Episode 1 - Bad to the Bone
In a fit of rage, ex-con Tracy Beatty savagely strangles and beats his own mother to death and then buries her in a shallow grave in her backyard. After making up multiple stories to try to cover up his crime, Beatty finally leads police to her body and confesses to the murder. Was this an unprovoked attack or is there more to this story than meets the eye? Dr. Michelle Ward travels to Texas’s death row to speak with Beatty and try to understand what would drive a son to kill his own mother.