[narrator] What you are about to see is inspired by true events.
According to the FBI,
there are an estimated 1.4 million violent crimes
in America each year.
On the night of February 11, 2005,
Kristen McKay and James Hoyt
left a friend's wedding reception
and returned to the Hoyt family's summer home.
The brutal events that took place there
are still not entirely known.
[car engine starting]
[operator on phone] 911, what's your emergency?
[Jordan gasping]
911, what's your emergency? Are you there?
[Jordan crying] There... There are people here.
[operator] Okay, calm down.
Where are you? What's your address?
[Jordan] I don't know.
[operator] Are you in danger?
[Jordan] Yes. Yes.
[operator] What's your name?
Jordan.
We need help.
[operator] Okay. Can you tell me what street you're on?
[Jordan] I don't know where we are.
[operator] Jordan, who are you with?
[Jordan] We went into the house. We found people.
[Jordan stuttering]
[operator] You found who, Jordan? Who did you find?
[Jordan] There's blood on the walls.
Help us! Help us!
[operator] Jordan. Jordan, calm down.
[Jordan] It's everywhere.
[operator] Jordan, what happened?
[Jordan] There's blood everywhere.
[car door slams shut]
[door opening]
[keys rattling]
[door closes]
♪ Oh where you lay ♪
♪ Your head tonight ♪
♪ I'll roll away alone ♪
♪ And close on down... ♪
When did you do all this?
Uh, today.
With Mike.
When you were with the girls.
I thought you'd like it.
♪ And we'll pretend... ♪
You can have this room. I'm gonna get set up out there.
[James sighs]
Yeah, I don't know about the tub.
Didn't know if the roses go in first or after.
Uh... Yeah, I don't know either.
[soft chuckle]
Here.
Let me.
- Thank you. - Okay.
Mike, it's me. Um, we're at the house now.
I... I know you're fucking drunk,
well, maybe you're asleep now, but...
[water splashing]
Uh...
I'll tell you when I see you, but things...
They didn't work out the way I planned at all.
Um... I'm going to need you to come out here and get me.
Uh, just whenever you wake up in the morning.
I'm going to give her the car. Just...
call me when you get this, okay?
I know, I know it's a bitch to come all the way out here
but, sorry, this sucks.
Okay.
[laughing]
- Hi. - Hi.
[laughing]
Come outside with me.
I only wanted to dance with you.
We're dancing right now.
Jerk.
- You're a jerk. - You're a jerk.
Oh, it's freezing. Let's get in the car.
Wait a second.
What?
I just want to tell you something.
What do you wanna tell me?
I remember the first time I ever saw you.
[owl hoots]
[clock chiming]
[sighs]
It's really nice, everything you did.
It's beautiful.
[soft chuckle]
Yeah.
Here.
I can't keep it. I can't take it back.
Please.
Just take it, please.
[cork popping]
Here.
[blowing softly]
Your clothes are in the bedroom, if you want.
I wanna wear this.
You know, I only get to wear it tonight.
It makes me feel pretty.
You are pretty.
I'm so sorry it wasn't the way you thought it would be.
I'm really sorry.
Well, what do we do now?
I don't know.
[sighs]
I'm just not ready yet.
Okay.
[sighs]
[sniffles]
- James, please... - Please.
- Talk to me. - Christ.
This is embarrassing.
["At My Window Sad and Lonely" by Wilco playing]
♪ At my window sad and lonely ♪
♪ Oft times do I think of thee ♪
♪ Sad and lonely and I wonder ♪
♪ Do you ever think of me? ♪
♪ Every day is sad and lonely ♪
♪ Every night is sad and blue ♪
♪ Do you ever think of me My darling ♪
♪ As you sail that ocean blue? ♪
You're my girl.
♪ At my window, sad and lonely ♪
♪ I stand and stare Across the sea ♪
♪ I, sad and lonely ♪
[gasps]
[knocking on door]
What is it, like, 4:00 in the morning?
[knocking continues]
Hi.
Hello.
[light switch clicking]
Is Tamara here?
No. No, you got the wrong house.
You sure?
Yeah. I'm sorry.
See you later.
That was weird.
Yeah.
People get lost out here. Should I go get her?
[Kristen] She seemed okay.
I mean, I think she would've said if she wasn't.
[Kristen whispering] It's cold out there.
[record popping sounds]
I'm out of cigarettes.
I'll go get you some more.
I didn't... I didn't mean that. You don't have to.
I'll just go to sleep. I'm tired, anyway.
No, you won't.
I'll try.
It's all right, I want to drive for a while, anyway.
Let me light you a fire.
I was thinking when you were taking a bath.
I want you to take the car back tomorrow.
What do you mean?
I don't think a road trip's a good idea right now.
I called Mike. He's gonna come out and get me in the morning.
Are you sure that's what you want?
[blowing]
Yeah.
Okay, I'll be back.
If you want, we can talk some more.
We don't have to.
Okay?
You gonna be okay here?
- Yeah, I'll be fine. - Okay.
Thanks for lighting me a fire.
Sure.
