The BEST episodes of Snapped
Every episode of Snapped ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Snapped!
Each episode of this true-crime reality series examines a different felon, usually a female, who has committed murder or attempted murder. The victim is usually the perpetrator's partner. The documentary-style series features interviews with friends and family members of the accused and victims, law-enforcement officials, attorneys and other people with first-hand knowledge of the cases.
#12 - Deidra Lane
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/20/2005
Deidra lane claims that abuse is what caused her to shoot her football player husband, but police find that years earlier she had committed the crime of larceny as well.
#14 - Sherra Wright
Season 31 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/30/2022
When a professional basketball star is gunned down in his hometown of Memphis, the case goes cold for nearly a decade. However, after a new team of investigators take over, they uncover the missing murder weapon and a mastermind close to home court.
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#16 - Kathleen Dorsett
Season 15 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/2/2015
Kathleen Dorsett and her parents are responsible for the August 2010 beating death of her ex-husband.
#17 - Kelly Cochran
Season 24 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/18/2018
The disappearance of a Michigan man triggers a tragic chain of events that ends in another man's death nearly 400 miles away.
#21 - Martha Freeman
Season 9 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/6/2007
Martha Freeman made a bold choice when she let her lover move into the closet of her guest bedroom. But, when his snoring woke her husband one night, she made an even bolder, more sinister choice. Supersized with additional footage.
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Season 36 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2026
When a young father is murdered in his apartment, investigators learn the victim was involved in a bitter custody battle prior to his death. A series of abuse allegations complicate the investigation as detectives race to identify the killer.
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Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/22/2005
At 22, Pam Smart had a devoted husband and a good job. Though she had ambitions of being on television, she enjoyed working with teenagers as the media director at Winnacunnet High School in Hampton, New Hampshire. Then in May of 1990, Pam's life took a tragic turn when her husband, Gregg, was found shot to death in their home after an apparent robbery. Pam was devastated and appeared on numerous news programs asking for help in solving her husband's murder. A tip led police to the high school where Pam worked, where they arrested two teen-aged boys. One of them was Billy Flynn, a 15-year-old student who claimed Pam was his lover. Flynn told the authorities he had killed Greg Smart at Pam's request. Another teen, Cecelia Pierce, agreed to help police record conversations with Pam about the murder. Caught on tape coaching the girl on what to say, one-time media darling Pam Smart was arrested and charged with murder. Prosecutors claimed she was bored with her husband and had him killed so she could collect his life insurance money. The defense insisted the teenager had acted on his own, executing Pam's husband so the he could be with her. After hearing the wiretaps, the jury found Pam guilty of murder. She is serving life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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#25 - Katey Passaniti
Season 11 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/2013
Katey Passaniti is a Louisiana woman accused of the July 2010 murder-for-hire of her elderly stepfather, who was shot dead in his Shreveport home.