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On Monday September 23 2024, PBS broadcasts Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece!

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The upcoming episode of “Moonflower Murders” on Masterpiece promises to be an intriguing installment filled with mystery and suspense. In this episode, Susan travels to the Treherne’s hotel, where she meets Cecily’s sister and her husband. Their conversations reveal more about the hotel’s past, particularly focusing on a former employee who was found guilty of murder. This connection to the hotel’s history adds a layer of complexity to the story, making viewers wonder how the past influences the present.

Meanwhile, the plot unfolds in a parallel narrative from Conway’s novel. Pund takes center stage as he investigates the murder of Melissa James. As he delves deeper into the case, he uncovers a web of possible suspects, each with their own motives and secrets. The intertwining stories of Susan’s discoveries at the...

On Sunday, September 22, 2024, at 9:00 Pm, PBS presents the intriguing second episode of Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece. This episode continues to unravel the layers of mystery surrounding the murder at the Treherne’s hotel.

Susan meets Cecily’s sister and her husband during her stay at the hotel, where they delve into the dark history of a former hotel employee who has been found guilty of murder. The conversations bring new insights and raise more questions about the past events at the hotel, heightening the suspense as secrets begin to emerge. As Susan digs deeper, viewers will feel the tension build as the intricate web of relationships and motives unfolds.

In parallel, the story also follows the plot of Conway’s novel, where the character Pund investigates the murder of Melissa James. Pund explores possible suspects, weaving through a narrative filled with twists and turns. This episode promises gripping drama and engaging storytelling,...

How did Craig Titus go from bodybuilding champion to convicted murderer? The April 14 episode of true crime series Sin City Murders dives into the twisted story of Titus, who in 2008 pleaded guilty to murdering Melissa James.

According to retired bodybuilder Shawn Ray, who knew Titus from the bodybuilding circuit, things started to go wrong once Titus started to succumb to “the temptations of Sin City.”

Craig Titus was ‘dedicated’ to his sport, Shawn Ray says

Ray opens up about Titus in the upcoming episode of Oxygen True Crime’s Sin City Murders.

“My experience with Craig was that he was dedicated,” Ray says in a clip from the show.

Titus’s commitment to bodybuilding propelled him to the top of his sport.

“Craig was a hardcore bodybuilder. He finished second in the Olympia twice, second in the world,” explains Lonnie Teper, a bodybuilding journalist and emcee. “He won the Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic.

In addition to the Adams Family’s Where the Devil Roams, Tubi has also picked up the SXSW documentary Satan Wants You, both acquisitions announced by Variety this afternoon.

Satan Wants You will debut exclusively on Tubi this coming Winter.

The documentary from writers and directors Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams explores the infamous “Satanic Panic” wave of the 1980s.

Satan Wants You tells the untold story of how the Satanic Panic of the 1980s was ignited by “Michelle Remembers,” a lurid memoir by psychiatrist Larry Pazder and his patient Michelle Smith. Supported by the Catholic Church, the bestselling book relied on recovered-memory therapy to uncover Michelle’s childhood abduction by baby-stealing Satanists.

Amplified by law enforcement and America’s Daytime TV boom, satanic rumors spread through panic-stricken communities across the world, leaving a wave of destruction and wrongful convictions in their wake. This film digs deep into the...

Fox Corp.’s Tubi, its free, ad-supported streaming TV service, has pounced on two high-profile Fantasia titles, led by “Where the Devil Roams,” the Adams family’s follow-up to “Hellbender,” Rotten Tomatoes No. 1 movie on its Top 10 of best-rated horror films of 2022, just besting Eskil Vogt’s “The Innocents.”

Estimating that it reaches 64 million monthly active users, Tubi also pounced on doc feature “Satan Wants You,” which world premiered at March’s SXSW. Both Fantasia titles will have their exclusive streaming premieres on Tubi this winter.

Written and directed by daughter Zelda Adams, father John Adams and mother Toby Poser at their Wonder Wheel Productions, “Where the Devil Roams,” the Adams seventh feature, marks yet another a step-up in scale for the family of filmmakers who first broke out hitting Fantasia in 2019, world premiering “The Deeper You Dig” Zelda, not yet 18, was too young to watch herself.

Set deep in Depression era America,...

Netflix’s Killer Sally docuseries explored the true crime story of Sally McNeil. On Valentine’s Day, the Marine and bodybuilder fatally shot her husband, Ray McNeil, after years of abuse. The case gained national attention due to Sally and Ray’s bodybuilding careers. Sally served 19-to-life for the murder. But her story in Killer Sally is not the only murder crime committed by a bodybuilder.

Bodybuilder and Marine Sally McNeil in ‘Killer Sally’ | via Netflix Sally’s crime in ‘Killer Sally’ does not compare to bodybuilder Gordon Kimbrough’s murder case

In 1993, news hit of a professional bodybuilder committing a horrific murder. According to a New York Times article, Gordon Kimbrough was “a chemical machine.” He used various steroids and drugs to reach a perfectly built physique. Kimbrough and his then-girlfriend Kristy Ramsey were well-known in San Francisco for their bodybuilding careers.

Their relationship was rocky as Kimbrough had affairs and physically abused Ramsey.

Premiering at SXSW, Satan Wants You is a new documentary from directors Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams that’s set to explore the infamous “Satanic Panic” wave of the 1980s.

Satan Wants You tells the untold story of how the Satanic Panic of the 1980s was ignited by “Michelle Remembers,” a lurid memoir by psychiatrist Larry Pazder and his patient Michelle Smith. Supported by the Catholic Church, the bestselling book relied on recovered-memory therapy to uncover Michelle’s childhood abduction by baby-stealing Satanists.

Amplified by law enforcement and America’s Daytime TV boom, satanic rumors spread through panic-stricken communities across the world, leaving a wave of destruction and wrongful convictions in their wake. This film digs deep into the roots of moral panics and cult conspiracies, showing how these events still affect and distort our reality today.

Watch the official trailer below and expect Bloody Disgusting’s review very soon.

Holy hell this year’s SXSW Film Festival really isn’t messing around.

The previous announcement unveiled a stacked horror lineup that includes headiners Evil Dead Rise and opener Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.

In addition, they revealed several prominent horror titles that will premiere as part of the Midnighters program, including the Sundance hit Talk to Me and the surprise sequel to Becky, The Wrath of Becky.

It turns out, the programming team isn’t finished!

SXSW announced another wave of film programming today, including an eighth Midnighter.

“Midnighters don’t need to be exclusively horror films, they just need to perk you up and get your blood pumping,” said Peter Hall, Film & TV Festival Programmer. “That’s why this year’s SXSW Midnighters class is a mix of horror, bone-crunching action, and mind-melting genre hybrids. Some of them introduce new, terrifying lore to the canon of suburban horror movies,...