In 1647, Alse Young became the first person executed for the crime of witchcraft in the American colonies. Three and a half centuries later, a husband and wife team appointed themselves the avenging arms of the lord, and set out to rid the world of witches. Who were Michael and Suzan Carson? Were they righteous warriors on a religious quest? Or were they crazed killers just looking for an excuse to shed blood?

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In November 1974, six members of the DeFeo family were found murdered in their beds in Amityville, New York. The truth behind the shocking crime rocked the small community and would go on to inspire one of the most iconic horror film franchises of all time. But just how haunted is the Amityville Horror house?

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Following the murder of Michael Sakara, investigators from New Jersey reach out to their New York counterparts to form a task force. They team up with detectives from Pennsylvania to investigate the series of murders that have had Manhattan's gay community on edge for years. But the Last Call Killer will prove more elusive than anyone expected, and it will take some outside help from a Canadian forensics lab to finally identify the killer.

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In 1974, one shocking crime changed the way Americans think about trick-or-treating forever when Ronald O'Bryan's son Timothy died after eating poisoned Halloween candy.

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After the discovery of a mutilated body beside the Pennsylvania Turnpike, local investigators search for clues to the man's identity. Their hunt leads them all the way to New York City, where three more men will disappear from in the coming years: Thomas Mulcahy, Anthony Marrero, and Michael Sakara will all be spotted at gay friendly bars right before their murders. And two of them will be seen in the company of a man matching the description of nurse Richard Rogers.

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On Halloween night, 1957, Peter Fabiano is gunned down by one final trick-or-treater. Or so it seems.

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Having been acquitted of murdering his roommate Frederic Spencer, Richard Rogers moves to New York City, where he studies nursing and gets a job at Mount Sinai Hospital. But while most nurses dedicate their lives to taking care of others, Richard is that rare creature: an angel of death. Only he doesn't kill his patients. He targets men he meets at Manhattan's gay bars. It's also possible that he's responsible for at least one unsolved murder.

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In 1647, Alse Young became the first person executed for the crime of witchcraft in the American colonies. Unfortunately, she wouldn’t be the last. As the 17th century progressed, ignorance, fear, and religious fervor led to the persecution and deaths of innocent men and women. Thankfully, society evolved.

But in the 1980s, there were at least two people who were very afraid of witches. And they thought our ancestors had the right idea: kill them all.

This Halloween on American Criminal: the story of a husband and wife who decided it was their job to rid the world of witches one by one.

Don’t miss the latest season of American Criminal – The San Francisco Witch Killers, beginning October 22nd.

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Between 1991 and 1993, New York City was home to an active serial killer: Richard Rogers. But his first kill came long before he made it to the Big Apple. In 1973, University of Maine student Frederic Spencer was found beaten and strangled to death near a forest outside of Orono. Richard readily admitted to killing his roommate, but he had every certainty he'd get away with it.

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Fresh out of his stint in Green Haven State Prison, Nicky Barnes gets to work rebuilding his drug business. He takes the advice of Matty Madonna, and models his growing empire on the structures of the Five Families of the American Mafia. But his rapid success puts a huge target on his back, and he won't be able to stay ahead of the law forever.

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There's corruption, and then there's corruption.Stephen Caracappa and Louis Eppolito rise through the ranks of the NYPD while secretly working for the Mafia. Protected by their reputations and a culture where cops protect cops, the two men think they’re untouchable—until a small team of honest investigators comes together to take them down.

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