Payback (2022)
Whether it's a cheating ex, a double-crossing co-worker, or the best friend who stabbed you in the back, it's human instinct to want to get even. Though most people don't act on this impulse, there are those who are consumed with getting even. For them, what starts as a nagging bitterness evolves into obsession and results in murder. This true crime documentary series profiles those stories of revenge, told through gripping interviews with the family members, community members, and law enforcement who experienced the events firsthand.
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Episode 1 - Jamaar Bracey
Release Date: 2022-06-06When a Chicago man is shot to death on a visit to Atlanta for his girlfriend's birthday, surveillance footage of the attack leads detectives to believe their victim may have been stalked by a dangerous predator out for revenge.
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Episode 2 - Brigitte Harris
Release Date: 2022-06-13A woman from Queens suspects that the sexual abuse she suffered is about to repeat itself with her nieces, so she seeks retribution to ensure her abuser will never harm anyone else.
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Episode 3 - Mary Ann Langley
Release Date: 2022-06-20Arson investigators must figure out why a gas-fueled fire badly injured a Connecticut man. His wife believes he set the fire while in a diabetic coma, but detectives uncover a more sinister motive: payback.
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Episode 4 - A Daughter's Duty
Release Date: 2022-06-27When a battling addict is killed, Baltimore police initially dismiss it as just another failed drug transaction. In contrast, the victim's daughter begins to notice warning signs among family members she had previously believed to be involved in her father's murder.
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Episode 5 - Javaris Crittenton
Release Date: 2022-07-04When a former professional basketball player seeking vengeance decides to take matters into his own hands, he kills the wrong person and destroys a loving family's lives.
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Episode 6 - Justin Glover & Lawrence Murrell
Release Date: 2022-07-11After a roadside fire proves to be an attempt at covering up a brutal assassination, a police investigation exposes an intricate loan fraud scheme involving betrayal among friends and a pair of killers intent on revenge.
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Episode 7 - Whitehead Twins
Release Date: 2022-07-18Investigators can tell that this killing is personal from the gruesome crime scene after finding a young mother who was stabbed 80 times.
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Episode 8 - Matthew DuBois
Release Date: 2022-07-25Police are lead to assume that a mysterious gunman wearing a blue bandana is responsible for the shooting of two adolescents on New Year's Eve, but a reluctant witness ultimately directs the investigation to a case of romantic retaliation.
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Episode 9 - Nathan Holden
Release Date: 2022-08-01When a man loses control of his wife and kids, he goes to murderous lengths to get revenge.
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Episode 10 - William "Bosco" Lyles
Release Date: 2022-08-08After a deadly night-time home invasion, the family suspects a vindictive ex-lover, but the case grows cold after the suspect disappears; 30 years later, a family member hungry for justice helps police track down the vengeful killer.
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Episode 11 - Porsche Humphrey
Release Date: 2022-12-26A man is found dead from a single gunshot wound to the chest, and friends suspect a possible suicide. When investigators find evidence that points to foul play, a vindictive ex obsessed with revenge emerges as the prime suspect.
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Episode 12 - Olivia Moody
Release Date: 2023-01-02A church reverend follows the sound of gunshots and funds a young woman fighting for her life. Witnesses tell investigators the victim had been involved in a dramatic parking lot brawl earlier that day.
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Episode 13 - Jacobee Flowers
Release Date: 2023-01-09With very little evidence, the disappearance of a pregnant Florida teen becomes a cold case, despite the family's suspicions about the baby's father. A decade later, a determined detective and advanced technology help uncover a tragic act of revenge.
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Episode 14 - Monique and Gary Lee
Release Date: 2023-01-23A young mother feels her life is spiraling out of control following an eviction notice, and enlists the help of her brother to get payback on the woman she blames for her misfortune.
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Episode 15 - Kelly Forbes
Release Date: 2023-01-30A husband is strangled just 2 months after his wedding, and his wife makes a shocking confession, but as evidence of infidelity comes to light, police must determine whether it's self-defense or revenge.
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Episode 16 - Timera Branch
Release Date: 2023-02-06After an incident at a teenage party, a boy's mother hell-bent on revenge takes justice into her own hands and mows down a 17-year-old boy with her car.
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Episode 17 - Agustin Garcia
Release Date: 2023-02-13A successful businessman and activist shocks a close-knit Dominican community and beyond when he gets deadly payback against his ex on her wedding day; the entire moment is captured on video
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Episode 18 - Derrick Thurman
Release Date: 2023-02-20When bad blood between two Georgia men escalates to a failed murder attempt, the survivor vows to get payback, but he may have shot the wrong man eight times in the back.
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Episode 19 - Armando Caballero
Release Date: 2023-02-27After a 19-year-old college student goes missing, her distraught family works alongside investigators to find out what happened to her. When their prime suspect turns up dead, hopes of finding the girl alive diminish.
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Episode 20 - Rap Wars
Release Date: 2023-03-06When a legendary Bay Area rap star is gunned down after a concert in Kansas City, investigators find themselves in the middle of a deadly, nationwide blood feed fueled by revenge.