Ep 1. Young Blood

In "Deadly Women" season 3, episode 1, titled "Young Blood," viewers are introduced to the new host, Candice DeLong, a retired FBI criminal profiler. The episode begins by exploring the case of Marlene Olive, a middle-aged woman who had an affair with her daughter's 14-year-old boyfriend, Billy Joe McGinnis. The two eventually went on a violent crime spree, robbing a bank and murdering four people before they were apprehended by the police.

Next, the show delves into the story of Margie Velma Barfield, the first woman executed in the United States after the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976. Barfield was a serial killer who poisoned several of the people in her life, including her mother-figure, two husbands, and a boyfriend. She confessed to her crimes and was sentenced to death by lethal injection.

The third case explored in this episode is that of Aileen Wuornos, a notorious female serial killer who was convicted of killing seven men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Wuornos was a sex worker who claimed that all of her victims had assaulted or attempted to assault her, which led her to kill them in self-defense. However, the evidence from her trials suggests that Wuornos killed for financial gain. She was sentenced to death by lethal injection and executed in 2002.

Finally, the episode looks at the story of Martha Ann Johnson, a mother who killed three of her children by poisoning them with antifreeze. After her third child died, authorities began investigating the deaths of all three children and discovered that Johnson had also killed her fourth child, who had died years earlier. She was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Throughout the episode, host Candice DeLong provides expert insight into the psychological profiles of these women and the motives behind their crimes. She also explores the societal factors that may have contributed to their behavior, such as abuse, addiction, and mental illness. Viewers are left with a chilling reminder that anyone, regardless of gender or age, can be capable of extreme acts of violence and betrayal.