The Necktie Killer strikes fear in the hearts of Atlanta's citizens; detectives from neighboring counties piece together correlative clues and distinctive apparel left behind at each crime scene.
A woman's husband is murdered by an intruder wearing a clown mask. After three more victims are killed by a deranged clown, police realize they're dealing with a serial killer.
Dallas has its dark side, but nothing compares the horror of a series of women found murdered with their eyeballs surgically removed; a pair of beat cops use their street savvy to lead detectives to a sadistic killer and his bizarre motive.
In Orange County, Calif., four men are stabbed by a mystery man in a month's time; no one makes a connection to the gruesome double murder of a woman and her son two months earlier except the man sitting in prison for killing his own family.
In Alexandria, Va., a sheriff's wife answers the door to a blaze of gunfire, causing the community to buzz with theories; then, more citizens are shot at their front doors, leaving everyone wondering who could be next.