In 2017, Tim Piazza was a 19-year-old student at Pennsylvania State University when he made a fateful bid to join the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. This meant undergoing the ‘Gauntlet’, a kind of booze-fuelled obstacle course where pledges drank copious amounts of vodka, beer and wine while running around the frat house and being doused with more beer by cheering spectators. Houses of Horror: Secrets of College Life exposes the dark side of fraternity and sorority life at some of America’s top universities and its impact on some of the young men and women who participate. Each episode features first-hand accounts of how the power, control, and secrecy of fraternities and sororities can create a cult-like dynamic leading to an environment where nefarious activity - from drug use to sexual assault - is able to thrive.