[bottle rattles]
["Sprout and the Bean" by Joanna Newsom playing]
♪ I slept all day ♪
♪ Awoke with distaste ♪
♪ And I railed ♪
- ♪ And I raved ♪ - [playing piano]
♪ That the difference between ♪
♪ The sprout and the bean ♪
♪ It is a golden ring ♪
♪ It is a twisted string ♪
♪ And you can ask The counselor ♪
♪ You can ask the king ♪
♪ And they'll say The same thing ♪
[bang on door]
♪ And it's a funny thing ♪
♪ Should we go outside? ♪
♪ Should we break some bread? ♪
[bang on door]
♪ Are y'interested? ♪
[knocking]
Hello?
[woman] Is Tamara home?
You already came by here.
[woman] Are you sure?
[footsteps]
[chimes ringing]
[smoldering]
[coughs]
[beeping]
[beeping stops]
[bang on door]
[knocking on door]
[bang on door]
[dialing]
[phone beeps]
Oh, come on.
[beeps]
[knocking on door]
[dialing]
James, where are you?
That girl came back.
That girl, I mean, she keeps knocking on the door.
What do you mean? I heard her voice.
No, I didn't open the door.
I don't know.
The battery is dead. I'm charging it right now.
Okay, okay.
I just want you to come home, okay?
No, I'm fine, but just, you know, hurry.
How far away are you?
Okay.
Will you just stay on the phone with me?
[beeps]
James?
[door closes]
James?
[phone dialing]
[bang on door]
[breathing heavily]
[rumbling]
[knocking on door]
[nervously sobbing]
[door rattling]
[whispering] This isn't happening. This isn't happening.
[metal clanking]
[metallic grating]
[screaming]
[record repeating]
[banging on door]
[thudding, clattering]
[banging on door]
[screams] Go away!
[banging on door]
[sobbing]
[record stops]
[footsteps approaching]
- Jamie. - Kristen.
There is someone out there.
- What are you doing? What? - There's something...
- They'll hear you. - Stop, stop, stop. Shh!
What happened to your hand?
[Kristen sobbing]
Stop. Stop!
Come here, come here. Sit down. Sit down, sit down, sit down.
How do you know somebody's out there?
I saw a man at the back door. He's wearing a mask.
What do you mean? Like a ski mask?
- What? - I don't know. A fucking mask!
- I don't know. - Okay, okay. Calm down.
- Jamie, I'm so scared. - Okay.
Don't go out there. Please, don't go.
- Please, stop. - Just stay here.
I'm right here. Stop.
No one out here.
Nobody. Come here.
- [sobbing] - Come here.
It's okay, there's nothing here.
What do you wanna do?
I don't know.
Kristen?
Kristen, what is it?
She's watching us.
[James] She looks like a ghost.
You want me to go talk to her?
- They don't wanna talk. - Well, they want something.
People just don't stand out there staring at us like that.
They want something.
- Shit. - What?
I left my phone in the car, I'm gonna go get it.
You can't go out there.
Why?
One of them came in here and took my phone.
Kristen, nobody came in here.
[Kristen] She's gone.
Fuck!
[noise]
Shit!
[exclaims]
[banging]
[dog yelping]
What do you want?
All right, get the fuck out of here!
[footsteps]
[softly] James!
Kristen, go back inside.
- What's happening? - Kristen...
[banging]
Kristen, go.
[door closes]
[creaking]
Jesus Christ, what are you doing?
I'm sorry. I'm waiting for you.
I want you to get your things. Put your shoes on.
Did you find your phone?
No, I told you, they took my phone.
- Babe, I put it in your bag. - James, it's not in the bag.
I plugged it into the wall,
and when I came back it was gone.
It's just, I don't understand. We checked the whole house,
and nobody in here.
Let me see your hand.
What are you thinking?
Since we've been here, I haven't heard a dog bark,
a car pass, nothing.
Just us and them.
Why are they doing this?
Kristen, I don't want you to think about that, okay?
Don't think about it. Doesn't matter right now.
We don't need a reason if they come through that door.
Okay?
- What is it? - It's my phone.
We gotta get out of here.
Shit.
- [Kristen] Who is that? - [James] I don't know.
[engine revving]
Get out of the car.
[car revving]
[Kristen screaming]
Come on.
[car honking]
[exhales]
James, we need a gun.
I'm looking.
Does your dad have a gun?
Kristen, I'm looking.
There was one here when I was a kid. He always hid it.
Let's go to the bedroom.
[Kristen] Oh, my God!
[banging]
- [Kristen] What are you doing? - Looking for bullets.
Stop. I got them, I got them.
I don't know how to use this thing.
What do you mean?
I'm not sure I even know how to load it.
But you said you used to hunt with your dad.
No, I never did.
It was just something that I said.
When I open the door, I just want you to run, okay?
[screaming]
Block the door, block the door.
[Kristen screaming]
Push!
Come on.
We're not gonna fucking die here.
We're gonna sit here, we're gonna wait for
the fucking cops to come, or whatever,
but we're not gonna fucking die.
