The Mind of a Murderer

In a drug-fueled killing spree, Karl Knapp brutally guns down his ex-girlfriend and two other innocent people. Dr. Michelle Ward goes behind prison walls to find out if it was an act of desperation or cold-blooded murder.

After a heated argument over an alleged affair, Janene Patton kills her husband Troy with one shot to the head. She claims it was an accident, but Dr. Michelle Ward is determined to find out if there's more to the story than meets the eye.

In a rage, Willie Trottie stalks and guns down his ex-girlfriend and her brother while her family watches in horror. Dr. Michelle Ward heads to death row where he awaits execution to find out if it was a crime of passion or self-defense.

After Wall Street lawyer Jason Bohn mercilessly strangles and beats his girlfriend to death in their New York City apartment, he claims he can't remember a thing. Dr. Michelle Ward goes behind prison walls to get the truth.

In one of the worst crimes imaginable, Tracy Beatty strangles his own mother to death, then buries her in a shallow grave in her backyard. Dr. Michelle Ward talks to Tracy on death row to try to understand how he could commit such a horrific crime.

Dr. Michelle Ward gets inside the mind of death row inmate Travis Runnels, who slit his prison supervisor's throat, to find out if prison life breeds violence. She works to understand if he was destined to kill or was pushed to the breaking point.