Aug 25, 2026 · 48 min · 26 segments
For one family in Michigan, winning isn't everything, it is the only thing. When one competition heats up, they end up doing the unthinkable, and the small, Midwestern town this family calls home will…
It's been here for a long time, and, uh, it's a very nice town.
The neighborhoods were always kept up nice, and people felt safe.
But not everyone is fortunate enough to feel that sense of community.
For two young brothers in the Raines household, nine-year-old Danny and eight-year-old Larry, family principles are different than those taught in their neighbors' homes.
Their mother worked a afternoon shift, and this was not during a time when both parents worked.
Usually in homes like this, the mother was the nurturing force, the one who was always there.
But in this case, apparently she had married a man who was not able to support them, so she had to pitch in and work as well.
Hey.
Their father was the role model, so they looked to him to understand what it meant to grow up to be a man.
Come here.
But he was a, a sort of mean person, especially when he drank.
Get him, Danny.
The boys are given little choice but to look up to their hopeless father.
No.
At an early age- Don't, don't, don't let him ...
he forces them to- Get him ... compete against each other- Get him.
Push ... for just about everything.
Keep pushing.
No.
Don't stop.
Keep pushing.
Since they already were fairly close in age, they were naturally competitive, but he would just up the stakes.
Don't let him do it, Danny.
It's been here for a long time, and, uh, it's a very nice town.
The neighborhoods were always kept up nice, and people felt safe.
But not everyone is fortunate enough to feel that sense of community.
For two young brothers in the Raines household, nine-year-old Danny and eight-year-old Larry, family principles are different than those taught in their neighbors' homes.
Their mother worked a afternoon shift, and this was not during a time when both parents worked.
Usually in homes like this, the mother was the nurturing force, the one who was always there.
But in this case, apparently she had married a man who was not able to support them, so she had to pitch in and work as well.
Hey.
Their father was the role model, so they looked to him to understand what it meant to grow up to be a man.
Come here.
But he was a, a sort of mean person, especially when he drank.
Get him, Danny.
The boys are given little choice but to look up to their hopeless father.
No.
At an early age- Don't, don't, don't let him ...
he forces them to- Get him ... compete against each other- Get him.
Push ... for just about everything.
Keep pushing.
No.
Don't stop.
Keep pushing.
Since they already were fairly close in age, they were naturally competitive, but he would just up the stakes.
Don't let him do it, Danny.
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