[rumbling]
[footsteps]
["Mama Tried" by Merle Haggard playing]
♪ The first thing I remember knowing ♪
♪ Was a lonesome Whistle blowing ♪
♪ And a young un's dream of Growing up to ride ♪
[phone dialing]
Yo, Jimmy James. What's up, buddy?
It's Mike. Listen, man, I'm outside.
I-I got here early.
I just decided to come out, and you know,
just be here for you as soon as I possibly could,
because you know how I like to wait on you
hand and fucking foot.
[exclaims]
What the fuck?
[chimes ringing]
[music continues playing]
♪ I turned twenty-one in prison Doing life without parole ♪
♪ No one could steer me right But Mama tried, Mama tried ♪
♪ Mama tried ♪
Hello?
♪ But her pleading, I denied ♪
♪ That leaves only me to blame 'Cause Mama tried ♪
Jimmy?
Kristen?
♪ The first thing I remember knowing ♪
♪ Was a lonesome Whistle blowing ♪
♪ And a young un's dream of Growing up to ride ♪
♪ On a freight train Leaving town ♪
♪ Not knowing where I'm bound ♪
♪ And no one could change My mind but Mama tried ♪
♪ One and only rebel child From a family, meek and mild ♪
♪ My Mama seemed to know What lay in store ♪
♪ Despite all my Sunday learning
♪ Towards the bad I kept on turning '
♪ Till Mama couldn't hold me anymore ♪
♪ I turned twenty-one in prison Doing life without parole ♪
♪ No one could steer me right But Mama tried, Mama tried ♪
♪ Mama tried To raise me better ♪
♪ But her pleading, I denied ♪
♪ That leaves only me to blame 'Cause Mama tried ♪
♪ Dear old Daddy, rest his soul Left my mom a heavy load ♪
♪ She tried so very hard To fill his shoes ♪
♪ Working hours without rest Wanted me to have the best ♪
♪ She tried to raise me right But I refused ♪
♪ I turned twenty-one in prison Doing life without parole ♪
♪ No one could steer me right But Mama tried, Mama tried ♪
♪ Mama tried To raise me better ♪
♪ But her pleading, I denied ♪
♪ That leaves only me to blame 'Cause Mama tried ♪
[song ends]
Hello?
Kristen, I shot him.
He didn't have a mask.
What?
Why didn't he have a fucking mask?
What do you mean, he didn't have a mask?
James?
[gasps]
What?
Oh, God!
- What is it? - [James crying] Stay there.
James, answer me.
Oh, fuck!
What?
Don't.
- Ow. Get off of me. Stop it. - It's Mike. Mike.
- Please don't look. It's Mike. - [sobbing] Oh, God.
Baby, it's not your fault.
He was my best friend. He's my best friend.
He was my best friend. What did I do?
[Kristen sobbing]
[Kristen coughing]
[coughing]
[Kristen] Where are you going?
I'm gonna go outside. I want you to hide somewhere.
What are you talking about?
There's an old radio out in the barn,
I'm gonna try and call for help.
I don't know what else to do.
It's okay, I'm gonna come right back for you.
Listen, I want you to go, and I want you to hide there.
I'll keep them away. I'll come find you.
James, no. I want to come with you.
Kristen, please, it'll be okay, I promise.
I'll be fine.
[whispering] Be careful. James.
[car door opens]
[breathing heavily]
Oh, shit!
[footsteps approaching]
[gunshot]
James?
Ah! [crying in pain]
Oh, fuck!
[breathing heavily]
[clanking]
James?
[thud]
[clattering]
[clanking]
[man indistinct on radio]
[whispering] Hello?
[normal] Hello?
[whispering] Hello?
[crying] Can anybody hear me?
[voice approaching]
[clattering]
[thudding]
[creaking]
[footsteps]
[thudding]
[clanking]
[banging]
[man on radio] This is K-50-XV.
Hello?
Can you hear me? Hello?
Please, answer me.
[man indistinct on radio]
- Help me. - Where are you?
[screaming]
[clattering]
[twigs snapping]
[thud]
[piano playing]
[clattering]
[screaming]
No!
He's gonna kill you.
[rattling]
Why are you doing this to us?
[clanking]
[coughs]
[whispers] James.
You're gonna die.
[James] Kristen, run!
[screaming]
Let me out!
[James] Kristen! Run!
Jamie!
[screaming]
[man breathing deeply]
[Kristen screaming]
[Kristen sobbing]
Why are you doing this to us?
[Dollface] Because you were home.
I love you.
Baby!
No! Please! No!
No! Please!
You don't have to do this. Please!
You can stop now. You... Please! No!
Please, listen to me. Please.
You can stop now. You don't have to do this.
[Kristen screaming] No!
[groans]
[Kristen] Baby, look at me.
Look at my face.
Don't look, please.
Please! Please! Please, don't!
No!
[Kristen] No!
[Kristen sobbing, exclaims in pain]
[phone ringing]
[phone continues ringing]
[breathing heavily]
[floorboards creaking]
[sobbing]
[vehicle approaching]
[woman] Can I have one?
Are you a sinner?
Sometimes.
[woman] It'll be easier next time.
[record popping]
[screaming]
[ambient music playing]
[music fades out]