Alice Mitchell murders her lover after their relationship is forbidden Susan Wright murders her adulterous husband Larissa Schuster dissolves her husband's body in a barrel of acid.
In the early 1900s, Martha Rendell was hanged for torturing and murdering her husband's children. A look at the events that prompted her to commit such unspeakable acts of violence.
Why did 17 year old Heather attack her mother with a hammer? How did privileged daughter Elizabeth convince her boyfriend to murder her wealthy parents?
Why did respectable suburban housewives Socorro, Robin and Marybeth kill their own children? Meet the women who murdered those who loved them the most.
How did Queen Poisoner Lydia murder three husbands and seven children why did granny Velma slaughter her husbands and friends and did Paula kill her daughters?
Discovering why Sunday school teacher Melissa raped and killed her neighbour's little daughter and how Tiffany persuaded her lover to bury an elderly couple alive.
Crips gang leader Christina and her crew murder a young woman in a ritualistic initiation ceremony. Plus, a wife pushes her sadistic sexual fantasies to the limit.
In Texas, glamourous mother Darlie reports a vicious intruder attack that has left two of her young sons dead. When detectives begin their investigation, there are suspicions about how true her story is.
They were too young to drink or vote but they were not too young to commit the most brutal of crimes.
To the outside world their marriages seemed happy. They were loving parents living comfortable lives.
Young love can be a beautiful time but when jealousy raises its ugly head it can also be deadly.
Teenage girls are being scolded by their parents, only to respond with tears and a slammed bedroom door.
While marriage is meant to be for life, so often it ends in divorce.
Apart, a woman and a man can be innocent, safe to society.
Greed is one of the oldest motives for murder, and these deadly women are no exception.
While their sisters chose a life of sensible, suburban motherhood, these Deadly Women chose a life of crime.
The path towards revenge can sometimes lead to murder. It can be quick, fiery and violent.
Some women tread a fine line between anger and insanity.
A seductress has men and women under her spell.
Why did 17 year old Heather attack her mother with a hammer? How did privileged daughter Elizabeth convince her boyfriend to murder her wealthy parents?