Original title
Wicked Attraction
Released
8/7/2008
Origin country
US
Genre
Crime, Documentary
Production companies
M2 Pictures
Status
Cancelled
Number of seasons
6
Number of episodes
80
Wicked Attraction is a true-crime documentary television series on Investigation Discovery which began airing in the United States in 2008. The series focuses on how two seemingly ordinary people can come together to commit heinous crimes, thereby forming a "wicked attraction."
Newlyweds Paul and Karla Homolka hide a dark and deadly secret in Canada.
A couple satisfies their deviant urges through a series of assaults.
A dutiful daughter hatches a deadly plan with her boyfriend in Virginia.
A sadistic couple sets up a chamber of horrors in their New Mexico home.
A serial killer tortures innocent victims on camera in California.
Wicked Attraction examines the case of Michelle and David Knotek lure guests to their Washington boardinghouse in order to murder them.
Wicked Attraction examines the case of Ricky Gray and Ray Dandridge who were responsible for a spree of family murders in Richmond Virginia.
Wicked Attraction looks at the case of former boxer Jeremy Brooks and Coty Rodriguez who commit three murders in three different states.
Wicked Attraction looks at the case of Carolyn King and Bradley Martin who kill a Pennsylvania florist and later kidnap and murder a woman in North Dakota.
Wicked Attraction looks at the case of Michael Thornton who uses his young protégé Janeen Snyder to kidnap and murder two teen girls.
Wicked Attraction looks at the case of Skylar Deleon and his wife Jennifer Henderson who kill a California couple and steal their yacht.
Wicked Attraction looks at the case of Dale Hausner and Sam Dieteman two serial shooters who targeted the streets of Phoenix, Arizona.
Wicked Attraction examines the case of Kelly Gissendaner and her lover Gregory Owen who conspire to murder Kelly's husband Doug.
Wicked Attraction examines the case of Nicole Kasinskas who kills her mother Jeanne Dominico when she refuses to let her move in with her boyfriend Billy Sullivan.
Wicked Attractions looks at the case of bodybuilder Craig Titus and fitness model Kelly Ryan who are responsible for the murder of their assistant Melissa James.
After 16 years of violent abuse Deborah Brown and her children have decided to flee from her husband Steven Brown. They think they'll be safe living with Deborah's brother Don in a different state. Then one night Steven arrives to exact his revenge, and Deborah endures a night of sheer terror.
Masked robbers burst into a Eustis, FL bachelor party and open fire on the guests. Two men are killed and another is seriously injured after being shot ten times. The mastermind of the robbery is drug dealer Donte Hall. He enlisted the help of his stripper girlfriend Angel Glenn, who was working the party, and his identical twin brother Dante. Now police must find them before they kill again.
The ordeal of Lisa Fotopoulos, who survived a gunshot to the head in a botched murder-for-hire scheme.
In the spring of 2005, prominent Vietnamese fortune teller Ha Smith and her daughter Anita Vo are found brutally stabbed to death inside their Orange County, CA home. In a puzzling twist, their killer has also poured white paint over their bodies. As detectives consider the possibility of a ritual killing, new purchases are being made on Ha Smith's credit cards. The money trail leads police to a North Carolina woman who also happens to be a client of Ha Smith.
In the fall of 2004, police officers rescue Jennifer Hitchcock from the Wisconsin hotel room where her abusive and obsessive boyfriend, Maurice Mason, has been holding her. But Mason refuses to let her go. He recruits his nephew Bennie Frier as an accomplice and follows Jennifer to Nebraska, where he intends to get her back - no matter what. Mason tracks down his one time lover, savagely beats her, and kidnaps her. He and Frier then begin the trip back to Wisconsin. It's a trip that will find one man bound and left for dead in the wilderness, a cab driver gunned down, and Jennifer herself brutally murdered.
In January of 2000 Danielle Simpson, his wife Jennifer, and a 13-year-old friend decide to rob the home of their elderly neighbor, 84-year-old widow Geraldine Davidson. They break in while she's out, but are startled when the retired school teacher returns home while they are still in her house. The trio kidnaps the elderly woman, bind her with duct tape, and force her into the trunk of her own car. They then drive around the town of Palestine, TX, stopping to show her off to friends along the way. When Danielle Simpson's younger brother Lionel joins them, he convinces the others that Geraldine must be killed.
