Plot Synopsis

While highlighting how law enforcement in the South is a personal business, SOUTHERN GOTHIC is a one-hour docuseries that explores the duplicitous characters, unique settings, and boundless mystery of murder in the American South. There is a place where deep-rooted tensions and skeletons in the closet are thickly veiled by generations-learned etiquette and hidden agendas, and behind every sun-worn smile there's a dark secret. A place that can be just as shadowy as the muddy waters that run through it, especially when it comes to planning, committing, and covering up a crime. In the series opener, "They Call Me Animal," three teens vanish and a Texas town's worst fears are realized when they're found dead. Details of a related robbery identify a suspect, but after a rattling jailbreak, the city must mobilize the largest manhunt in state history to nab the culprit.