When three separate murder attempts were made on a prominent Houston socialite, her husband's mistress was fingered for the paid hits. But was she working alone? In what came to be known nationally as the "Bellaire Socialite" case, nothing is as it seems.    

Sources:

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Stern-s-mistress-expected-to-plead-guilty-3739267.php

https://texasborderbusiness.com/the-price-of-barratry-no-bail-for-houston-mcallen-attorney-jeffrey-stern-stays-in-jail/

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/shocking-new-allegations-in-jeffrey-stern-case/

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Bellaire-attorney-ordered-to-federal-lockup-in-14372098.php

https://www.courthousenews.com/new-twist-in-tangled-murder-for-hire-story/

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https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Stern-s-mistress-expected-to-plead-guilty-3739267.php

https://houston.culturemap.com/news/city-life/07-04-12-50-shades-of-murder-bellaire-socialite-yvonne-stern-mistress-delivers-a-steamy-tell-all-transsexuals-included/

https://houston.culturemap.com/news/city-life/06-21-12-11-52-michelle-gaiser-worlds-worst-hitman-hirer-allegedly-tried-to-kill-ex-lover-jeffrey-stern/

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https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/DA-4th-socialite-death-plot-was-in-the-works-1698632.php

In this episode, we go to Framingham, Massachusetts, where a man brutally murders his wife during an argument over burnt pasta.  Did he act in self-defense, thinking his wife was a creature from out of this world, or is he a cold-blooded killer, faking mental illness by mutilating the body and making bizarre claims?  You be the judge.

Sources:

https://apnews.com/article/dec1b541f15a9a16aca62a59054f4727

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1996/11/5/framingham-man-pleads-insanity-in-murder/

https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/19961108/News/311089997

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/11/07/Hancock-exec-guilty-of-wifes-murder/7927847342800/

http://www.celebrateboston.com/crime/burnt-ziti-murder.htm

https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2013/07/30/how-a-burnt-ziti-gave-us-session-9

http://ganglandscribe2.blogspot.com/2011/08/actual-boston-crime-story-that-inspired.html

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https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ma-supreme-judicial-court/1409617.html

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