Ciera Harp snaps after realizing aspiring rapper Rahim Grant will never be hers; Linda Ricchio's possessive behavior wears thin with boyfriend Ron Ruse; grandmother Loretta Burroughs marries her high school sweetheart, Danny, then he disappears.
Barbara Rogers and Steven Mineo are members of an online cult; fortune teller Leonarda Cianciulli seeks to keep her son safe through human sacrifice; Geraldine Parrish persuades people to make her the beneficiary of their life insurance policies.
Crime experts explore the motives and modus operandi of female killers; while males are often driven by anger, impulse and destruction, women usually have more complex, long-term reasons to kill.
Extraordinary cases of women who repay a parent's unconditional love with cold-hearted betrayal.
Stories of depraved women who don't allow sacred marriage vows to get in the way of cold blooded murder.
Stories of three women who are so deceptive and entitled.
Killing comes easily to those with hearts of ice.
Three women who are devoid of a moral compass believe they can outsmart everyone.
Three women prove that blind loyalty can lead to tragedy and death.
Women who commit crimes out of greed.
Jackie Spaulding takes lethal measures to get her money back; Lucille Miller realizes she's the sole beneficiary of her husband's life insurance policy; Julie Dixon makes sure her partner will never find out about their company's bankruptcy.
Sometimes beauty can mask the ugliest of truths.
Home is where the heart is and a killer lurks.
Commitment has an out clause.
Paige Conley turns to drugs and alcohol following her parents' divorce and takes her anger out on her mother; Becky Reid is volatile and violent behind closed doors; Katie Coursey unleashes drug-fueled rage on the one person trying to protect her.
Mary Jane Fonder becomes obsessed with the new priest at her church; Wanda Stopa falls for a married man and hurts the person he loves most; after a breakup, Sabrina Koudier becomes convinced her children's nanny is a spy for her ex-boyfriend.
Liz Golyar falls hard for a man she's dating; Marie Arthur's lover falls for the charms of a single mother; Lucy Cruz can't move on after her long-term girlfriend decides she wants to have a husband and children.
Some women marry for money while others are prepared to murder for it.
There are many ways to leave one's lover.
Blood isn't thicker than water for some women; a teen sacrifices her family for an early inheritance; a recluse murders her parents over an obsession with Hollywood memorabilia; a woman's social status is more important to her than her mother's life.
The stakes turn deadly for women who love to gamble; a transgender woman is willing to kill for a new body; a woman tries to bury her debts along with her husband.
Envy is the deadliest of sins; an obsessed mistress sacrifices her lover's wife; a young woman kills her girlfriend to keep her from the arms of another; an angry cowgirl destroys her ex-lover's life by destroying his family.
When these women have scores to settle, they take matters into their own hands; a traumatized woman thinks she's an avenging angel; one of Mexico's most infamous serial killers targets the elderly; a man is butchered by two women he tried to help.
Three stories of heartless women who believe their husbands are worth more dead than alive; an ex-husband angers scorned Southern belle; countess becomes violent to maintain stature; mother of two craves the good life more than she does her husband.
Teenage lovers choose each other over the life of a loving grandmother; a coldhearted woman uses her nephew to become a wealthy widow; a friendship turns fatal for one unsuspecting husband.
A woman's desire to control her grandson takes a deadly turn; a retirement-home romance comes to a lethal end; a gold digger preys on her final victim.
When a former police officer is dumped, she takes the law into her own hands; a housewife buries her marriage problems in the garden; an excited fiancée turns into the worst kind of "bridezilla."
Some women have short fuses; a New Year's resolution ends in a murderous rampage; a pious parish housekeeper hides a sinful secret; a Christmas drink between neighbors results in a deadly hangover.
Some women employ others to do their dirty work; a drama queen brings her love triangle to a permanent end; a betrayal turns friends into deadly foes; a woman will do anything to protect her freedom.
An abusive woman goes great lengths to maintain custody of her child; a small-town gossip sparks a deadly grudge match; a teenage bully makes a shocking move.
A secret addiction drives a young woman to sacrifice her wheelchair-bound employer; a scheming caregiver betrays the man who trusts her; a single mother's desire for a better life leads to a brutal dismemberment.
In 1892, Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden is accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.
