Accomplice to Murder with Vinnie Politan - Episode Guide

Richard Kananen Sr. beat his wife Marilyn so badly and abused his son and two daughters so horrifically that they spoke of him only as 'it' or 'the monster.' So, when he vanished on a clear day in September 1988, no one in the family bothered to report him missing. But when Marilyn disappeared 15 years to the day after her husband, suspicion soon fell on their son Ricky and youngest daughter Stacey. When both accused the other of the double murder, it was up to a Florida jury to determine who was the mastermind and who was telling the truth about what really happened.

Paula Gutierrez thought she had found true love at 14 when she met and fell for the much older Nestor "Chino" de Jesus. But their romance soon turned into a nightmare for Paula as Chino's jealous rages made her fear for her life. After their daughter Ashley was born, the couple's bank account soon dwindled to zero, and on a hot Tampa day in July 2001, Chino gave Paula baggy clothes and a bandana and told her they were going to go rob a bank. By day's end, two people were dead and Paula was facing three life sentences as an accomplice to a crime she did not commit.

The case against Tyler Edmonds seemed like a slam dunk. When Kristi Fulgham was taken in by police for questioning after her husband Joey was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head, she told them that her half-brother Tyler had done it, shooting Joey to protect her from an abusive husband. The 13-year-old confessed, though saying that he was only an accomplice to the murder that Kristi planned. After a short trial, he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole. It would take the heroic efforts of his defense lawyer - who took Tyler's case all the way to the Supreme Court - to give his client a shot at redemption and a second chance at life.

How did the quiet and mild-mannered Meredith Moon become an accomplice to one of South Carolina's most horrific crimes?

After her husband Brent was murdered, Renée Poole's multiple affairs and secret life as a stripper made her the main suspect in his death.

Tonica Jenkins had a talent for manipulating people to get what she wanted. She used that gift to scam her way into Yale, and later turned it to a darker purpose.

Toby Lowry was 22 when he says his 15-year-old girlfriend Morgan Leppert manipulated him into murdering an elderly disabled man.

Was Kristi Koslow really the ruthless mastermind that police portrayed her as after her stepmother was killed and her father was injured?

The Pike County Massacre was the biggest homicide in Ohio history - eight people from the same family shot execution style as they slept.

Former Miss Georgia contestant Tara Grinstead vanished without a trace in 2005. But was Ryan Duke, arrested years later, really the mastermind?

A retired Army sergeant stands trial for his alleged role in an elaborate murder-for-hire plot, in which he claims he was manipulated into killing his long-distance girlfriend's husband.

A father bludgeoned to death. A confession by his sons, Alex and Derek King. But did family friend Ricky Chavis play a role? The confession is called into question after the discovery that Ricky is a pedophile who was after Alex.

Hemy Neuman is accused of murdering Rusty Sneiderman in front of his son's Duwnoody daycare in November 2010. Sneiderman was married to Neuman's alleged lover, Andrea Sneiderman. Prosecutors claim Neuman murdered Rusty because of his intense love for Andrea. The defense claims Neuman suffered from a mental illness that led him to believe the Sneiderman children were his own and he needed to protect them from Rusty.

A shocking courtroom confession blew open a deadly conspiracy involving a grandmother, a hairdresser, her wannabe gangster boyfriend, and a murderous custody dispute. 

When Thurman Martin's body was discovered buried under a tomato patch in his yard, the biggest challenge investigators faced was narrowing down the number of suspects in a family where everyone wanted him dead. 

Vicki Monroe found her husband shot dead in an apparent robbery at the Louisville bar they owned, but a car led police back to the couple's son who pointed the finger at his mother for the murder.

When Sherri Malarik was found dead in a Winn Dixie parking lot, suspicion fell on her husband Greg. 20 years later, a former lover's confession may finally bring him to justice for murder.

After dentist Norman Larzelere is shot by a masked man, dying in his wife Virginia's arms, police suspect a robbery gone wrong. That changes when a friend of Virginia's son reveals a twisted plot orchestrated by the grieving widow herself.

The murder of hometown hero and NBA star Lorenzen Wright remained unsolved until alleged accomplice Jimmy Martin revealed the location of the murder weapon, implicating Wright's ex-wife Sherra and her yardman Billy Ray Turner.

High schoolers Courtney Schulhoff and Michael Morin found comfort in each other during tough times at home. When their families pulled them apart, things took a dark turn

Michael Durenleau's life was tragically ended when he was stabbed in the heart behind Veronica's Tavern after having celebratory drinks with his wife, Rebecca, who police pinned as the mastermind. But, was she?

Shanda Vander Ark, once a promising law clerk, now faces murder charges in the death of her own child. But was her eldest son a willing accomplice, or another victim?