On 19 March 1985, Orange County, Southern California's bastion of conservative Christian values, was caught up in a scandal so shocking that even Hollywood wouldn't touch it.

It is a twisted tale of teenage brides, sex, murder and a corruption of family values, about high-school dropout David Brown and how he perfected serial marriage. He managed to turn a little computer training and a knack for data recovery into a million-dollar business. This is his intriguing story, filled with details of shooting, prescription pills, suicide notes, affairs, divorce and life insurance claims.

David was eventually arrested, but not before he tried to pay a killer to eliminate the investigator, the prosecutor, and his sister-in-law, the only remaining threats to him. He was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy and sentenced to life without parole.