John Heard and Mel Harris both shine like new money in this excellent television film about a little known American monster D. C. Stephenson who was the leader of the KKK in 1920s Indiana. This is a man who was like Jim Jones in so many ways. He was utterly evil and without feelings BUT he was very charming and brilliant. I only learned of Stephenson's monstrous crime a few years ago watching a History channel special on the origins of the KKK. It is hard to believe that at one point in the 1920s, there were over 6 million members of the hooded order. Stephenson abducted Madge Oberholtzer (Harris's character) and repeatedly raped and brutalized her. He literally chewed her body like a cannibal. The doctor said it looked like a pack of wolves had mauled her. Heard is so chilling as this monster that you just pray for them to find him guilty. He honestly believes that he is above the law.
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