Wives with Knives: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Wives with Knives features gripping stories of women who fight at close range. Some women endured years of sexual, emotional, and physical abuse before fighting back. Others were motivated by greed and jealousy. Some of the victims died and others lived to testify against their attackers. Through personal accounts from the actual women who committed the crimes, as well as the victims themselves, each episode reveals the traumatic events that led to the pair's disturbing demise.

Series details

• Title: Wives with Knives
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2012-11-23
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Investigation Discovery
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 1190

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-11-23; final listed air date 2012-12-28; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2013-11-29; final listed air date 2014-01-17; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: premiered 2014-11-28; final listed air date 2015-01-30; episode order: 10.
• Season 4: premiered 2015-11-27; final listed air date 2016-01-22; episode order: 8.
• Season 5: premiered 2016-11-25; final listed air date 2017-01-20; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Wives with Knives on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.