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. Each episode profiles four famous cases from the past and delves into a deadly world shaped by spiraling forces that are beyond the women's control: obsession, greed, and revenge. Written by Toby Padilla

Katie Belflower is a California girl with a penchant for stealing other girl's boyfriends. She begins an affair with Michael Simons, the husband of her 17 year-old classmate Jenna Nannetti. Katie, Michael, and a friend named Jeffrey Hamilton plot to kill Jenna in 2002. Months later, Katie and Jeffrey attempt to kill another girl, Aspen Lum, and during the attack, Katie admits to killing Jenna. Katie is serving 25 years to life in prison. Michael Simons gets life without parole and Jeffrey Hamilton gets 20 years to life. Written by Anonymous

Love is usually a game for two -- when three try to play, somebody will lose out. An obsessed wife fixates on revenge, a lustful affair breeds a wicked plot, and a wealthy housewife hides more than skeletons in her closet.

Middle aged and middle class mother-of-one Jean was a trained nurse and a flight steward with no criminal record, that is until she slashed the throat of one of her close girlfriends, Gladys. The motive Jean found out that Gladys who had recently separated from her husband was having an affair with her husband. She didn't just kill Gladys she tried to torture information out of her by stabbing her in the arms, legs and torso. She then left Gladys to bleed to death. Jean got away with murder and kept her husband for some 16 years until a cold case unit trapped her in an undercover sting. Written by Katie Ryerson

For some women, a craving for cash can trump the lives of the innocent. A nurse decides to cash in her housemate, a sister swaps her brother for a new bank balance and an embezzler uses arsenic to balance the books. All 3 women killed for money, the had a hunger for cash.

When these women fell out of love they didn't walk away; they chose a permanent separation with financial benefits. They all wanted to be single but with no strings attached; they were 'Self Made Widows'.

Some women's actions are so cold, so vicious, it's unbelievable. A street crusader takes the law into her own hands, a spoiled rich kid wants to kill and a college student's idea of a thrill is brutal. These deadly women committed actions so vicious they seem heartless.

Being the 'other woman' is a lonely life. Some turn rejection into rage. A call girl craved the high life, a teen mom eradicated her rival, and a lesbian love affair ripped a family apart. These Deadly Women refused to play 'Second Best'.

Financially motivated killers, including Melissa Ann Shepard, Kelly Gissendaner,Ada Wittenmyer.

A divorced woman fakes a home invasion; a mix of jealousy and alcohol affect a U.K. mother; and a drug kingpin eliminates the competition.

Some women tread a fine line between anger and insanity. A bondage queen punishes her rival, a teenager wreaks fiery revenge, and a doctor prescribes a lethal cure for her problems. These Deadly Women are damaged goods, but are they Mad or Bad?

Some women must always get their way. A seductress has men and women under her spell, a churchgoer finds a new form of faith, and a matriarch rules with an iron rod. These Deadly Women want power at any price, because they demand Total Control.

Some women's feminine wiles mask their true natures. On the surface these women appear fun, but if you cross them they turn lethal. When these Deadly Women felt let down, they took revenge and revealed their Hidden Rage.

When it came to murder, these women thought two minds were better than one. They were the masterminds, but didn't want to get their hands dirty. For these Deadly Women, it took Two to Terminate.

Farzana and Iftikha Ahmed plot to kill their daughter Shafilea.