American Monster: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of American Monster Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
The Green Monster
Jul 9, 2017
In rural Ohio, an intruder brutally guns down Jack and Linda Myers in their sleep. The only witness is their sleepy 4-year-old grandson. But their extensive home movies — aired her
Family Snapshot
Jul 16, 2017
The Yates family moves to Spokane, WA only to find it besieged by a serial killer who's targeting young women and confounding the police. Now, the family's never-before-aired home
Alabama Murder Mystery
Jul 23, 2017
When Frank Hilley is struck down by a mysterious sickness, the entire town of Anniston, AL grieves. But when his daughter also falls seriously ill, the family becomes suspicious. V
Anything For You
Jul 30, 2017
The Snyders are thrilled when their 34-year-old son Mike finally starts a family with his sweetheart — as seen in their home videos. But after being diagnosed with a terrible illne
The Last Broadcast
Aug 6, 2017
After a taping of their local-access TV show in rural Vermont, Chrissy and Charlie Billis have a terrible accident, smashing their car into a tree. Only one survives. But tapes fro
Push Record
Aug 13, 2017
In Colorado, second-time spouses Harold and Toni Henthorn seem to dote on their young daughter and each other, until their idyllic life is shattered by a deadly hiking accident. Th
Stand By Your Men
Aug 20, 2017
After moving to a remote town in Colorado, Ron and Cynthia Phillips and their four children try to adjust. But their never-aired home videos mask darker impulses within their famil
Live By the Sword
Aug 27, 2017
Outside Los Angeles, sword collector Neal Williams is the house-husband while his wife Manling keeps the family afloat. It's a tough but happy life, as their home videos attest, un
The Craigslist Killer
Sep 3, 2017
Family and faith have always been important to Richard Beasley, as their home videos show. Which is why it's so scary when one day — the Ohio man vanishes. Especially after police
The Wrong Man
Sep 10, 2017
In Pennsylvania, Kevin and Joanne Dowling like to capture their kids' milestones on videotape in their modest suburban home. But when a woman in a nearby town is gunned down - and