Deadly Women

- Season 6

(2013)

Some women have ice running through their veins. They lack the instinct to care. A mom locks up and tortures her daughter like she's a prisoner-of-war; a helpful neighbor quietly kills her community; and lesbian lovers bash and burn a complete stranger.

When a woman's only desire in life is to be wealthy she will do anything to get it. A California businesswoman targets a Lotto winner and takes more than his cash; a young bride's charm masks her brutal nature and a sea voyage ends with man 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 her sadistic nature; and an unhappy divorcee takes revenge on her own flesh and blood.

Baby-face looks can be misleading. These teen girls want to live like grown-ups, and won't let anyone stop them. A teen wants to date more than she wants her mother; a student makes herself an orphan and a girl sacrifices her grandmother to be with a boy.

Cross these deadly vixens at your own risk. An English beauty spars with her boyfriend, a middle-aged woman sacrifices lives for money, and a couple of game players lure an innocent man into a deadly trap: these women will certainly fight to the death.

A mother's role is to love & protect her children, but for some, that doesn't ring true. When a Missouri mom uses her children for money, a Texas mom's becomes delusional, & an Australian gives her son a watery grave, it's clear they lack motherly love.

Donna Horwitz seems to have it all - a millionaire husband, a loving son, and an enormous house with hired help - but surfaces deceive. Miserable, and provoked to rage by her husband's indifference, she shoots him dead.

Teenage years can be fraught with difficulties. While some teens stay close to home, others stray from the fold to enter a different dark and dangerous world. Gifted with youth and burdened by demons, these Deadly Women look too young to do harm.

Social status seems to place these women above suspicion, including the crimes of the "mother of modern adoptions," Georgia Tann.

Deadly Women fuses bone chilling story telling, sumptuous period drama and forensic fact in a bid to explore history's most alluring, intriguing and horrifying female killers.

What makes a deadly woman? Is it nurture, nature or something in between? Sometimes evil seems to lurk from the beginning, and there's no stopping it. For these deadly women, cruelty comes from deep within.

Ellie Nesler sends her son Willie away to a Christian summer camp, where he and several other boys are molested by Daniel Driver. On the day of Driver's trial, an outraged Nesler shoots and kills him in court. She serves three years for manslaughter but later returns to jail for selling drugs, while her now-adult son is himself incarcerated for murder. In 1966, girls' school headmistress Jean Harris falls for future Scarsdale Diet creator Dr. Herman Tarnower, but he womanizes constantly and gets her hooked on speed. In March 1980, after the doctor finally dumps Jean ...

Not every woman's heart is filled with love and light. A dance teacher waltzes her way to financial gain; a daughter sows a murderous seed; and a lonely heart spawns a damaged mind. For these women, romance truly is dead, they possess 'Dark Hearts.'

Some women can't cope with raising a child. A young mom commits the ultimate act of betrayal; a jealous lover plots a horrible revenge; and twins becomes twice as hard for a housewife. These Deadly Women are willing to sacrifice Â'Innocent Blood'.

Sometimes, a woman has a killer instinct when she meets her other half. These wicked women exert control over their partners to become the master puppeteer of a murderous plot. Acting as two on behalf of one, these Deadly Women are Â'Double Trouble'.

Some women expect too much from their flesh and blood. When these Deadly Women convince their closest relatives to become a party to murder, they know their families won't let them down. Blood is thicker than water, when they enlist their "Killer Kin."

Some women don't have a kind bone in their body. They take lives without a second thought. A mom sacrifices her son; a greedy book-keeper steals her way to murder and a teen takes her rebellion to shocking heights. These Deadly Women have "No Mercy."

Selfish women will sometimes sell their souls to the devil to get what they want. A scorned lover weaves a web of lies, a teenage Goth orders a reign of terror, and a gold-digger buries secrets in her basement. These Deadly Women have "Souls of Stone."

A prim Californian woman chooses to commit a deadly sin rather than live with an immoral husband, a bustling housewife whips up a recipe for riches and greed drives two women to join a murderous poison ring.

A love-struck Texan will go to any lengths to keep her man, a gun-toting redhead shoots first and asks questions later, and a mother with a vile temper does the unthinkable to her tiny son.