In a riveting character-led narrative full of unimaginable twists and turns normally reserved for fiction, detectives discover two depraved men who killed at least 25 people in pursuit of their macabre sexual fantasy to enslave young women at a remote cabin in the woods, and who documented their horrifying crimes. All these years later, mystery still swirls around the facts of this case and the possible involvement of a third person, whose story the show will seek to uncover.

1984年，保罗·科斯纳的妹妹试图寻找到他失踪的哥哥，但她怎么也不会想到等待她的真相将会是一个难以置信的恐怖噩梦……

80年代的加州旧金山，伦纳德·林克和吴志达（查尔斯·吴）实行了一系列非法囚禁女性和恐怖杀戮的犯罪行为。受害者的范围之广泛，包含了成年男性、成年女性和婴幼儿。而他们实施犯罪的地方更是堆满了尸骨。林克还为此录了两盘录像带，记录了他和吴志达所实施的犯罪，并且还发表了他为什么要这么做的宣言。截止目前为止，伦纳德·林克和吴志达所犯下的罪行仍旧是美国加州历史上最恶劣的连环杀人案。