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.

Last Updated: 11/2/2024Network: Investigation DiscoveryStatus: Continuing
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7.06
35 votes

#1 - 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.

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7.11
28 votes

#2 - 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.

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My Brother, The Devil
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7.11
128 votes

#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.

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7.15
26 votes

#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.

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7.18
17 votes

#5 - 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.

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7.18
22 votes

#6 - Ted Bundy Was His Idol

Season 16 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/15/2024

Debra sees darkness in her young brother's eyes but hopes he'll change. When he attacks their stepmother and grandmother, she accepts his denial. However, when her brother becomes a notorious serial killer, she realizes her brother is a monster.

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7.21
33 votes

#7 - 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.

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7.24
29 votes

#8 - 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.

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7.24
33 votes

#9 - 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.

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7.25
53 votes

#10 - 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.

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7.27
15 votes

#11 - My Wicked Stepmother

Season 16 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/22/2024

After her father, Donald Hoop, meets a woman named Joy, Desiree's life spirals; Joy is hot-tempered, cruel, and controlling; Desiree knows her dad can't escape his toxic marriage, but she has no clue that Joy is orchestrating a cold-blooded murder.

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7.27
33 votes

#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.

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Home Sweet Nightmare
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7.28
140 votes

#13 - 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.

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7.29
42 votes

#14 - 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.

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7.30
27 votes

#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.

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7.33
21 votes

#16 - They Stole My Childhood

Season 16 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/8/2024

Abby's life takes a dark turn when her aunt and uncle adopt her; what she initially hoped would be a blessing, turns into a nightmare as she realizes she's living with predators; escaping their clutches will take every ounce of her courage.

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Poisoned by Love
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7.34
62 votes

#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.

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7.34
29 votes

#18 - 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.

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I Tried to Prevent This
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7.37
76 votes

#19 - 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.

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7.38
37 votes

#20 - 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.

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The Prophet
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7.38
117 votes

#21 - 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.

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7.39
36 votes

#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.

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Something Is Different About Robbie
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7.40
273 votes

#23 - 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.

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7.41
34 votes

#24 - She Hid the Knife in a Toybox

Season 15 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/3/2024

When Jason Worley first meets Brandi, he’s unaware she’s already made plans to ensnare and control him. When he realizes he’s fallen into her trap and tries to escape, she punishes him by taking away the two things most precious to him in the whole world.

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7.42
31 votes

#25 - Fantasising and Hunting

Season 13 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/12/2023

When Michael O'Leary moves in with his brother, Marc, he doesn't realise that Marc has already fled the police in one state and committed crimes in another until police finally track them down, and suspect Michael of being Marc's accomplice.

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