Fear: You Were Afraid of the Dark for Good Reason

Serial Killers #3 Prostitutes. Parties. And… pigs? Being a millionaire pig farmer isn’t all that common. Neither is being a psychopathic murderer. So combine the two, and what do you have? A story unlike any other, both in fright, disgust, and… craziness. Robert Pickton is a name you probably haven’t heard, and you probably won’t hear again anytime soon. But there’s one thing for sure. Once you know his story, you never will forget it. Sometimes, real life can be much, much worse than fiction. This is one of those times. What he did will disgust you. What he stood for will disturb you. And what he left behind… will frighten you.   All this and more, on Fear.

Serial Killers #2 He was the inspiration for Leatherface, Norman Bates, and Buffalo Bill. Because of his legend, a whole new wave of slasher films and psychological thrillers came to be. You may have heard his name, but you don’t know his story. Ed Gein wasn’t the most showboating killer. He did his work in secret, in the dark of his farmhouse. But when light came inside, terrible acts were revealed. The small town of Plainfield would never be the same. His legend still scares thousands, and the mayhem he caused ruined countless lives. But in the end, he got what he really wanted. All of this and more, on Fear.

Serial Killers #1 Ed Kemper was a giant and a genius. Carl Panzram was a visionary and a planner. They had nothing in common, except for their occupation: Serial killer. Nobody ever sees it coming. We can only guess at the reasoning. Why would somebody kill, and kill again? What could they gain from the terrible acts? When we don’t know why somebody kills, we don’t know who else could do it. And that makes all of us -any of us- a suspect. Or a victim.   All of this and more, on Fear.

In 1922, a small town in Germany was witness to a terrible crime scene. It was out of the blue, completely unexpected, for everybody but the family. There were signs, before, that something bad was going to happen. Signs that things were not right in the farmhouse. It remains of the most complicated and complex murder cases in history. There’s been very few -if any- quite as chilling, quite as unnerving, quite as cold. And not just because of the dead bodies. What happened in Germany isn’t about the murders. It’s about the months leading up to them. It’s about the complete loss of control. It’s about… a stalker.   All this and more, on Fear.

Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks When she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one. Your typical rivertown. Your normal family. Not a normal daughter. All this and more, on Fear.

Children aren’t the only ones afraid of ghosts. They’re one of the reasons we avoid dark rooms, and why we cuddle up at night with the blankets pulled over our heads. We’re afraid of them, what they might do, and what we don’t understand. What could be worse than ghosts? Ghost children, is the answer. Whether it’s because of a terrible death at an early age, or because they chose to come back as kids, ghost children are unnerving… and oftentimes dangerous. Are they misunderstood? Or are they something we should be afraid of? All this and more, on Fear.

What really happened in Amityville, New York? Movies and sequels may have you believe that you know, that everything went down nice and tidy. But the truth... isn't so clean-cut. Was there another killer in the house? What is "The Red Room?" And why has the house been silent since? All of this and more, on Fear.