In July of 2005, elderly couple Carol and Reggie Sumner go missing from their Jacksonville, FL home. A few days later, their abandoned car turns up about an hour away from home. Then someone starts withdrawing cash from their bank accounts at ATM's in Charleston, SC, where they used to live. Investigators follow the paper trail right to Michael Jackson and Tiffany Cole. The young couple has a connection to the Sumner's. Tiffany Cole used to be their neighbor. Jackson and Cole, along with friends Alan Wade and Bruce Nixon, have committed an unspeakable crime.
On the night of August 9, 1991, two men break into the Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Phoenix, AZ and murder all 9 people inside. The motive appears to be robbery. Based on a tip, a special task force quickly arrests four Tucson, AZ men and charges them with the murders. But ballistics tests on a confiscated .22 rifle connect the murders to two teenagers - Jonathan Doody and Alessandro "Alex" Garcia. While being questioned, Garcia admits he and Doody are the real killers.
Catherina Voss is obsessed by sex, men, and spending money she hasn't got. In April 2007 she decides the quickest way to a fast buck is to hire a hit man to kill her latest husband, Navy Ensign Cory Voss. As Catherina waits excitedly for the life insurance check to arrive Police begin to delve into her background, and discover her latest lover, Michael Draven, tells as many lies as she does - claiming he's a successful movie producer when in fact he's hardly worked a day in his life.
The ordeal of Jaycee Dugard, who was abducted at age 11 by Phillip and Nancy Garrido in 1991 and kept as a sex slave until 2009, is detailed.
Pool hall hustler Donald Fish stands only 4 ft 4 inches and is no match for two vicious lesbians who come up with a plan to seduce him before using violence to steal his money. Will investigators be able to find the duo before they strike again?
Two lovers are prepared to go to any lengths to pay for their next drug fix, costing over $600 a day. They decide robbing jewelry stores is the best way to get cash. Their robbing spree soon turns into a murder spree when the body count starts to add up.
Two teens murder a predator and go on the run ''Thelma and Louise style'' to escape from police.
A greedy con man goes to explosive lengths while playing his game.
A pizza shop manager seeks revenge through a reign of terror and murder.
Two people bond over a desire to kill and decide to unleash their disturbing fantasies.
An elderly Texas couple gets more than they bargained for when they allow guests with murder on the mind into their home.
Out of control, mentally compromised ex-military men team up for a deadly crime spree.
A woman enlists the help of her childhood sweetheart to kill her elderly lover so she can inherit millions.
A love struck teenage couple plot to murder the girl's mother after she interferes in their relationship.
Vicious lovers from rival gangs go on a crime spree throughout the San Gabriel Valley.
An ex hooker and gigolo team up to seduce a car dealership.
Leslie Ballard wanted a more exciting life and found it with a man 20 years her senior; after getting shorted in her father's will, a woman gets revenge.
Jealousy knows no limits as sadistic psycho Mike Murdaugh and his twisted lover Becky Rohrs brutally torment Becky's admirers.
The investigation leads to a missing mothers backyard.
Two friends kill a nurse and dump her body in a lake to steal her car.
A romantic getaway between a nursing student and an aspiring rap star turns into a crime spree.
A woman with a loving family becomes addicted to heroin and her life spirals out of control.
During hard times, a woman takes matters into her own hands.
A babysitting job leads from an affair to a deadly crime spree.
A couple flees from the police, but things spiral further out of control at a cousin's home.
A woman and her childhood friend begin an affair that ends in murder.
A troubled teenager develops a drug addition, which drives her into a murderous rampage.
When an addict falls for a compulsive con-woman, the explosive couple get involved in a series of scams from which their only escape seems to be murder. Things continue to escalate as the lovers turn on friends and become serial killers.
When Bo randomly hitches a ride with C.J at a truck stop, the two become fast friends. Yet when Harvey takes Bo home to his wife and their four boys, Bo realizes he has stepped into a meth den, and the visit and friendship spiral out of control.
A visit to meet a friend's family gets out of control when the visitor realizes he's in a meth den.
A mother and daughter with a troubled past sets off on a violent path to freedom.
Two teens kill a young friend and turn the tables on his step-mom.
Two teens kill a young friend and turn the tables on his step-mom.
A housewife plans to seduce a youth pastor and convince him to kill her crippled husband.
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