American Monster Season 9 Episodes

Episode 1

Rescue Me

Sun, Oct 30, 2022

John Eichner, his wife and children look like a happy family in Genoa, Ohio. But behind closed doors, a disturbing pattern of torment and gaslighting (which is the act of manipulating someone so as to make them question their own reality) plays out for years, and well-crafted lies drown out a victim's pleas for help.

Episode 2

I Had No Choice

Sun, Nov 6, 2022

"I Had No Choice" - On June 9, 2011, a 51-year-old Florida native, William Arnold Hudnall, also known as Bill Hudnall, was brutally and savagely killed in his home in Hawthorne, Florida. The perpetrators were his wife Stephanie and their 19-year-old daughter Guenevere. Stephanie was the mastermind and Guenevere was the actual killer who wielded the large pickaxe. Bill and his wife had become estranged and were living apart from each other. Stephanie impressed upon Guenevere that her father was the cause of their money problems. Stephanie further manipulated Guenevere by telling her that they would be better off if Bill were dead, because they would become eligible to collect his Social Security benefits. Both women took a no-contest plea deal and were both sentenced to 40 years in prison. This installment was titled "I Had No Choice" because that was a phrase that Guenevere used when being interrogated by homicide detectives, caught and shown on video. She felt that she had no other choice than to murder Bill Hudnall.

Episode 3

It's Over. Move On.

Sun, Nov 13, 2022

Rowena Irani, a 22-year-old Wichita State University student, was shot on October 3, 2016. She died the next day. A Pakistani immigrant, Rowena was a psychology major and was working to become a teen psychologist. She was in her junior year of college when she was killed. Irani was still alive when Dane Owens was arrested in connection with the shooting. Owens soon confessed to entering Irani's home while she was alone and committing the murder. Two years after Rowena Irani was killed, her ex-boyfriend Dane Owens was found guilty of first-degree felony murder. Owens is an Afghanistan war veteran who suffers from PTSD.

Episode 4

Brothers and Sisters

Sun, Nov 20, 2022

Cindy Monkman turns heads wherever she goes, but by age 30, she's looking for something serious. Michael Apelt, a handsome German businessman, seems to be the answer to her prayers, until their first Christmas together turns into a horror story.

Episode 5

Only She Knows

Sun, Dec 4, 2022

When 20-year-old Chloe Randolph gives birth to a baby boy, nicknamed Slim, her family is over the moon, but what should be a blissful time for this loving mom is about to turn into a waking nightmare. Someone has betrayed her trust, and there's going to be hell to pay. In the end, investigators determine that Chloe was murdered by her estranged husband, Mohamud Jibril Abdikadir, who had immigrated to the United States from Somalia. Mohamud Abdikadir eventually pleaded guilty to the murder charges, and on September 23, 2021, a judge sentenced him to 20 years in prison.

Episode 6

The Only Way Out

Sun, Dec 11, 2022

Air Force veteran Roger Steward Harris and his wife Donna Lynn Jordan, a nurse, built their dream home in Florida. However, just after the birth of their second son, a vile secret threatens their seemingly sweet, simple life. Someone was hatching a plot that no one ever saw coming. Donna was found dead inside her van at an Interstate 75 truck stop, shot with a homemade gun that fired a nail into her head. In the end, Roger Harris and his girlfriend, Jennifer R. Palmer, were arrested for the December 1998 murder of Donna Lynn Jordan. Harris was convicted and initially received a death penalty, but his sentence was later reduced to life in prison. Jennifer Palmer pleaded guilty to "conspiracy and accessory after the fact" to first-degree murder.

Episode 7

Building Is Full of Snakes!

Sun, Dec 18, 2022

New Florence, MO, 2017: Missouri snake breeder Ben Renick, age 29, is building an empire as a world-renowned breeder of exotic snakes. He has fame, fortune and a young family to share it with, but little does he know, someone he loves is hatching a venomous plot. He was found dead on June 8, 2017. Investigators initially suspected one of his prized serpents had killed him, but after their investigation, they discovered that something or someone more heinous was responsible. In the end, almost three years after Ben Renick's murder, Ben's wife Lynlee Renick and her ex-boyfriend, Michael Humphrey, were arrested for Ben's murder. After their arrests, Lynlee and Humphrey both blamed the other one for firing the fatal shots. The two conspirators were both found guilty of second-degree murder by the jury. Humphrey was sentenced to life in prison, and Lynlee was sentenced to 16 years in prison.

Episode 8

Two Anniversaries

Sun, Jan 1, 2023

Family comes first to grandparents Ron and Kay Wilkson. Though they may not have much money, their growing brood always knows how to make their own fun. However, something pure evil in the form of Michael Vance is prowling close to home and not everyone will make it out alive.

Episode 9

You Got Me Mean

Sun, Jan 8, 2023

Tammy Gardner loves being a mom and running a day care out of her suburban Delaware home. She also loves a night out on the town to relax and have a great time. In July 2006, what starts out as innocent fun leads this 40-year-old down a dark path of jealousy and deadly rage at the hands of former boyfriend Clifford Wright.

Episode 10

Gone Hunting

The Big Island, Hawaii: Police officer Albert Pacheco and his wife Cathy live on Hawaii's Big Island, raising four children in the bosom of their close-knit church community. But what looks like a household steeped in traditional goodness is hiding something evil. Indeed, on January 2002, Albert Pacheco fatally shot his wife Cathalene "Cathy" Pacheco on a residential street in Waikoloa, after she informed him of her wishes to separate from him. While driving his police car, Pacheco ran into his wife's van. He then walked over to the van, shot her over a dozen times, and then called 911, informing his fellow officers about the incident. In 2004, Albert Pacheco accepted a plea deal and was convicted and sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 15 years for second-degree murder and 20 years for carrying or use of a firearm in the commission of a separate felony.