1993年5月5日，三名八歲男童史提、基斯和米高一起無故失蹤。翌日，三人的屍體被發現，死狀恐怖傷痕累累，其中一名男童更慘遭閹割。警方迅速破案，指為邪教所為，三名青少年疑犯被判謀殺罪成。然而，獨立調查員朗萊善（哥連費夫）卻發現案件疑點重重，現場證據不足，證人口供前後矛盾，警方搜證馬虎草率，更有對號入座逼打成招之嫌，連遇害男童史提的母親（麗絲韋花絲潘）也開始對所謂的真相感到懷疑⋯⋯

The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light. Told and made by those who lived it, the filmmakers' unprecedented access to the inner workings of the defense allows the film to show the investigation, research, and appeals process in a way that has never been seen before; revealing shocking and disturbing new information about a case that still haunts the American South.

A further investigation into the arrest of three teenagers convicted of killing three young boys in Arkansas who spent nearly 20 years in prison before being released after new DNA evidence indicated they may be innocent.

A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.

Revisiting the 1994 Arkansas murder of three 8-year-old boys and the three teenagers convicted of the crime. A follow up to Paradise Lost, Revelations features new interviews with the convicted men, as well as with the original judge and police investigators.