Teenaged Patti Laurman believes silver tongued Paul Snider when he promises to make her a Playboy model; just like his wife, Dorothy Statten; for Dorothy, the dream comes to a bloody end, and, now, an unsuspecting Patti is in the hands of a killer.

Teenage Diane was drawn into the Manson Family at 14, and was present when Charles Manson's peace and love philosophy became dark, dangerous and evil.

When Sammy "The Bull" Gravano agrees to testify for the government against New York's organized crime bosses, he could never have predicted the effect it would have on the life of his own daughter, Karen.