Deadly Women

*Deadly Women*
Deadly Women
Genre	Documentary
Narrated by	Marsha Crenshaw (mini-series); Lynnanne Zager (TV series)
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	34
Original release
Network	Discovery Channel (mini-series)
Release	February 8, 2005

Deadly Women is a television series first aired in 2005 on the Discovery Channel, focusing on female killers. It was originally a mini-series consisting of three episodes: "Obsession," "Greed" and "Revenge". After a 2 year hiatus the show resumed production with Season 2 in 2008, and is still in production, aired on the Investigation Discovery channel. After Season 1 the show was completely reworked, with some of the changes being a new opening sequence and narrator. Each episode now only features female murderers from Anglophone countries including: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States; and three cases are now presented instead of four.

Women featured in the original Deadly Women mini-series

Each of the three original episodes covered the cases of four women or groups of women who were united by the central theme of the episode. These women included:

Season 1 (2005)

EPISODE 1: OBSESSION
Elizabeth Báthory
Vera Renczi
Delphine LaLaurie
Linda Burfield Hazzard

EPISODE 2: GREED
Belle Gunness
Amy Archer-Gilligan
Janie Lou Gibbs
Black Widows of Liverpool

EPISODE 3: REVENGE
Katherine Knight
Blanche Taylor Moore
Ruth Ellis
Lainz Angels of Death

Women featured in the Deadly Women TV series

Deadly Women resumed production of Season 2 in 2008, with slight changes. There is a new narrator, and each episode now features three cases instead of four. Season 3 began in August 2009. Season 4 began in August 2010.

Season 2 (2008)

EPISODE 1: THRILL KILLERS
Melinda Loveless, Laurie Tackett, Hope Rippey, and Toni Lawrence
Brenda Spencer
Tracey Wigginton

EPISODE 2: FATAL ATTRACTION
Diane Downs
Martha Wise
Valerie Parashumti and Jessica Stasinowsky

EPISODE 3: TWISTED MINDS
Sylvia Seegrist
Christina Marie Riggs
Bobbie Sue Dudley

EPISODE 4: DARK SECRETS
Judy Buenoano
Eugenia Falleni
Genene Jones

EPISODE 5: BAD MEDICINE
Beverley Allitt
Stella Nickell
Kathleen Folbigg

EPISODE 6: PREDATORS
Aileen Wuornos
Dorothea Puente
Anna Marie Hahn

Season 3 (2009)

EPISODE 1: YOUNG BLOOD
Mary Bell
Holly Harvey and Sandra Ketchum
Paula Cooper

EPISODE 2: BLOOD FOR MONEY
Eva Coo and Martha Clift
Celeste Beard and Tracey Tarlton
Sarah Makin

EPISODE 3: DISTURBED
Jane Toppan
Dana Sue Gray
Christine Falling

EPISODE 4: BEHIND THE MASK
Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt
Betty Lou Beets
Kim Hricko

EPISODE 5: FORBIDDEN LOVE
"J.R."^[1]
Sharee Miller
Kristin Rossum

EPISODE 6: HEARTS OF DARKNESS
Winnie Ruth Judd
Carolyn Warmus
Daphne Wright

EPISODE 7: EVIL INFLUENCE
Myra Hindley
Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Leslie Van Houten
Tania Herman

EPISODE 8: FATAL OBSESSION
Lisa M. Montgomery
Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme
Catherine Birnie

EPISODE 9: LETHAL LOVERS
Rosemary West
Martha Beck
Erika Sifrit

EPISODE 10: MOTHERS WHO KILL
Waneta Hoyt
Andrea Yates
Susan Smith

EPISODE 11: BORN BAD
Gertrude Baniszewski
Antoinette Frank
Sharon Kinne

EPISODE 12: LETHAL VENGEANCE
Sarah Marie Johnson
Piper Rountree
Christa Pike

EPISODE 13: BLOOD LINES
Barbara Opel
Kate Bender
Sante Kimes

Season 4 (2010)

EPISODE 1: AN EYE FOR AN EYE
Karla Faye Tucker
Jessica McCord
Clara Harris

EPISODE 2: OUTLAWS
Griselda Blanco
Barbara Graham
Juanita Spinelli

EPISODE 3: FORTUNE HUNTERS
Jill Coit
Marjorie Orbin
Barbara Stager

EPISODE 4: DANGEROUS LIAISONS
Caril Fugate
Valmae Beck
Ashley Humphrey

EPISODE 5: TIL DEATH DO US PART
Mary Winkler
Rebecca Salcedo
Betty Broderick

EPISODE 6: MASTER MANIPULATORS
Sharon Nelson
Virginia Larzelere
Sheila LaBarre

EPISODE 7: THE SACRED BOND
Theresa Knorr
Debora Green
Diane O'Dell

EPISODE 8: BEYOND SUSPICION
Tillie Gburek
Beth Carpenter
Caroline Grills

EPISODE 9: IN COLD BLOOD
Wendi Davidson
Anu Singh
Lynn Turner (murderer)

EPISODE 10: UNDER HIS CONTROL
Jennifer Reali
Bonnie Heady
Dawn Silvernail

EPISODE 11: SECRETS AND LIES
Anjette Lyles
Susan Grund
Audrey Marie Hilley

EPISODE 12: LOVE GONE WRONG
Christine Paolilla
Penny Boudreau
Jennifer Hyatte

EPISODE 13: A DAUGHTER'S REVENGE
Nicole Kasinskas
Constance Kent
Belinda Van Krevel

EPISODE 14: LOVE SICK
Lisa Michelle Lambert Lisa Michelle Lambert
Daphne Abdela^[2]
Sarah Kolb

EPISODE 15: MARRIED TO MURDER
Amy Bosley
Joyce Chant
Michelle Michael

EPISODE 16: TEEN KILLERS
Susanna Toledano & Chelsea Richardson
"Sandra and Beth"^[1]
Penny Bjorkland

References

^ ^a ^b Under Canadian Juvenile Law, the real names of neither "J.R.", "Sandra", nor "Beth" can be mentioned within the episode, as all three were juveniles at the time of the murders; Canadian code prohibits the use of a juvenile offender's real name in print and newspaper. Subsequent articles, including some linked here, do reveal full hames and family names. Each of the juvenile perpetrators in this story received the maximum sentences allowed under Canadian Law: 10 years.
^ "articles from the New York Times about Daphne Abdela". Retrieved 2011-06-12.

External links

[Canada-1] Under Canadian Juvenile Law, the real names of neither "J.R.", "Sandra", nor "Beth" can be mentioned within the episode, as all three were juveniles at the time of the murders; Canadian code prohibits the use of a juvenile offender's real name in print and newspaper. Subsequent articles, including some linked here, do reveal full hames and family names. Each of the juvenile perpetrators in this story received the maximum sentences allowed under Canadian Law: 10 years.

[Daphne-2] "articles from the New York Times about Daphne Abdela". Retrieved 2011-06-12.

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