Murder-for-Hire

Uncover the dark and intricate web of plots, motives and sinister secrets of contract killers, accused of making murder a commodity by buying and selling human lives.


Middle-aged man in a ballcap stands next to a teen girl whose face is blurred. They appear to be at a lake.
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Defense attorney holds up a picture of a baby
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female defendant
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Sharp dressed journalist on a news set.
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Young female inmate in yellow prison garb walks past a TV camera
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Lindsay Shiver
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Lil Durk
Charlie Adelson sits in court during his sentencing
couple smiling in photo
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Teary-eyed young man on the witness stand.
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Lindsay Shiver
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Shanna Gardner
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photo of Shanna Gardner and Mario Fernandez Saldana
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close up of woman with glasses in the courtroom
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Donna Adelson sits in court
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Donna Adelson official mug shot.
Elderly woman in prison jumper sits at defense table.
Elderly woman in prison jumper sits at defense table.
Donna Adelson's mugshot
Elderly woman in glasses and prison garb listens in court.
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Katherine Magbanua
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closeup of woman with glasses
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Elderly female defendant in a purple prison jumper sits at defense table.
Elderly female defendant in a purple prison jumper sits at defense table.
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Ann Trexler
Photo of Dan Markel and his kids
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Elderly woman at defense table wears a purple prison jumper.
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Court TV anchor Julie Grant at the anchor desk with a splitscreen on the monitor behind her of members of the Adelson family.
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Elderly female defendant is sowrn in
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close up of elderly, grey-haired female defendant in a purple prison jumper