In Arizona, Doris Ann Carlson hires two young men to murder her ailing mother-in-law; a high school senior persuades her boyfriend to kill her mother; a woman shoots her adopted mother to death.
In Nevada, a teenager and her boyfriend beat a 16-year-old girl to death with a shovel; a 12-year-old girl stabs a teenager to death.
Michelle Gable shoots and kills her estranged husband and his new lover; in 1928, Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray are electrocuted for murdering her husband; a married woman installs her lover in a closet.
Jean Ann James evades justice for 16 years after slashing her friend's throat; Annie Monahan gets away with murder in the early 1900s; Linda Darby escapes from prison and spends 35 years on the lam.
Nurse Maureen McDermott hires a coworker to murder her roommate; Marie Porter goes to the electric chair for murdering her brother to collect on a life insurance policy; bookkeeper Debra Lynn Baker poisons her boss after embezzling money.
Some women choose to profit from a permanent separation when they fall out of love with their spouses.
A woman shoots her ex-husband to death in front of their children; a scorned lover takes revenge on a rival; a sex addict stomps on others when they get in her way.
A call girl craves the good life; a teenage mother gets rid of a rival; a lesbian love affair tears a family apart.
For these women, one good man isn't enough; a middle-aged woman preys on elderly gentlemen and an army wife doesn't want a soldier but a squad.
An Iowa divorcee stages a home invasion; a drug kingpin will not let anyone stand in her way; alcohol and jealousy prove to be a lethal mix.
A beautiful young woman bewitches an elderly man; a cabaret performer delivers a killer finale; a farmer's wife harvests husbands.
Some brides are lying when they vow to love and to cherish their husbands forever, eschewing marital commitment for murder.
A bondage enthusiast punishes her rival; a teenager takes revenge; a doctor prescribes a deadly remedy for her problems.
When these brokenhearted women get dumped, they take the ultimate revenge.
A seductress holds sway over both men and women; a churchgoer finds a new faith; a matriarch rules with an iron rod.
For some women, a fun-loving nature masks a rage that turns lethal when they're crossed.
Some women think that when it comes to murder, two minds are better than one; they are the masterminds, but don't want to get their hands dirty.
Driven by revenge, greed and pridefulness, these women turn on their own and strike out at family members.
Angela McAnulty imprisons and tortures her daughter who dies at the age of 15; a woman uses arsenic to poison 17 members of her community.
Dee Dee Moore befriends a lottery winner, then kills him; Anne Gates murders her estranged husband with a fireplace poker; a money-hungry woman is convicted of murdering her common-law husband.
Korena Roberts beats a pregnant woman to death; a woman mistreats her grandson, causing his detah; Rekha Kumari-Baker stabs her daughters to death to punish her ex-husband.
Teens who are willing to kill to get what they want, including one who makes herself an orphan and another who murders her grandmother to be with a boy.
An English beauty spars with her boyfriend; a middle-aged woman sacrifices lives for money; a couple of game players lure a man into a deadly trap; these women will fight to the death.
A mother's role is to love and protect her children, but for some, that doesn't ring true; a Missouri mom uses her children for money; a Texas mom's becomes delusional; an Australian gives her son a watery grave.
A prostitute kills her second, third and fifth husbands; a woman murders her husband and makes it look like a suicide; a woman poisons her husband with antifreeze to collect his life insurance policy.
Some teenagers lead a troubled life and stray from home to enter a dangerous world; the cases of teenage killers who look too young to do harm.
Trusted by the community, these ladies are beyond suspicion no matter how heinous their crimes; the women get away with murder and assume they are entitled to do it.
For some women evil lurks from the beginning and there is no stopping it or them.
Some deadly women have evil lurking hidden away; cruelty comes from deep within for others; what makes a deadly woman.
When in love, some women no longer recognize the difference between right and wrong; they seek vengeance if anyone tries to block their path to true love will have lethal results.
A teacher seeking financial gain; a daughter plotting murder; a lonely heart and damaged mind. These women truly believe romance is dead.
Overwhelmed mothers sever a sacred bond when they murder their children.
Sometimes, a woman has a killer instinct when she meets her other half; these wicked women exert control over their partners to become the master puppeteer of a murderous plot.
