Inherited Darkness

In 1954, Constance Fisher drowned her three young children in Maine. She was found not criminally responsible and committed to Augusta State Hospital, where she spent five years receiving psychiatric treatment. She was eventually released, returned to her husband, Carl, and began rebuilding her life. The couple had three more children. Then, twelve years after the first tragedy, the unthinkable ha...

When Peter and Joan Porco's seemingly perfect family life began to unravel under the weight of lies, fraud, and deception, no one could have imagined the tragedy that would follow. In this episode of Inherited Darkness , we examine the shocking case of Christopher Porco, the brutal ax attack that devastated a family, and the psychological questions that continue to haunt the case more than two dec...

Two teenage brothers killed five members of their family because they idolized mass murderers and wanted to become infamous.