St. Paul, MN, 1963: Carol Thompson, church-going wife and devoted mother of four, is found in a bloody heap on her neighbor's doorstep. Now detectives must peel away the layers of her picture-perfect life to reveal the painful secrets the 1960s housewife.

In 1931, the young wife of a navy lieutenant is found beaten by the side of the road in Honolulu, leading to a retaliatory act that results in one of the most sensational murder trials in Hawaii's history.

In Bronx, NY, 1941, tea for two ends in murder and investigators must count on many brave women coming forward to give testimony of their terrifying encounters in order to bring the killer to justice.