In 1931, the young wife of a Navy lieutenant is found beaten by the side of a road in Honolulu, leading to a retaliatory act that results in one of the most sensational murder trials in Hawaii's history.

In Bronx, N.Y., 1941, tea for two ends in murder, and investigators must count on the testimony of a few brave women to bring the killer to justice.

In Los Angeles, 1922, a man is found dead, while his wife is discovered locked in a closet.

In 1970, a family is discovered shot and drowned in their own swimming pool in Santa Cruz, Calif.

Cheryl Perveler is found bleeding to death in her sports car with a gunshot wound to the head.

The story behind author Truman Capote's classic non-fiction novel, "In Cold Blood," which details the Clutter family murders in 1959 and the nationwide manhunt for the killers that followed.

Chicago is gripped with terror after three bizarre and savage murders go unsolved; police officers and newspaper reporters are eager to deliver a suspect amidst the public furor.

A boy from one of Chicago's wealthiest families is kidnapped and found murdered; the ensuing investigation zeroes in on the wealthy, thrill-seeking college students, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb.

Heiress Barbara Mackle is kidnapped and buried alive in a coffin-like capsule; local police and the FBI race to Mackle's abductor before her time underground runs out.

A detective struggles to exonerate his black friend from rape allegations.

Four members of the Mark family are found murdered in their Cedar Falls, Iowa, home, prompting police to suspect someone close to the family.