Deadly Women

Like a rogue computer virus, obsessions corrupt the thought processes of an otherwise healthy brain. Deciphering what causes minds to corkscrew out of control is the complex work of the criminal profiler. Obsessions can take many forms: beauty, devotion, ego and power.

Known as "Black Widows", these women kill their spouses, lovers and children for profit. Other killers reach beyond the web of family. Murder for them becomes a business. In the world of commerce they would otherwise be heralded as successful entrepreneurs. Except their trade is murder; their profits: blood money.

Crimes of revenge are usually single acts of passion. A brew of hatred and restitution boils over in a manic moment of fury. Once caught, revenge killers usually display remorse and atonement. But sometimes the female killer is driven by a deeper, smoldering anger. An anger that relentlessly gnaws at her conscience. They kill and kill again. "Hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn."

This one hour documentary tells the stories of four women who turned to poison. Weaving together vivid reconstructions, personal anecdotes, scientific explanations and psychological analysis, the program tunnels into the world of a terrifying sisterhood

A charismatic doctor falls for a colleague thirteen years her junior and imposes relentless control over the relationship.

A jealous girlfriend takes outdoorsy interests to strange and heinous new levels.

A religious couple careens toward disaster as their secrets spill out of the closet.

A professional dancer strikes gold when a wealthy and generous suitor takes a salsa lesson.

A former prom queen falls for a restless military man and refuses the feeling of rejection.

An ambitious saleswoman sets her sights on a life of luxury with her boss but fails to close the deal when he refuses to leave his wife.

A career woman goes off the rails when she risks it all to chase a coworker.

Beauty queens are rarely trained killers, and this Texas party girl is no exception.

A former call girl believes she's struck gold by marrying her wealthiest client, but she is in for a rude awakening.

A notorious divorcee will do anything to keep her family within her controlling confines.

A proud policewoman shows her flip side while off duty.

A neurotic Montana woman can't accept her estranged husband's new girlfriend.

An ambitious young woman lands a job in Buckingham Palace and stops at nothing to maintain her high society life.

An Alabama mother does the unthinkable in order to achieve her idea of a perfect family.