Killing for Profit, Part 1
![](/graphics/photos/about/special/killing_for_profit1/Lyle-Menendez.jpg) The Brothers Grim
Lyle and Erik Menendez were the two spoiled children of a very successful Cuban-American businessman. The boys were annoyed that their father was domineering and had threatened to disinherit them, so they decided to murder him so that they could spend the money he had earned right away. Since their mother was so emotionally tied to their father, they rationalized that she had to be murdered too because she couldnt survive without Jose and, of course, she would be the one to inherit his money if he died.
So one night in family room of their 23-room mansion where Kitty and Jose had dozed off entwined together on the couch in front of the TV, the two boys executed them with a 12-gauge shotgun and tried to make it look like a robbery. After using their murdered parents money to live in luxury, they were finally arrested. It took two trials to get them the justice they deserved.
![](/graphics/photos/about/special/killing_for_profit1/Sante-Kimes.jpg) Mommy and Clyde
Sante Kimes and son Kenneth lived the same outrageously bold life of crime that made their predecessors Bonnie and Clyde famous for generations. This incestuous duo meticulously planned elaborate multimillion dollar scams and executed their wealthy victims without a scintilla of remorse.
The Frigid Heart
The stench hovered over the Sacramento neighborhood like a putrid fog, sickly sweet and pungent. Everyone knew where it came from - the yard of the pale blue Victorian at 1426 F Street, where Dorothea Puente rented out rooms to elderly and infirm boarders.
No one suspected that the sweet-faced, grandmotherly lady was systematically drugging and killing her frail boarders and burying their remains in the yard she so lovingly tended. She got away with murder for years.
The Texas Tycoon and the Scheming Fortune Hunter
Steven Beard, a retired television executive, was startled awake to find his innards lying where his belly should have been.
Conscious but bewildered, he reached for a phone on his nightstand and dialed 911 for Austin, Texas.
Who would have guessed that his wife Celeste had manipulated her lesbian lover into being the "hit man"? She thought she had gotten away with murder, but.
Past Specials
Don Juan Killers, Part 1
Human Predators, Part 3
Pure Evil, Part 1
Mad or Bad? Part 1
Most Controversial Cases, Part 2
Sleeping With The Enemy, Part 1
Cult Murders, Part 2
Halloween, Part 1
Mothers Who Kill, Part 2
Spies, Part 1
Beauties & the Beast
Monsters, Part 3
Truly Weird, Part 2
Sleeping with the Enemy, Part 6
Sleeping with the Enemy, Part 2
Femmes Fatales, Part 1
Children of Thunder, Part 1
Truly Weird, Part 1
Killer Kids, Part 3
Monsters, Part 5
Celebrity Crimes, Part 1
The Dark Side - British, Part 1
Pure Evil-European Style, Part 2
Partners in Crime, Part 1
Monsters, Part 4
Sleeping with the Enemy, Part 4
Beauties and the Beasts, Part 3
Murder Most Extraordinary, Part 1
Crimes Below the Belt, Part 1
School Massacres, Part 2
Sex Slaves, Part 1
Monsters, Part 1
Spree Murders, Part 2
Crimes of Passion, Part 2
Making Crime Pay, Part 1
Killing for Profit, Part 1
Unhappy Moments in American Justice, Part 1
The Zodiac Killer
The Greatest Scams and Forgeries, Part 1
Beauties and the Beasts, Part 4
Lights, Camera, Murder! Part 1
Sleeping with the Enemy, Part 5
Beauties and the Beasts, Part 5
Human Predators, Part 1
Killer Dads, Part 1
Gay Serial Killers, Part 1
Most Popular Stories, Part 2
Human Predators, Part 4
Murder on Main Street, Part 1
Young Killers, Part 1
Child Killers, Part 1
Spree Murders, Part 1
Human Predators, Part 3
What Makes Serial Killers Tick, Part 2
What Makes Serial Killers Tick, Part 1
Mothers Who Kill, Part 2
Monsters, Part 2
Justice Delayed, Part 1
Sex Slaves, Part 3
Sleeping with the Enemy, Part 3
Human Predators, part 2
Beauties and the Beasts, Part 3
Celebrity Crimes, Part 2
Most Popular Stories, Part 1
Vampire Killers, Part 1
Great Unsolved Mysteries, Part 2
Dangerous Nuts, Part 1
Anything For Money, Part 1
Beauties and the Beasts, Part 2
Truly Weird, Part 3
The Death Shift
Married to the Mob
Killer Dads, Part 1
Killer Kids, Part 2
Poisoners, Part 1
Woman Scorned, Part 1
Satanists, Part 1
Killer Kids, Part 1
Sex Slaves, Part 2
Pure Evil - Asian Style, Part 1
Prostitute Killers, Part 1
Pure Evil - European Style, Part 1
Crimes of Passion, Part 1
Serial Rapists, Part 1
Cult Murders, Part 1
Pedophiles and Child Killers, Part 1
Flamboyant Criminals, Part 1
Controversial Cases, Part 1
School Massacres, Part 1
Cannibal Killers, Part 1
Great Unsolved Mysteries, Part 1
Deadly Doctors, Part 1
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