A veterinarian and a medical doctor fell in love, to find they both had similar issues: Exes they wanted out of the picture. Leon Jacobs thought he had it all figured out for him and Valerie McDaniel, but police were onto them ...

The new season will feature 26-year-old femme fatale Dalia Dippolito, who plotted the murder of her husband.

A woman who allegedly tried to commit suicide by slashing her own throat opens up to police, landing her husband in jail for the attack. The threat is far from over, however, and police begin listening to Kris Ertmann's phone calls from jail, revealing a shocking plot.

When the marriage between drug counselor Cynthia Guy and Terry Thomas ended, she tried to blackmail a court-ordered patient into getting a hitman with the "Mexican Mafia" to kill her ex for her. Luckily, the patient knew what to do ...

Oxygen's original series Murder for Hire premieres Saturday, October 5th at 6/5c.

Motivated by revenge, money and twisted desire, these are five of the most shocking murder-for-hire cases.

Katrina Danforth, who has done adult film work under the names Lynn Pleasant and Lynn Passion, reportedly told an undercover cop she didn't care who else got hurt in the process of having her former lover killed.

In 2004, two men broke into the Girgis family’s Westminster home and stabbed Ariet Girgis to death, almost decapitating her.

Former detective Victor Thrash from the Long Beach Police Department discusses his undercover role while investigating Magdi Girgis. Magdi was believed to have arranged the murder of his late wife, Ariet Girgis, in 2004. Two unidentified African American men had broken into the Girgis' home in Westminster, California, and stabbed Ariet to death. At the time of her murder, Magdi was awaiting trail for a domestic violence case involving his wife.

Before the new season of 'Murder For Hire' kicks off on Oct. 5, catch up with these choice mini episodes taken from last season.

Former deputy defense attorney Sonia Balleste recalls what it was like working on criminal cases in Orange County, California. Detective James Wilson from the Westminster Police Department recalls Balleste as being a heavily involved collaborator and investigator. The two worked together while investigating the murder Ariet Girgis, whose killing was arranged by her husband, Magdi Girgis.

Richard and Ryan Girgis remember their mother, Ariet Girgis, who was murdered in a contract killing arranged by their father, Magdi Girgis. A decade after Ariet was stabbed to death in her Westminster, California, home, Magdi was convicted of murder with special circumstances and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Brothers Ryan and Richard Girgis reflect on the marriage of their parents, Ariet and Magdi Girgis. Ariet was stabbed to death at the family's home in Westminster, California, on September 24, 2004. Two unidentified men had broken in, tied up Ryan and then attacked Ariet. It took almost 10 years before the case was solved.