It was one of North America’s most haunting and horrific crime sprees.  From 1987 to 1992, there were a series of rapes, abductions, and murders of young women just north of the U.S. – Canadian border. Authorities from Ontario and FBI profilers from the United States joined forces to try and capture the monster responsible, but for more than 5 years they came up empty. Then, cops caught a break, a tip that led them to an unlikely suspect.  A blond, blue-eyed accountant who lived with his beautiful wife in a quaint pink house in the suburbs. They were sure they had their man, but the saga was far from over.  Disturbing videotapes were discovered, and the public learned the sordid details of the crimes – and who else was involved. It sent shockwaves throughout the country… and the world.

In the fall of 1977, the bodies of young women begin piling up in Los Angeles.  Almost all of the victims are nude, discarded on hillsides and show signs of torture.  Overnight, the city is gripped with terror, as the press dubs the perpetrator “The Hillside Strangler.”  As the killings escalate, though, police receive reports that two suspicious men have been spotted flashing badges and asking women to pull over.  Suddenly, detectives realize that they are facing a rare phenomenon: not a single serial killer but a pair working in tandem.  Even more terrifying: the perpetrators may be members of law enforcement.  A large task force is formed, but every lead goes nowhere.  Then, in late February 1978, after ten women have been slaughtered, the killings inexplicably stop.  It is a nearly a year before two murders more 1,200 miles away open the door to a bizarre family saga that ultimately uncovers the identity of the Hillside Stranglers.

It was just a normal night for 18-year-old Samantha Koenig. She was closing the coffee kiosk where she worked in Anchorage, Alaska like she had done many times before. But when one last customer came up to the window Samantha could never have imagined what was about to happen. That customer was a man known in the Anchorage community as a local business owner and caring father. But that wasn’t who he really was… he was a rapist and a ruthless killer.  He was pure evil! He would strike all over the United States randomly picking his victims but planning for them years in advance. It was only when he kidnapped Samantha Koenig that this vicious killer was put to a stop…but that was after an intense manhunt where he took authorities on a cross country investigation.