The WORST episodes of Evil Lives Here
Every episode of Evil Lives Here ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Evil Lives Here!
Each hour-long episode of this chilling psychological drama tells the harrowing, firsthand stories of living with a person who became a killer. Viewers will be put in the shoes of the loved one, who lived through this incredible experience —from first noticing that something is amiss, to interpreting all of the puzzling signs and clues, to eventually coming face-to-face with the horrible truth: that the person they loved, the person they trusted, has a very dark side.
#1 - Murder in the House of Prayer
Season 15 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/24/2024
As a child, Joy believes her mother, Anna Young, is the voice of God. In their isolated church community, Anna punishes anyone who breaks her rules - even young children aren't spared. Years later, Joy realizes her mother is not an angel, she's a killer.
#2 - Scratch My Murderous Itch
Season 13 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/4/2023
Eugene Borg knows that Satan has evil plans for his young son Tyler and spends the subsequent years battling the demons he believes plague his child; a shock comes that proves that he may have forever lost the war for his son's soul.
#3 - My Brother, The Devil
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/15/2017
Wallace Jeffs comes to realize that his half-brother, FLDS leader Warren Jeffs, is not what he appears to be.
#4 - My Brother Let the Evil In
Season 14 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/20/2023
Christina Thomas trusts her brother, John White, the first time he comes dangerously close to killing a lady. When he murders another person, she forgives him. But when it happens again, she wonders why she trusted him in the first place and how she overlooked the warning indications that he was the devil in disguise.
#5 - Trapped in a House of Torture
Season 14 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/13/2023
Tammy sees her mother’s evil side after learning the truth of her crimes.
#6 - He Looks Like the Killer on TV
Season 13 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/5/2023
Margie Bult thinks her second husband is too good to be true from the start, but when she sees a fugitive on TV named Paul Steven Mack who resembles him, she vows to uncover the truth no matter the risk to herself.
#7 - Terror in the Wilderness
Season 15 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/23/2024
After decades of hell, Elishaba escapes her father through the wilderness.
#8 - I Killed Dirty John
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/23/2020
When Terra Newell met her mother's new boyfriend, she sensed John Meehan was no good. Debra Newell never suspected her new man was secretly plotting to destroy her and her family. And Terra never imagined she would ultimately be forced to kill.
#9 - He Brought Roses and a Gun
Season 15 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/10/2024
Andrea and her baby narrowly escape the abuse and torment of Ray Clark.
#10 - She Knew It Was Goodbye
Season 14 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/10/2023
Ginger knows her sister Paige is trouble, as she feels entitled to her family's undivided attention and becomes a monster when she doesn't get it; over time, Ginger watches as Paige abuses and ultimately murders the person she cares for the most.
#11 - Kill Him, Save Yourself
Season 13 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/19/2023
David Magnano and his stepsister, Jessica, know that Scott Magnano is dangerous; they know they would be safer if he were gone; what David doesn't know is how much he will regret not killing Scott when he has the chance.
#12 - He Called It "The Need"
Season 13 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/26/2023
When Dianne Burns moves across the country to marry Mark Burns in prison, she holds no doubts of her fiancé's wrongful conviction until after his release, when she begins to see signs of both his guilt and plans to resume his criminal behaviour.
#13 - I Will Always Be Scared of Him
Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/6/2022
From the moment Deborah Williamson meets her stepson, David Shafer, she knows there is something unsettling about him, but when her warnings about his frightening behavior go unheeded, the devastation he ultimately wreaks is beyond anything she imagines.
#14 - Home Sweet Nightmare
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/28/2016
Sheila Janutolo dreaded being alone with her husband Jim Cruz and over the years, she had learned to fear him and his violent temper. But when she got a call that he’d been arrested for a ghastly crime, she was certain police had the wrong man.
#15 - Three-and-a-Half Hours of Hell
Season 14 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/24/2023
Sara thinks he is a godly man, but she’ll go through hell to survive him.
#16 - He Shot Through My Heart
Season 15 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/7/2024
LaTonya believes her husband, Nathan, is her best friend; over the years she suffers emotional abuse at his hands and decides to take their kids and leave; Nathan refuses to let go, leading to a night of terror that ends in a tragedy - and a miracle.
#17 - Poisoned by Love
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/31/2019
Norma Hawkins grew in fear of her mother, Shirley Elizabeth Allen, and watched for years as her anger destroyed those closest to her, but when people started dying, Norma found the courage to turn her own mother into the police for murder.
#18 - Butcher and the Box
Season 15 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/18/2024
Lori and Brook, tortured by the same sadistic man, meet for the first time.
#19 - I Saw Myself on Tape
Season 15 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/31/2024
Tonja Balden doesn't know the charming man she meets at the bar, Andrew Luster, hides a twisted secret; when they date, she doesn't know he's recording his crimes until a major news story unveils his long, dark history.
#20 - I Tried to Prevent This
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/14/2019
For 17 years, Kathy Swanson fears her son, Michael, will harm someone; she tries in vain to convince people that there is something different about Michael, then her worst nightmare comes true.
#21 - He Pretended to Save Me
Season 12 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/31/2022
A husband pretends to save his wife from a horrifying, violent encounter.
#22 - He Tied Me Up Too
Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/10/2022
When James Bergstrom's wife, Linda, begins to suspect that his bondage fetish is becoming something more sinister, she can't get anyone to believe her, but the more she learns about his behavior, the more she becomes determined to stop her husband.
#23 - The Prophet
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/14/2016
Kevin Currie is a devout follower of spiritual leader Jeffrey Lundgren, then he comes to realize Lundgren is really a devil in disguise who has hatched an evil plan.
#24 - Divorce? Never. Murder? Maybe.
Season 11 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/10/2022
Vernon Jensen is so afraid of his wife Vicki and her violent temper that he decides to divorce her. It isn't until he finally leaves that he discovers just how far she'll go to get revenge.
#25 - Something Is Different About Robbie
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/17/2016
While Ron Hawkins and Candace Sims know their son, Robbie, is different, they are shocked when he commits a crime that shakes the country.