Aug 18, 2026 · 40 min · 23 segments
Ed and Minnie Maurin believe in kindness above all else, but when evil strikes the sweet couple, a small town is plunged into a terrifying mystery. Police navigate a windy road of secrets and…
On a quiet afternoon, a car pulls up to the home of 81-year-old Ed Marin and his 83-year-old wife, Minnie.
My grandparents were hosting a Christmas get-together party with the people from the church, and they were to have [knocking] cake and punch and exchange gifts.
This was something that they did every year.
Hi.
How are you?
How are you doing?
Giving back to the community is a way of life to Ed and Minnie.
The Marins were the type of people would give you the shirt off their back.
They were just very, very nice people.
And, yeah, everyone liked them.
[knocking]
Ed, we're here.
Where are they? Oh, it's locked.
That's unusual.
When the couple doesn't answer their door, friends are alarmed.
[knocking]
Almost immediately, they knew something was wrong.
Ed and Minnie never locked their front door.
They never needed to.
It was a small town, and no one locked their door.
[knocking] All the curtains were shut in their house, which is also unusual-
Somebody seems to be home
... because Ed and Minnie never shut their curtains.
It was noon, right?
Yes.
On a quiet afternoon, a car pulls up to the home of 81-year-old Ed Marin and his 83-year-old wife, Minnie.
My grandparents were hosting a Christmas get-together party with the people from the church, and they were to have [knocking] cake and punch and exchange gifts.
This was something that they did every year.
Hi.
How are you?
How are you doing?
Giving back to the community is a way of life to Ed and Minnie.
The Marins were the type of people would give you the shirt off their back.
They were just very, very nice people.
And, yeah, everyone liked them.
[knocking]
Ed, we're here.
Where are they? Oh, it's locked.
That's unusual.
When the couple doesn't answer their door, friends are alarmed.
[knocking]
Almost immediately, they knew something was wrong.
Ed and Minnie never locked their front door.
They never needed to.
It was a small town, and no one locked their door.
[knocking] All the curtains were shut in their house, which is also unusual-
Somebody seems to be home
... because Ed and Minnie never shut their curtains.
It was noon, right?
Yes.
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