined and, instead of pushing him to get help, Michelle ultimately began helping him prepare for his own suicide. When the designated day arrived and Conrad began having second thoughts Michelle put the pressure on for him to go through with it – and he did. The motivation behind Michelle’s actions come into question both ethically and legally – was she a fellow mentally ill individual who was trying to help, or was she leveraging Conrad’s illness to get attention and sympathy for herself? Though the courts sentenced her, it was a lenient punishment that lacked the full weight many think she should’ve felt. The real question is – were Michelle’s true intentions to help Conrad, or help herself at whatever cost?

Chris and Shanann Watts were by all accounts the perfect couple, with two perfect children Celeste and Bella. In 2018 this family was shattered by the disappearance and murder of Shanann and the kids – at the hands of Chris himself. How is it possible for something this horrific to happen in the sleepy mountain town of Frederick Colorado? Did Chris simply snap the morning of the murders, or was it something much more calculated and sinister? Friends of the Watts family come together to unravel the secrets behind this tragedy.

Scott Peterson met Laci while frequenting a local diner, and it was love at first sight. But their storybook love story quickly wilted behind the scenes with Scott’s multiple affairs – none of which Laci knew about. Scott gave up his pro-golf career and the life he had dreamed of to move with Laci to the suburbs and start an “American Dream” family. But for him, the dream was more of a nightmare. Things became too much to bear when Laci announced she was pregnant, and before giving birth both she and her unborn son were found dead on the shores near Modesto. All signs immediately pointed to Scott who was sentenced to death and is now serving life in prison despite his continuous pleas of innocence. The real question is: who is Scott Peterson – innocent man behind bars, or lying murderous psychopath?

From the outside looking in the Turpin family seemed normal enough, but a phone call in January 2018 changed everything. One of their thirteen children escaped from captivity and exposed the dark secrets of what had been happening inside the Turpin family household for decades. Systematic torture and abuse within the walls of the Turpin home are just the tip of the iceberg as those closest to the family make sense of this tragedy. Hear firsthand accounts from those who knew them best, and learn how blindsided even they were to the horrors taking place. Were the Turpins mentally ill, or sadistic psychopaths? Why didn’t the children seek help sooner? And perhaps most importantly, can you ever really know what’s going on behind closed doors?