In the heart of Indianapolis in the mid 1960's, through a twist of fate
and fortune, a pretty young girl came to live with a
thirty-seven-year-old mother and her seven children. What began as a
temporary childcare arrangement between Sylvia Likens's parents and
Gertrude Baniszewski turned into a crime that would haunt cops,
prosecutors, and a community for decades to come...
When police found Sylvia's emaciated body, with a chilling message
carved into her flesh, they knew that she had suffered tremendously
before her death. Soon they would learn how many others--including some
of Baniszewski's own children--participated in Sylvia's murder, and just
how much torture had been inflicted in one HOUSE OF EVIL