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Some places seem too beautiful to be touched by horror. Summit Lake, nestled in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, is that kind of place. But two weeks ago, Becca Eckersley, a first-year law student and daughter of a powerful attorney, was brutally murdered there. Now the town is reeling with grief, and the police are baffled.

The Girl of Sugar Beach is the most watched documentary in television history - a riveting, true-life mystery that unfolds over 12 weeks and centers on a fascinating question: Did Grace Sebold murder her boyfriend, Julian, while on a Spring Break vacation, or is she a victim of circumstance and poor police work? Grace has spent the last 10 years in a St. Lucian prison, and reaches out to filmmaker Sidney Ryan in a last, desperate attempt to prove her innocence. As Sidney begins researching, she uncovers issues that were all overlooked during the original investigation.

Nicole Cutty and Megan McDonald are both high school seniors in the small town of Emerson Bay, North Carolina. When they disappear from a beach party one warm summer night, police launch a massive search. No clues are found, and hope is almost lost until Megan miraculously surfaces after escaping from a bunker deep in the woods. A year later the best-selling account of her ordeal has turned Megan from local hero to national celebrity.

Inside the walls of Indiana’s elite Westmont Preparatory High School, expectations run high and rules are strictly enforced. But in the woods beyond the manicured campus and playing fields sits an abandoned boarding house that is infamous among Westmont’s students as a late-night hangout. Here, only one rule applies: don’t let your candle go out - unless you want the Man in the Mirror to find you....

As a forensic reconstructionist, Rory Moore sheds light on cold-case homicides by piecing together crime-scene details others fail to see. Cleaning out her late father's law office a week after his burial, she receives a call that plunges her into a decades-old case come to life once more.  

To kidnappede piger. En kommer tilbage. En gør ikke. High school-pigerne Nicole Cutty og Megan McDonald forsvinder en nat under en strandfest i den lille by Emerson Bay. Politiet iværksætter forgæves en omfattende eftersøgning, og alt håb synes ude - indtil Megan pludselig undslipper fra en bunker dybt inde i skoven... Et år senere er Megans historie blevet en bestseller, der har gjort hende berømt. Det er en succeshistorie, bortset fra én ubelejlig detalje: Nicole er stadig savnet.

Två bortförda flickor. En kommer tillbaka, en gör det inte. Kvällen då de försvinner deltar de nyblivna studentskorna Nicole Cutty och Megan McDonald i en fest på stranden i småstaden där de växt upp, Emerson Bay i North Carolina. Polisen drar igång en massiv sökinsats, men dagarna går och allt hopp verkar vara ute - tills Megan lyckas fly ur en bunker djupt inne i skogen. Ett år senare har bestsellern om hennes svåra prövning gjort Megan till en celebritet.

Avery Mason, host of American Events, knows the subjects that grab a TV audience’s attention. Her latest story - a murder mystery laced with kinky sex, tragedy, and betrayal - is guaranteed to be ratings gold. New DNA technology has allowed the New York medical examiner’s office to make its first successful identification of a 9/11 victim in years. The twist: The victim, Victoria Ford, had been accused of the gruesome murder of her married lover. In a chilling last phone call to her sister, Victoria begged her to prove her innocence.

Ella no recuerda nada. Mejor así. Su verdad era solo la mitad de la historia. Megan McDonald está terminando el bachillerato, es popular, carismática, y tiene un futuro increíble por delante. Una de sus últimas noches en Emerson Bay la secuestran. Megan está dos semanas en cautiverio hasta que escapa, y pasa a ser conocida como “la chica que se llevaron”.

Tym razem prawda to dopiero połowa historii. W trakcie wakacyjnej imprezy na plaży giną Nicole Cutty i Megan McDonald. Obie dziewczyny zostają porwane, a wszelki ślad po nich ginie. Jednak jakiś czas potem ledwo żywa Megan cudem ucieka z bunkra ukrytego w głębokim lesie. Rok później ocalona dziewczyna wydaje książkę o swoim porwaniu, która szybko staje się bestsellerem, a ona sama ulubienicą mediów. Historię jej dramatycznej ucieczki zaburza tylko jeden szczegół: Nicole nadal nie odnaleziono.

Det är lätt att missa sanningen, även när vi har den rakt framför oss. Den forensiska rekonstruktören Rory Moore kastar nytt ljus över kalla mordfall genom att pussla ihop detaljer på brottsplatserna som andra inte lägger märke till. När hon efter sin fars begravning håller på att avveckla hans advokatbyrå får hon ett uppdrag som kastar henne in i ett 40 år gammalt fall... Sommaren 1979 försvann fem kvinnor i Chicago.