The rise of Charles Manson and his "family," who are responsible for a series of famous murders in the late 1960s. Manson, a magnetic and mysterious man, attracts road-weary single mother Linda Kasabian to join his collection of outcasts on a ranch outside of Los Angeles. After murdering actress Sharon Tate, Manson and his followers are investigated by district attorney Vincent Bugliosi.

El tinent Ken Braden és un jove oficial que acaba de rebre el títol d'especialista en submarins. Acabats els estudis, gaudeix d'un permís a San Diego, on coneix Sally, una dona amb qui inicia una relació amorosa. La seva felicitat es veurà truncada, en ser destinat a Pearl Harbor. Tot just arribar a la base naval, descobreix que Sally pertany al servei d'intel·ligència i que ha estat investigant la seva personalitat per determinar si era un candidat idoni per a una perillosa missió: desembarcar a l'illa japonesa de Kusaie per fotografiar importants documents, gràcies als quals es podria impedir un atac nipó contra les illes Gilbert i Marshall i salvar la vida de milers de soldats nord-americans.

After seventeen years, a missing girl returns home. But is she a long-lost friend or a cold-blooded killer?

Maggie Yearwood moves to a new town to be near her son, Peter, who has gone deaf as the result of an accident and is now attending a special school. She moves into a small house next door to Owen Whister and soon falls in love with the cowboy, who harbors a dark secret...