Snapped — Season 4
Everyone has a breaking point.
About this season
The fascinating cases of every day, seemingly average moms, wives and girlfriends accused of murder. Did they really do it? And if so, why?
Episodes (13)
1. Sandy Murphy
Aired 1 October 2006 • 43 min
A woman seemed to have hit the jackpot when she started dating wealthy casino heir Ted Binion. But, her luck took a turn for the worse when Binion was found dead in his home, and she became a key suspect.
2. Carol Carr
Aired 8 October 2006 • 43 min
A desperate wife and mother watched her husband suffer for years from Huntington's disease, but when her son fell ill, she was compelled to take drastic action.
3. Erin Dukes
Aired 15 October 2006 • 43 min
A battered housewife knew she had to escape her brutal spouse for the sake of her children. However, her husband refused to let her go and she had to fight for her freedom. She stands up and tries to end the reign of her abusive husband.
4. Donna Fryman
Aired 22 October 2006 • 43 min
She shot her husband three times after their business collapsed and he embarked on an affair, but would a jury believe her claim of self-defense?
5. Dixie Shanahan
Aired 29 October 2006 • 43 min
In 2002, a quiet Iowa housewife shot her abusive husband in their bedroom, then left the room and shut the door. It stayed shut for more than a year before authorities became suspicious of his disappearance. When police finally discovered the body, they learned the truth behind a terrible crime and an unlikely killer.
6. Sheila Davalloo
Aired 5 November 2006 • 43 min
It started out as fun and games when a woman and her husband played "guess what I'm touching you with" while he was handcuffed and blindfolded. But, the fun ended when she touched her husband with the blade of a knife.
7. Phyllis Nelson
Aired 12 November 2006 • 43 min
An Iowa woman confronted her estranged husband about his affair. The heated argument ended with her husband being stabbed to death.
8. Nikki Redmond
Aired 19 November 2006 • 43 min
The former reigning Miss Savannah fatally shot her boyfriend after tracking him to his fiancée's house. However, she claimed that she was defending herself after he went for his gun.
9. Piper Roundtree
Aired 26 November 2006 • 43 min
A mother lost custody of her children and the bulk of her marital assets in a bitter divorce. Her ex-husband, a college professor, was fatally shot in his driveway in October of 2004.
10. Mary Ellen Samuels
Aired 3 December 2006 • 43 min
Just when a woman finds herself on the verge of a messy divorce, her husband turned up dead. The investigation that followed would reveal a bewildering conspiracy that revealed hitmen hired to kill the hitmen who had murdered her husband.
11. Melinda Raisch
Aired 10 December 2006 • 43 min
A widow was able to successfully rebuild her life after her first husband was brutally killed during a home robbery. Two decades later; however, the soccer mom faced further questioning over what really happened that fateful day.
12. Sarah Johnson
Aired 17 December 2006 • 43 min
When a rebellious 16-year-old girl snuck out to spend the night with her older boyfriend, her parents grounded her. Then, her parents were found brutally murdered. Did teenage angst take a deadly turn?
13. Joan Shannon
Aired 24 December 2006 • 43 min
When Joan Shannon's soldier husband was shot to death by her teenaged daughter, it didn't take long before authorities suspected that she may have played a role in the demise of her well-insured spouse.