Independent Lens

Little Hope Was Arson

Season 16 Episode 11 | 1h 25m 29s  | Video has closed captioning.

January 2010: In the “buckle of the Bible Belt,” 10 churches burn to the ground in just over a month, igniting the largest criminal investigation in East Texas history. Even Satan himself is considered a suspect in this investigation of a community terrorized from the inside out. A real-life whodunit, <i>Little Hope Was Arson</i> shows how the truth becomes as damaging as the fires themselves.