Plot Synopsis

With the help of Melissa Moore -- daughter of Keith Hunter Jesperson, infamously known as the "Happy Face Killer" -- serial killers' families connect with the families of the killer's victims to express their sorrow and empathy. MONSTER IN MY FAMILY uses home video footage, photos, journals and more to chronicle the serial killer's lives behind closed doors -- through the eyes of their parents, partners, friends and children -- while revealing the dual lives led by some of the most notorious serial killers. Then, with the guidance and unique support of Melissa, the killer's relatives will meet with families of the victims for the first time, in hopes of providing some kind of peace and closure. The series opener tells Melissa's personal story as the daughter of a serial killer. The episode reveals shocking behind-the-scenes accounts of what it was like growing up with a father who, she later learned, was committing horrific murders. On her journey to healing, Melissa meets with a family member of one of her father's victims to apologize for his unthinkable crime. Subsequent episodes feature the stories and family members of John Wayne Gacy, the DC Sniper, Dale Hausner, Bobbie Joe Long and Robert Lee Yates. On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 10pm ET/PT, LMN premiered the second season of MONSTER IN MY FAMILY. The season opener features an exclusive interview with Drew Peterson's eldest son, who shares for the first time his memories of being raised by the man who he once admired above all others: his father. When Drew was arrested for the murder of his third wife and became a suspect in the disappearance of his fourth in 1999, son Stephen raised his four half siblings from two of his father's former wives, believing that his father was innocent and would be soon released. In the years that followed, Stephen had to come to terms with the fact that the man he idolized was a voracious killer. In a final step towards healing, Stephen reaches out to his former step-mother's sister to offer his condolences for his father's heinous actions. Subsequent episodes feature: Richard Ramirez's ex sister-in-law Sandy, and niece Shelly, who come to terms with the evil that existed in their family; Omar Mateen's first wife, Sitora Yusufiy, who meets Aryam Guerro, whose brother was killed by Mateen; Richard Beasley's daughter, Tonya, who lives with the guilt of having taught her father how to post ads on Craigslist, and now meets Nick Kern, whose father, Timothy, was one of Beasley's four victims.
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On Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 10pm ET/PT, LMN premiered the Season 2 finale of MONSTER IN MY FAMILY. The season ender, "The Craigslist Killer: Richard Beasley," features Richard Beasley, who was a conman and serial killer posing as a preacher. In 2011, he posted advertisements on Craigslist to entice men to work with him on his farm. Once on the property, Beasley hunted them down like wild animals, then killed and buried them. In this episode, his daughter Tonya, who lives with the guilt of teaching her father how to post ads on Craigslist, meets Nick Kern, whose father, Timothy was one of Beasley's four victims.