Fear Thy Neighbor

Springfield, Virginia residents Janelle Hull and her daughter Amaya are thrilled when they are able to move out of their rough and tumble neighborhood into the beautiful, upscale community of Bedstraw Court. Initially, they’re given a warm welcome by their new neighbors, including Sara Hetle, but for some unknown reason her husband Michael gives them the cold shoulder. More troubling, as the women settle into their new lives they find themselves constantly harassed for minor or even imaginary infractions by the local Homeowner’s Association. As the complaints go on, they come to realize that Michael Hetle may be the cause... Tensions escalate between the neighbors and only get worse when Janelle marries and her new husband, Javon Prather, who soon finds himself immersed in the conflict with Michael. The battle intensifies until reaching its bloody end with a shocking murder caught entirely on home video.

Fear Thy Neighbor is back for another season. What would you do if the person you feared most… was living right next door? On Fear Thy Neighbor, we dive deep into stranger than fiction stories about neighbors gone wrong. We’ll hear these true stories as told by the victims, their families and their neighbors... featuring real 911 calls and surveillance archives. Tune in to hear what happens when simple issues turns into living nightmares with horrific and often fatal consequences.

When a friendly retired couple moves in next door to a family with young children, the two households are initially united by a shared love of dogs. But when a strange coincidence leads them to realize they have far more in common, feelings of unease set in and it’s not long before these feelings evolve into all-consuming distrust and agitation. When one of the dogs launches a brutal and near-fatal attack, a drawn-out legal battle ensues and culminates with a vicious attack and two shocking murders.

Deep within the Appalachian Mountains, two families have inhabited neighboring plots for decades. But the once harmonious neighbors turn to bitter enemies after the police are called regarding an alleged theft -- violating the unspoken tradition of leaving authorities out of disputes. The wingding mountain roads are the scene of numerous confrontations that escalate to terrifying spats and acts of intimidation before finally culminating in a bloody showdown.

A single woman and her two young sons believe they have found a perfect new apartment on a quiet street with an on-sight landlord. Soon after the lease is signed, the landlord begins to exhibit controlling and obsessive behavior, frequently monitoring the coming and goings of his tenants and flying into a rage over perceived parking infractions. The family's once idyllic living situation turns into a living hell of arguments and intimidation that finally ends in bloodshed and two shocking murders.

When a renegade handyman moves into a tight knight apartment complex, he quickly hits it off with his downstairs family-man neighbor. While the pair initially bond over a shared love of sports, the thin walls and an affinity for noisy cuckoo clocks soon turn the friendship sour. As animosity grows and festers, rising tempers become a ticking time bomb and the shared hallways set the scene for a final confrontation that will culminate with gunshots and bloodshed.

Two nocturnal neighbors who are down on their luck bond with late night visits while the rest of the world is sound asleep. The platonic friendship deepens as they share struggles with one another. When one oversteps a major boundary and buries the other in debt with a hustle gone wrong, things go south fast. While their financial co-dependence keeps them entwined, a disturbing act of revenge is plotted and executed- one so gruesome it could be ripped straight out of a horror movie. 

After years of fostering a harmonious relationship with their quiet, unassuming neighbor, one tight-knit family is shocked to learn that he has been hiding a wife for nearly a decade inside his house. As the family gets to know the timid young woman, shocking truths are revealed, and a plan is set in place to remove her from toxic living conditions. But in doing so, a bitter grudge is stirred up that will have drastic…and fatal consequences.

When the Sienna family moves in next door to the Duckett family, their two sons Mark and Mitchell initially strike up a friendship over a shared love of cars and cigarettes. But as time goes on, Mark begins to encroach on the generosity of the Sienna family and his increasingly erratic and bizarre behavior threatens their sense of safety. As Mark’s mental health begins to unravel, he becomes plagued with delusions and paranoia. When law enforcement becomes involves, his already fragile mental state is exacerbated, resulting in a break-in and midnight shooting that will rock a tight-knit community to its core.