Original title
Mastermind of Murder
Released
4/18/2021
Origin country
US
Genre
Crime, Documentary
Production companies
Nancy Glass Productions, Glass Entertainment Group
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
2
Number of episodes
20
The best way to get away with murder is to have someone else do it for you, which is why the most cunning killers never lay a finger on their victims. In these cases love, loyalty, faith, and family become dangerous weapons, and the most vicious criminal isn't the one who pulled the trigger--it's the one who pulled their strings.
When a man is shot after answering a local help wanted ad, detectives discover there are other victims with eerily similar stories; their quest to locate a possible serial killer leads them to a suspected killer working for an evil manipulator.
A father shoots a masked intruder after he is ambushed in his own garage, but as the unknown assailant clings to life and LAPD try to make sense of the strange situation, a twisted web of manipulation and lies within the family is revealed.
A Navy veteran is brutally stabbed in his senior living community, but as detectives work to find the killer, they discover a persuasive con artist.
A town councilwoman is gunned down in her home and the only evidence left behind is a bouquet of plastic roses, but as detectives work to find the triggerman, they learn that the person calling the shots is close to home.
A quiet town is rocked to its core when a brutalized corpse of a single father is discovered by the side of a residential road; detectives are led down an unexpected path of betrayal, lies, manipulation and murder.
After the wife of a naval officer is shot dead in a parking lot, the case quickly hits a dead end; it's not until years later that a murder plot unravels involving power, greed and deadly ambition by a mastermind willing to risk everything.
A retired farmer thinks he's struck gold after natural gas is found on his property; when he's found dead and a family feud breaks out over his estate, detectives uncover a tale of lies, deceit and manipulation orchestrated by someone close to home.
A tragic car accident on a canyon road turns into a murder investigation when detectives discover possible foul play.
After leaving a support group, a young mother is gunned down by a masked shooter -- as investigators try to make sense of the case, they reveal a story of religious manipulation that leads to one person committing the ultimate sin.
An elderly real estate broker is attacked and left for dead in one of his listings; as detectives dig for clues, they uncover a business deal gone bad and a mastermind willing to use someone close to home to carry out a heinous plot.
When a young father is found shot in his bed, detectives quickly identify a suspect, but when the suspect is also found murdered, investigators uncover a lurid conspiracy involving betrayal and manipulation centered around an unlikely couple.
Police struggle to identify a mutilated torso found in the woods until the Navy comes forward with a missing sailor case; as the investigations join forces, a mastermind emerges who's obsessed with murder, power and committing the perfect crime.
The triple murder of a family tears apart a quiet town as investigators frantically search for a suspect on the run. Tracking down the gunman is only the beginning, though, as a conspiracy is revealed involving a mastermind and their unsuspecting prey.
When a successful businessman is executed outside his office, detectives suspect he was targeted; the ensuing investigation uncovers multiple murder plots and a mastermind willing to manipulate anyone, no matter how close.
A family is stunned after their patriarch is gunned down on his 200-acre ranch. Detectives are met with dead ends until a second victim is murdered on the ranch a year later. Soon a suspect is revealed who will stop at nothing to control the land.
After a family man is found discarded alongside a rural road, police uncover the brutal murder took place in his home while his children slept. Chilling suspicions and rumours about the family become reality as a deadly betrayal is revealed.
A father is bludgeoned to death and his wife is assaulted after an assailant breaks into their family home. As detectives sort through the evidence, an unlikely relationship emerges involving a suspect who has held a deadly obsession for years.
In December 1994, a house fire in small town Horn Lake, Mississippi claims the life of Lula Young, a beloved woman with terminal cancer; local law enforcement suspects foul play. Investigators’ hunt for the arsonist leads them to a suspect close to home whose greed knows no bounds, even murder.
After discovering a mother dead of an apparent suicide in 2017 in Corning, NY, police find evidence she was murdered. As detectives search for answers, they uncover a web of emotional manipulation that resulted in a deadly ultimatum and an unthinkable choice.
When a young mother-to-be is shot in her home, investigators struggle understand why. When her killer comes forward with a wild story of an assassination plot ripped from the pages of a spy novel, a stranger-than-fiction mastermind is revealed.
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