A savage murder and a $1 million fraud lead investigators to a Seattle retirement residence and a cold-blooded con woman.

A Los Angeles prosecutor, Jose Garza, became the target of a murder plot hatched by the person he’d never suspect. 

Serial killer Richard Beasley preyed upon vulnerable men who became his victims. Another became his accomplice. 

People who can convince you to do their bidding are the stuff of nightmares — and the movies.

There are all sorts of ways masterminds of murder have manipulated their victims.