Season 4 · Episode 5 — Dixie Shanahan
In 2002, a quiet Iowa housewife shot her abusive husband in their bedroom, then left the room and shut the door. It stayed shut for more than a year before authorities became suspicious of his disappearance. When police finally discovered the body, they learned the truth behind a terrible crime and an unlikely killer.
Season 4 episodes
E1A woman seemed to have hit the jackpot when she started dating wealthy casino heir Ted Binion. But, her luck took a turn for the worse when…
E2A desperate wife and mother watched her husband suffer for years from Huntington's disease, but when her son fell ill, she was compelled to…
E3A battered housewife knew she had to escape her brutal spouse for the sake of her children. However, her husband refused to let her go and…
E4She shot her husband three times after their business collapsed and he embarked on an affair, but would a jury believe her claim of self-de…
E5In 2002, a quiet Iowa housewife shot her abusive husband in their bedroom, then left the room and shut the door. It stayed shut for more th…
E6It started out as fun and games when a woman and her husband played "guess what I'm touching you with" while he was handcuffed and blindfol…
E7An Iowa woman confronted her estranged husband about his affair. The heated argument ended with her husband being stabbed to death.
E8The former reigning Miss Savannah fatally shot her boyfriend after tracking him to his fiancée's house. However, she claimed that she was d…
E9A mother lost custody of her children and the bulk of her marital assets in a bitter divorce. Her ex-husband, a college professor, was fata…
E10Just when a woman finds herself on the verge of a messy divorce, her husband turned up dead. The investigation that followed would reveal a…
E11A widow was able to successfully rebuild her life after her first husband was brutally killed during a home robbery. Two decades later; how…
E12When a rebellious 16-year-old girl snuck out to spend the night with her older boyfriend, her parents grounded her. Then, her parents were…
E13When Joan Shannon's soldier husband was shot to death by her teenaged daughter, it didn't take long before authorities suspected that she m…