A Plan to Kill

2 seasons available

A true-crime series that examines meticulous killers who plan murders for weeks, months or even years.
Killing for Custody
S2 E1

When police respond to a domestic disturbance in a Bay Area suburb, it's unclear who on scene was the intended victim; further investigation reveals a body, a carefully collected kill kit, and a slew of evidence of a lethal plan for revenge.

Killer Competition
S2 E2

A San Diego teacher and coach is gunned down on the street, leaving his students and fiancée shattered; detectives swiftly retrace the suspect's steps to prevent future violence, while unveiling a sick, obsession-fueled murder plot.

Deadly Desire
S2 E3

When a young mother and her newborn daughter vanish from Austin, detectives and FBI agents rush in to bring them home but instead uncover a heartbreaking motive, and a nine-month-long scheme to carry out the ultimate betrayal.

Payment Plan
S2 E4

After the search for a missing Florida couple leads to a chilling discovery in their garage, detectives follow the money trail to a surprising false identity that unlocks a deadly interstate scheme.

Killer Principal
S2 E5

When a pregnant St. Louis elementary school teacher is found shot to death in her apartment, an unusual gun silencer, missing money, and the victim's own meal plan help unlock a murder plan.

Desert Grift
S2 E6

When a successful Palm Springs art dealer goes missing, the search leads detectives through a complex web of charismatic conmen, luxury shopping sprees, and one small piece of evidence that uncovers an elaborate murder plot.

Digital Justice
S2 E7

When a mom is murdered in her suburban Connecticut basement, and her husband is found zip-tied to a chair, detectives pursue a camo-clad intruder and a twisted trail of digital evidence that uncovers a plan, months in the making.

Silenced to Death
S2 E8

A woman vanishes from small-town Oregon after heading to a Halloween party, leaving her family devastated and detectives hitting dead ends; years later, new evidence from a source reveals the plan to silence a victim.

Pizza Bomber
S2 E9

A botched bank robbery and bomb-clad hostage lead Erie detectives through a scavenger hunt that starts with a pizza delivery, ends with multiple victims, and is concocted by a deranged perpetrator who has plans to kill again.

A Burning Plot
S2 E10

After a former fire department volunteer dies in a house fire, inexplicable findings on scene, prison informants, and forged documents expose a duplicitous scheme, driven by insatiable greed, that began more than two years prior.

Love, Death and Obsession in Hollywood
S1 E1

A popular therapist suffers a deadly attack in her Hollywood Hills home and police must trace a trail of deadly obsession and rage to find her killer.

When Kindness Kills
S1 E2

The murder of a popular hairdresser in Cleveland leaves police stunned and desperate for answers; an unexpected break comes when a routine traffic stop in a neighboring county uncovers a vicious and deadly plot no one saw coming.

To Have and To Kill
S1 E3

A well-respected firefighter and loving family man is found gunned down outside his Philadelphia home, sending police on a furious search for his killers; what they find stuns even the most hardened investigators among them.

Death in the Family
S1 E4

The disappearance of a loving family in rural Arkansas leaves authorities searching for clues; a discovery puts them on the trail of ruthless killers driven by hate and revenge.

Groomed to Kill
S1 E5

When a loving couple is discovered murdered execution-style in front of their Kansas home, police race to uncover the truth about who wanted them dead.

Til Death Do Us Part
S1 E6

A shooting in the central Florida community of Deltona leaves a young man dead; while his fiancée mourns the death of her partner, police dig into their past to try and find out who would want to end their life together before it began.

Revenge in the Rockies
S1 E7

A beloved Colorado postal worker and father is brutally gunned down on his daily route leaving authorities scrambling to piece together the evidence and find out who would want to execute this well-loved member of their community.

Buried Evidence
S1 E8

The apparent disappearance of a loving mother and wife seems to be an unsolvable puzzle, until a resolute Ohio detective teams up with an unlikely partner, the woman's heroic 11-year-old son.

The Business of Murder
S1 E9

When a businessman is gunned down in his home by a masked assailant, police scramble to figure out who could have wanted him dead; the case leads them on a bloody cross-country trek.

Killer Friendship
S1 E10

A father in Orange County, Calif. finds a young woman's slain body in his son's apartment and calls the police; he seeks his son and answers; the investigation uncovers an unexpected plot.