A mom sacrifices her son; a greedy bookkeeper steals her way to murder and a teen takes her rebellion to shocking levels.
Selfish women will sometimes sell their souls to the devil to get what they want; a scorned lover weaves a web of lies; a teenage Goth orders a reign of terror; a gold-digger buries secrets in her basement.
A California woman commits a deadly sin rather than live with an immoral husband; a housewife drives two women to join a murderous poison ring.
A love-struck Texan will go to any lengths to keep her man; a gun-toting redhead shoots first and asks questions later; a mother with a vile temper does the unthinkable to her tiny son.
A rich housewife creates a cult of death, a troubled schoolgirl kills in the capital and a chance meeting gives a waitress a taste for murder; how were they caught?
When the precious bond between parent and child breaks, the adult doesn't always come out on top; these young women are driven to brink of insanity by their parents and their lethal plans for revenge ended in murder.
For an English Rose, husbands equal dollar signs; for a serial killer, feeding her family pays; for a businesswoman, a missing mother keeps the checks coming.
Most women mellow with age, but those who don't can turn particularly sour; serving up death is a housewife's favorite dish; a granny's sweet demeanor masks a trail of murder; a possessive divorcee won't share her ex-husband.
Love in the Internet age is complicated; you never know who you'll meet; a surrogate uses love as a lure; a serial wife finds murder more profitable than divorce; a housewife finds happiness in a gun; all trap their victims using the Internet.
Mothers break the sacred bond of their children in the murder of innocence; a mom wants to possess her children at any costs a devout Christian mistakes delusions for divine messages; a woman keeps a lethal secret for decades.
A new bride cooks a Thanksgiving dinner with a twist, a housewife slowly poisons her husband and a greedy girlfriend dissolves her lover; how were they caught?
Women who have no motive, but murder just because they are curious, angry or because they can.
An anorexic young girl with bipolar disorder leads a satanic cult to murder; a troubled teen stabs her cousin; a trusted babysitter kills the kids in her care.
Home is haven where we feel safe, but sometimes it can be dangerous; a brilliant student's hateful thoughts turn lethal; a woman desperate for love won't let children get in her way; a young chef cooks up a deadly plan.
Revenge is a dish best served cold, and for these Deadly Women, it is the motto by which they live their lives, exacting their vengeance in cold blood when they kill.
Women who violate the instinct to protect their children; one woman sacrifices her 18-month-old daughter in order to keep her lover; a woman exacts biblical punishments on her children.
Deborah helps her lover sexually abuse and murder young children, a disturbed teen and her husband rape and kill their neighbour and a junkie goes on a violent rampage.
A cash-hungry woman preys on her son's devotion; a mother resorts to murder to protect her child's reputation and an evil sadist convinces her kids to kill.
A virtuous beauty kills a rake, a teacher's aide gives lessons in murder and a love triangle ends in a bloodbath; will they get away with murder?
A mom cuts her family ties with brutal precision, a woman's fiery love life takes an explosive turn and a bitter girlfriend takes an axe to her ex.
A first love, a new love and an old love are relationships most of us hold dear to our hearts; but for these heartless Deadly Women, love is unattainable; it is a gift that dies with their victim; they mask their devious intent through seduction.
When deadly women come to the door, their victims do not realize they've heard the sound of a "death knock."
A high-class call girl marries her sugar daddy but struggles to meet his sadistic demands, a wife chops up her unfaithful husband and a violent row turns deadly.
Jealousy leads to the murder of a 12-year-old girl; a teenager opens fire on a schoolyard because she doesn't like Mondays; a killer is driven by blood lust.
In 1983, Diane Downs shoots three of her children, killing one and wounding two; Martha Wise poisoned several of her family members; two Australian women murder their 16-year-old flatmate.
Judy Buenoano murders her husband and others to collect on life insurance policies; an Australian woman leads a double life as a man and kills to keep her secret; in Texas, a pediatric nurse is convicted of infanticide.
Stella Nickell plants cyanide-laced capsules on drug store shelves; a woman suffocates her children; known as the "Angel of Death," Beverley Allitt murders four children.
Florida prostitute Aileen Wuornos murders seven men; a German-born immigrant poisons her victims to support a gambling habit; a landlady kills her tenants and collects their Social Security checks.