The title case is an account of the life and crimes of Dr. Anthony Pignataro, a cosmetic surgeon with a penchant for forged credentials, botched surgeries, to the attempted arsenic poisoning of his wife. Four other true cases follow.
Reviews the case of David Brown, a computer entrepreneur whose role in the murder of his young wife came to light years after her death in 1985--a crime for which Brown's fourteen-year-old daughter originally took the blame.
Presents an account of the October 2000 murder of Chris Northon, and his wife Liysa's subsequent conviction for the crime which she claims she committed in self-defense.
Brian uses basketball to block out memories of his girlfriend and her family who were murdered; however, the upcoming trial and a high school history assignment forces him to face the past.
Examines the turbulent life of Diane Downs--filled with sexual obsession and violence--and chronicles the police investigaton that ended in her conviction for the 1983 murder of her seven-year-old daughter and the attempted murder of her other young children.
A collection of true stories recounting murder cases in which the victims were killed for money, including the case of former Marine sergeant Roland Pitre Jr., who hired someone to kill his wife in 1988.
Tells the story of the bludgeoning death of attorney Cheryl Keeton in 1986 and the subsequent arrest and trial of her husband, Brad Cunningham, who was convicted of murder.
