A man is found dead in his home. His wife is the only suspect. She has a perfect alibi. She was out of state at a conference. Her phone records confirm it. Her credit card receipts confirm it. Hotel security footage confirms it. She could not have killed him. She hired someone who could.

In this episode, I examine the most twisted case ever handled by a major city police department. The wife had been planning the murder for months. She found a hitman on the dark web. She paid him in cryptocurrency. She gave him detailed instructions. She was out of state when the murder occurred. She thought she was untouchable.

The investigation cracked when the hitman was arrested for an unrelated crime. He offered to trade information for a reduced sentence. He named the wife. Police searched her home and found a notebook with detailed plans for the murder. They found a hidden hard drive with encrypted messages to the hitman. They found a key to a storage unit containing the murder weapon. The wife was arrested at her office. She maintained her innocence until the trial. The jury took three hours to convict her. She is serving life in prison.

Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play because the most twisted case is not the one with the most violence. It is the one with the most deception.

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