From the outside looking in, the relationship between Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka was picture-perfect. A beautiful young couple with their whole lives ahead of them. Behind closed doors was another story. Paul – a budding psychopath who already had a string of serial rapes under his belt. Karla – deranged and eager to offer up her younger sister and other young women to be raped and murdered. Adding to the distressing nature of their crimes is their twisted obsession with filming and re-enacting them. These tapes were ultimately their downfall, with Karla getting off easy by being the one to rat out Paul. The real question is – who was the ring leader in these horrendous events, and why?

Should children be tried as adults? Can a mentally ill person premeditate a crime? Can a psychopath be rehabilitated? Can an attempted murderer also be a victim? Where is the line drawn between compassion and retribution? The Slender Man Stabbing: The Untold Story asks the viewer what they believe. A two-hour exploration of this polarizing case, the documentary focuses on details from the day of arrest to the sentencing of Morgan Geyser. Going beyond the headlines to get perspectives from those closest to the plea deal that lead to her sentence, the evidence sited by both sides of this gripping ordeal will challenge what you know about this case… and what you think is just.

He was once a normal, happy child, but violent, drunken abuse from his father sends John Wayne Gacy down a dark and sinister path. Running from home, he takes a job at a mortuary where he first develops a fascination with dead bodies, even sleeping in a coffin with a corpse. Soon after, he’s married with two kids, but urges inside him can’t be contained. Convicted for sodomizing young boys, his normal life ends and the darkness takes over. Gacy begins cruising for young men leading to his first of many murders and the beginning of his crawlspace burial ground. He brings them home, then tortures, and kills them with what he calls “tricks.” Restraining boys and strangling them with rope, he fills the crawlspace under his home with bodies. His wife and many others suspect he’s up to no good, but thanks to his public persona, Pogo the Clown, no one realizes the depths of his evil. Then, one victim, Jeffery Rignall, is raped, tortured, and released by the serial killer. Unable to get help from police, Rignall goes on the hunt, staking out freeways until he finally discovers the monster’s home. Gacy may finally be brought to justice.

One of Gacy’s victims, Jeffery Rignall, has survived and tracked him down. Going to police, Rignall tries to bring Gacy to justice, but his polished public persona, including clown performances for young children, fools everyone. Gacy continues to kill and he’s run out of space under his home. Confident no one can catch him, Gacy begins dumping bodies in the Des Plaines river outside Chicago. Then, his arrogance gets him into serious trouble. Kidnapping a boy outside his place of work, he has no idea the boy’s mother is waiting inside. Detective Joe Kozenczak takes the case and discovers Gacy’s dark past of pedophilia. He finds an array of items linked to young boys, but the boy he’s searching for isn’t there. Kozenczak orders 24-hour surveillance while continuing to dig for details on Gacy. Then, he finds what he’s looking for, a photo receipt found in Gacy’s home was in the missing boy’s jacket when he disappeared. Under constant surveillance, Gacy lets police into his house where they smell the odor of a morgue. A second search of the home reveals the bodies buried underneath. The killer clown is found guilty of 33 counts of murder and sentenced to death.

A high-speed chase ensues when a driver runs a red light; an officer tries to catch an escaped python in a neighborhood; a registered sex offender is arrested; a man suspected of selling drugs is questioned.

A suspected drunk driver crashes his car into a ditch; officers investigate a hit-and-run accident; police respond to a domestic call that involves an elderly woman and her son; a suspicious object is thrown from a car being pursued by police.

Officers attempt to remove an intoxicated man from a bar; a suspect riding a motorcycle is pursued; a woman claims that new owners have her missing dog; a parolee is suspected of drug possession.

Las Vegas police respond to a domestic disturbance at a house; a man is suspected of hiding crack rocks in his mouth; a man who allegedly threatened a security guard with a knife is questioned; passengers in a car are suspected of smoking pot.

Officers break up a fight outside of a nightclub; a domestic disturbance between two brothers is investigated; a car accident is investigated that may be the result of drunk driving; police find marijuana in a car.

Officers chase occupants of a stolen vehicle; a woman in an abandoned parking lot is arrested when it’s learned there is a warrant out for her; police talk to juveniles suspected of throwing rocks from an overpass; cops respond to a domestic disturbance.

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