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Sometimes, even the most carefully crafted plans can lead to incarceration.
This is a recurring theme in Oxygen’s gripping series, A Plan to Kill, which returns on March 8 with a brand-new season. The series delves into the chilling cases of cunning criminals who attempt to carry out some of the most shocking murders across the nation.
“Murder requires a certain mindset,” stated a press release for the show’s second season. “But to craft a detailed and calculated plan to end a life—that requires a whole new level of brutality.” The series, A Plan to Kill, offers an in-depth look at true crime stories featuring disturbed individuals who spend considerable time meticulously plotting their victims’ deaths.
As it enters its second season, the show will explore diverse cases, including the murder of an elementary school teacher with an unconventional gun silencer and the intricate deceit of charming con artists following the disappearance of a Palm Springs art dealer.
“Drawing from firsthand accounts of investigators who cracked these cases, as well as insights from the victims’ loved ones, the series uncovers the sinister plans behind the murders,” the press release continued. “Ultimately, no matter how elaborate the scheme, homicide detectives navigate through dead ends, misleading clues, and false leads to identify the perpetrator and ensure justice is served.”
As one suspect lamented in an all-new trailer, “What am I gonna tell my mother? I can’t tell her I killed somebody.”
The season will feature 10 new episodes, each bringing true crime fans deep into the creative killers’ mindsets as they set out to take a life. From staged home invasions to eating the evidence inside an interrogation room, these culprits will stop at nothing in their attempts to deceive investigators.
“This is a man with so much ego,” one man remarked of a suspect in the preview, “he’s like, ‘I can do anything.’”
Others close to the cases commented in the promo on the complex nature of the crimes, whether it was scavenger hunt instructions and a live bomb or using a potato as a makeshift gun silencer.
“It’s ruthless,” one woman said. “It’s calculated. It’s evil.”
A Plan to Kill is produced by The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC), a part of Sony Pictures Television. Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman will serve as executive producers on the series along with showrunner Haylee Vance.
Until the season two premiere March 8, true crime fans can catch up on the first season of A Plan to Kill, available now on Fandango at Home.
To learn more about the cases explored in season two, read on below:
Killing for Custody: When police respond to a domestic disturbance in a Bay Area suburb, it’s unclear who on scene was the intended victim. Further investigation reveals a body, a carefully collected kill kit, and a slew of evidence of a lethal plan for revenge.
Killer Competition: A San Diego teacher and coach is gunned down on the street, leaving his students and fiancée shattered. Detectives swiftly retrace the suspect’s steps to prevent future violence, while unveiling a sick, obsession-fueled murder plot.
Deadly Desire: When a young mother and her newborn daughter vanish from Austin, detectives and FBI agents rush in to bring them home but instead uncover a heartbreaking motive, and a nine-month-long scheme to carry out the ultimate betrayal.
Payment Plan: After the search for a missing Florida couple leads to a chilling discovery in their garage, detectives follow the money trail to a surprising false identity that unlocks a deadly interstate scheme.
Killer Principal: When a pregnant St. Louis elementary school teacher is found shot to death in her apartment, an unusual gun silencer, missing money, and the victim’s own meal plan help unlock a shocking and devious murder plan.
Desert Grift: When a successful Palm Springs art dealer goes missing, the search leads detectives through a complex web of charismatic conmen, luxury shopping sprees, and one small piece of evidence that uncovers an elaborate murder plot.
Digital Justice: When a beloved mom is murdered in her suburban Connecticut basement, and her husband is found zip-tied to a chair, detectives pursue a camo-clad intruder and a twisted trail of digital evidence that uncovers a diabolical plan, months in the making.
Silenced to Death: A young woman vanishes from small-town Oregon after heading to a Halloween party, leaving her family devastated and detectives hitting dead ends. Years later, new evidence from an unlikely source reveals the gruesome plan to silence a vulnerable victim.
Pizza Bomber: A botched bank robbery and bomb-clad hostage lead Erie detectives through a bizarre, convoluted scavenger hunt that starts with a pizza delivery, ends with multiple victims, and was concocted by a deranged perpetrator who has plans to kill again.
A Burning Plot: After a former fire department volunteer dies in a house fire, inexplicable findings on scene, prison informants, and forged documents expose a duplicitous scheme, driven by insatiable greed, that began more than two years prior.