The Hollywood Sex Cult

Jennifer Pan orchestrated a 2010 murder-for-hire plot against her strict parents in Markham, Ontario, staging a home invasion that resulted in her mother's death and her father's severe injury. Motivated by a desire for freedom and her forbidden boyfriend. 

Randy Roth was a Washington state mechanic who married and murdered women to collect lucrative life insurance payouts. He famously caused the death of his fourth wife in a staged 1991 Lake Sammamish drowning. An investigation into this incident and the 1981 fatal cliff fall of hi ...  Show more

Emily Hikade led a secret life for many years. As a diplomat turned CIA officer, Emily engaged in dangerous counterterrorism work, even as she built a family. But a life-altering, near-death experience changed her perspective, leading her to eventually pivot out of the CIA and cr ...  Show more

In 1984, Diane Downs was convicted for the murder of her daughter and attempted murder of her other son and daughter. Shortly before her admission to prison, she gave birth to a girl. Now that daughter, Becky Babcock, begins the journey to accept the connection to who her biologi ...  Show more

CW: This episode contains details relating to the sexual abuse of children. In 26 years undercover with the FBI, Bob Hamer developed a thick skin. He's posed as a contract killer, a drug dealer - even an international arms dealer. But there's one case he could never quite shake o ...  Show more

Discover the shocking true story of Keith Raniere, the founder of NXIVM, one of the most infamous sex cults in recent history. Learn how he used his intelligence and charm to seduce countless women and create a pyramid scheme, and how he eventually brainwashed and enslaved women ...  Show more