Sinister

Dr. Amy Bishop was a ticking time bomb. In 2010, her horrific act at the University of Alabama Huntsville would lead investigators down a dark path. For over 25 years, Amy had received nothing but a slap on the wrist for a pattern of disturbing behavior.

Dionne was a college student just trying to get by. When she meets Atlanta millionaire Lance Herndon in 1996, all of her troubles are, seemingly, swept away in lavish gifts, cash and cars. However, when the recently divorced Herndon starts to see red flags in the relationship it's far too late.

Lena Driskell didn’t go into her new retirement home looking for love but she quickly found it in 85-year-old Herman Winslow. When the relationship got rocky, Lena would shock the entire retirement complex and all of Atlanta.

From the outside looking in, Sheila and Daniel Trott seemed to have a picture perfect life. But no one could have predicted that years in the future Sheila would later find herself convicted of first degree murder after being caught in a love triangle.

Teenager Patty Columbo found herself in a torrid affair with her employer and married man, Frank DeLuca. Together, the two hatched a sinister plot to kill Patty's parents to get access to her inheritance. The two were sentenced to 300 years in prison for the murder of Columbo's parents and her 13-year old brother.

Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis lived a simple life in Danville, Virginia with her husband Julian, and their four children. But when she learned he had nearly half a million dollars in life insurance, Teresa wanted a piece – and to get it, she would become a murderer.

When Stacy DeGrandechamp stepped on the scene at Fort Wayne High School, she had all the makings of a thriving high-school student. But it wasn’t until she met Holly Boisvert, the quintessential mean girl and her high school rival, that everything changed. Holly didn’t intend for Stacy to make it to college… because Stacy was going into a body bag.

When the wild Karla Faye Tucker meets the off-kilter Jerry Dean, he immediately leaves a bad taste in her mouth. And it’s not too long after that Karla’s disdain for him erupts into a bloody murder, earning her the title of the Pick-Axe Murderer.

Jemma Mitchell wanted to heal people through faith - and when another devout Christian is drawn to her, she helps. But sometimes we want to be helped so badly, we don’t notice the help looks like deception... a scam… or even… murder. And from Jemma, it was all three.

Andrea Yates called 911. Generally, when we call 911, something very, very bad has happened. In Andrea's eyes, something just had happened, something that had to be done, something that she had to do. She felt like she essentially had to save her children from her bad parenting, her bad, bad motherhood. She really believed this. She also felt like she had to save them from the devil themselves.

It's Friday, November 14th, and Reena Virk is under a bridge. Just minutes before this, a couple of people that she would have considered friends linked arms with her, and they said, let's go under the bridge. Let's go smoke a cigarette, let's go hang out.

Cynthia Coffman was a born rebel. From childhood through her teenage years, her desire for freedom pushed her to abandon her responsibilities in lieu of excitement, and escape. But when she meets her match in hot-headed James Marlow – their instant attraction proves dangerous, and it quickly turns from a love affair…. to mass killing sprees.

Everything is calm. You're laughing at the dinner table, not arguing. You know what to expect every day. And for somebody that grew up in a really messed up home, that type of stability is so calming. It feels so good. We dream about it. And Manling Williams, the woman we're going to talk about today, she did dream of that lifestyle. But what happens when somebody that is wired to live and survive in chaos is suddenly thrown in almost monotony? They try to enjoy it.

For much of Taylor Schabusiness’s life, she maneuvered through a world inundated with debauchery and drugs. So when the small-town Wisconsin woman meets a man who leans into her darkside, her love of chaos heightens to a point of no return, turning a passion-fueled tryst…. into murder.

Nothing can stand in the way of Estibaliz Carranza becoming a mother. So when her two lovers try to derail those dreams, she decides that she’ll do anything to get revenge...even if it means killing for it.

Wendi Mae Davidson’s personal life was a maze of ill-fated relationships and instability. When she meets and marries Air Force officer Michael Severance, her future looks promising, until her husband mysteriously disappears. Is she the seemingly distraught military wife and mother, or something more Sinister?

Jody Herring was an incredibly troubled mother of 3. When the Department of Children and Families steps in for the 3rd time, she reaches a shocking boiling point.

When Magen Fieramusca’s obsession over her best friend, Heidi Broussard goes too far, Magen will stop at nothing to completely steal Heidi’s life, including kidnapping a newborn baby, and ultimately… murdering her best friend.

Neither Bryanna Barozzini nor her friend, Halia Culbertson, knew that a heated argument at their local convenience store would end up becoming so violent. But when their clash turns deadly, one vows to be the last one standing, even if it costs the other one her life.

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Dana Grey was addicted to the finer things in life: designer handbags, luxury cars, beautiful homes…she’d do anything to keep them. So when she loses her job and doting husband, Dana adds designer drugs to her shopping list in an attempt to cope with her mounting debt and doomed lifestyle. Desperate, emboldened, and wickedly material, Dana would do anything but give up her expensive lifestyle…no matter the cost.