On a space ship, a man tries to solve a peculiar murder—and discovers a horrific secret.

When two trigger-happy teenagers seek revenge for a smashed car window, a middle-aged woman must defend her family, no matter what it takes.

In a small, American, Southern town shortly after the civil war, a deputy and a nurse investigate the murder of a businessman from Michigan. The murderer turns out to be someone they'd never have expected.

When a low-life janitor is framed for a brutal murder, a politician and his henchmen work to solve the case themselves.

A mother's mistakes haunt her. When a man brutalizes her, she accepts his punches as punishment for her sins.

A curious woman attempts to get to the bottom of an urban legend in her town.

In an alternate universe in 19th century Boston, a single mother commits an act of unnatural cruelty against her son. However, since women are invincible against a man's violence, the wife of an esteemed policeman takes on the task of executing her, only to have second thoughts in the cold gallows.

A home nurse pieces together the events of a murder after a group of young boys find a dead body in a small Toronto town. She grapples with whether to turn in the murderer—her late patient's husband—and ultimately decides to risk death to confront him directly, with a romantic vision of him turning himself in to relieve his conscience.

A violent murder takes place in a small town in Arkansas, culminating in rumors of satanic rituals, debauched conspiracies, and the accusations of three boys.

A journalist tries to figure out the root of various digital crimes—only to stumble upon an impossible ethical question.