Deadly Women

The case of 17th-century serial killer Erzsebet Bathory - a Hungarian aristocrat who is said to have murdered 600 of her servants in an attempt to achieve eternal youth

The cases of Belle Gunness, who murdered her victims to reap financial rewards, and a carer from Connecticut who turned a home for the elderly into a death parlour

The stories of notorious killer Katherine Knight, an Australian who skinned and decapitated her errant lover, and Blanche Taylor-Moore, who poisoned her partner in hospital

Connecting three women who were driven by different reasons to commit murder.

The case of two women who murdered their own children because of an obsessive infatuation.

Examining what caused three women to murder innocent people.

The case of 10-year-old Mary Bell who strangled toddlers, a playground plot that ended in murder and a teenage passion that turned to bloody rage.

A businesswoman kills for cash, a bizarre love affair ends in slaughter, and a midwife becomes a cold-blooded murderer.

The crimes of psychopathic killers, including a nurse who betrayed a patient's trust to indulge her deadly desires, and a brutal babysitter.

The path towards revenge can sometimes lead to murder. It can be quick,fiery and violent. When these women were crossed, they didn't take it lying down. Murder was their answer.

While their sisters chose a life of sensible, suburban motherhood, these Deadly Women chose a life of crime. Gangsters, thieves, drug-lords. They lived with the thrills, the danger, and the deadly consequences of being outlaws.

Greed is one of the oldest motives for murder, and these deadly women are no exception. They'll do anything to satisfy their need for cash. They stalk their victims throughout society - rich and poor. This is the dangerous world of Fortune Tellers.

Christina Walters defies the odds by becoming a gang leader at age 20 and attempts to earn the Crips' tear tattoo under an eye meaning they've killed. As deadly initiation, Christina and her gang kidnap three women in two separate abductions and shoot them like lambs to the slaughter. The seemingly senseless murders would've remained unsolved if it weren't for one thing – one woman is still alive. Judith Neelley and her husband Alvin met and after marrying when she was 15, they begin a crime spree. After being released on armed robbery charges, Judith and Alvin commit the most heinous of crimes by abducting, raping, torturing and murdering two women, one of them a 13-year-old girl. One extraordinary breakthrough leads to an eyewitness confession and one detail ultimately leads to their arrest. Irene Maslin gladly plans to help kill her friend's on-again-off-again boyfriend by injecting him with battery acid.

Tiffany Cole kidnapped and buried alive an elderly couple who had helped care for her as her father was dying from terminal cancer. Seeking initiation into the notorious street gang, the Bloods, Shonda Walter butchered a Pearl Harbor survivor with an ax without mercy. And bipolar Sunday School teacher Melissa Huckaby drugged her young daughter's 8-year-old friend out of jealousy and raped her using a rolling pin.

Mother and wife Lydia Sherman laced food and drinks with arsenic, killing three husbands and all of her children. Young mother Paula Sims murdered her two young daughters, but let her son live due to her personal view that girls were unwanted. Under the influence of serious drugs, Velma Barfield played caretaker while secretly killing people with arsenic. Away from the drugs, she became the 'angel of death row' before being executed.

When these women meet their mate they gain a partner in crime and life.

These young women 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.

A mom locks up her daughter like she's a prisoner-of-war; a helpful neighbor quietly kills her community; lesbian lovers bash and burn a complete stranger.

A businesswoman targets a lottery winner; a young bride sends her husband overboard.

Some women are just cold-hearted and attack "Without Pity". A mother who wants another baby is prepared to steal from the womb; a grandmother's outward devotion masks his sadistic nature; and an unhappy divorcee takes revenge on her own flesh and blood.

The Season 8 opener features examines the infamous 1892 ax murders of Lizzie Borden's parents.

Women who are after their mothers' cash are featured.

Young female killers are spotlighted.

When these women exposed their true selves, their men found out they'd been 'Sleeping With The Enemy.' A beauty queen tried to free herself from her family; an accountant's tryst turned deadly; & a valedictorian made sure her man couldn't leave.

For these women blood isn’t thicker than water. A teen sacrifices her family for an inheritance; an obsession with Hollywood memorabilia leads a recluse to kill her parents; and a soccer mom's social status is more important than her mother's life.

These women love to gamble; but when the money's all gone, the stakes turn deadly. A transgender woman is willing to kill for a new body; a mother and daughter trade a family member for cash; and a wife tries to bury her debts along with her husband.

Some women can't resist boy toys. But fur flies when these Deadly Women reveal they're "Killer Cougars."

These Deadly Women are old but not wise. You have to watch your back when "Granny Gets a Gun."

They are "Bad To The Bone"... it’s only a matter of time before they become Deadly Women.

These Deadly Women didn't grow old gracefully; they committed "Mid-Life Murder."

These Deadly Women didn't grow old gracefully; they committed "Mid-Life Murder."

These Deadly Women brutally turned on family and in-laws, they had Broken Ties.

Sometimes the most dangerous place to be is in the arms of your loved one.

When love goes wrong it is a dangerous game. These Deadly Women "Kiss then Kill."

Sometimes beauty can mask the ugliest of truths.

Home is where a killer lurks

When love turns to obsession, these women make their lover their possession.

When one deals with the devil, somebody's gonna get burned.

When life becomes a powder, these morally bereft women light the sparks.