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Deadly Women

Deadly Women investigates the motives and modus operandi of female murderers. While males are often driven by anger, impulse and destruction, women usually have more complex, long-term reasons to kill. This series explores the psyche of female killers.
IMDb 7.9200820 episodes
TV-14
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Episodes

  1. S6 E1 - Hunting Humans
    August 16, 2012
    43min
    TV-14
    When a killer is in the pursuit of blood, being caught in their path is a dangerous place to be -- unless you are the partner in crime. When these deadly women meet their mates, they not only gain a partner in life but also in the hunt.
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  2. S6 E2 - Parents Peril
    August 24, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    When the precious bond between parent and child breaks, the adult doesn’t always come out on top. These young women were driven to brink of insanity by their parents, and their lethal plans for revenge ended in murder.
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  3. S6 E3 - Insatiable Greed
    August 31, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    When women want money more than love, it's dangerous. Seductive charm masks an English rose's lethal intentions, a prim and proper wife has a morbid obsession and filling a child with hate backfires on a mom.
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  4. S6 E4 - Matriarchs of Murder
    September 7, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    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 and a possessive divorcee won't share her ex-husband.
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  5. S6 E5 - Web of Death
    September 14, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    Love in the Internet age is complicated. You never know who you'll meet. A surrogate mom uses love as lure for torture, a serial wife finds murder more profitable than divorce and an unhappy housewife trades boredom for bullets.
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  6. S6 E6 - Murder of Innocence
    September 20, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    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 and a woman keeps a lethal secret for decades.
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  7. S6 E7 - Love You to Pieces
    September 27, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    When women possess irresistible charm, the men in their lives can be easily blinded to their dangerous ways. These women can use their fierce passion to love, but it can also be deadly.
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  8. S6 E8 - No Good Reason
    October 5, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    Some women are so cold and brutal they don't need an excuse to kill. A Florida wife turns a misdemeanor into murder, a teenager lives out her morbid fantasies and a crime of passion ends in bloodshed.
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  9. S6 E9 - Teen Terror
    October 11, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    Teenage rebellion is part of growing up, but some girls lose complete control. A love of the dark side ends in an attack on innocence, a traumatized girl lashes out and a trusted babysitter keeps the children quiet forever.
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  10. S6 E10 - Too Close for Comfort
    October 18, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    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 and a young chef cooks up a deadly plan.
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  11. S6 E11 - Ruthless Revenge
    October 25, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    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 and commit ruthless revenge.
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  12. S6 E12 - Bury Their Babies
    November 1, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    A mother's impulse to love and protect her child is a sentiment hard-wired into the brain. But when women go against the most primal and basic instinct to protect their young, we are forced to watch as they bury their babies.
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  13. S6 E13 - Kinky Killers
    November 8, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    It is often said there is safety in numbers, but when these deadly women pair up with men who can match their evil thoughts and actions, they spiral into a world of sickening fantasies.
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  14. S6 E14 - Death Benefits
    November 15, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    Death is a time of mourning the loss of someone we love. But for a bored housewife, an ageing waitress and a young woman wanting cash death can have some benefits.
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  15. S6 E15 - Mommy's Little Helpers
    November 22, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    Mothers are role modes for their sons, teaching self-worth, respect and the value of healthy relationships. But these bloodthirsty moms teach their sons to hate and kill.
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  16. S6 E16 - Eternal Revenge
    November 29, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. When a virtuous woman is seduced, a lover betrayed and an "old" wife is replaced by the "new," they destroy the lives of the people who hurt them most.
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  17. S6 E17 - Without Conscience
    January 3, 2013
    44min
    TV-14
    Murder blackens the soul, and for these deadly women, their already darkened souls and disturbed minds create a new level of horror when they shoot, beat, torture, burn and dismember their victims.
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  18. S6 E18 - Bury the Boyfriend
    January 11, 2013
    44min
    TV-14
    A first love, a new love and an old love are relationships most of us hold dear to our hearts. But for these heartless women, love is unattainable. It is a gift that dies with their victims.
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  19. S6 E19 - Death Knock
    January 18, 2013
    44min
    TV-14
    Home is where the heart is. A place to welcome friends and gather families; full of warm memories and good times. But when these dangerous women come calling, their victims have no idea they have just opened the door to death.
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  20. S6 E20 - Brides of Blood
    January 24, 2013
    44min
    TV-14
    These deadly women have a dangerous charm. The men who meet them love them, but underneath lies the chilling darkness of a tortured mind. When loved and nurtured they shine, but when pushed too far these blushing brides become cold-blooded killers.
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Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
John MavetyKate RyersonJames KnoxKatie HidesGordon WaddellTylah PrattMichele KonradJamie RobertsonJane ManningGlenn Hanns
Starring
Janis AmatuzioLynnanne ZagerCandice DeLong
Studio
Investigation Discovery
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