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[American true crime television series] [date=August 2015] [date=March 2025]
{{Infobox television | image = Snapped (Official Logo).png | genre =
{{Plainlist|
- Docudrama
- True crime
}} | writer = Matt Edens<br />Eric Wetherington<br />Brian O'Connor<br
/>Geoffrey Proud<br />Todd Moss | narrated = {{Plainlist |
- Laura San Giacomo (Season 1)
- Ronnie Farer (Season 2)
- Sharon Martin (Season 3-23)
- Jody Flader (Season 24-present)
}} | composer = {{Plainlist|
- Brian Langsbard
- Justin Melland
}} | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 35
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| num_episodes = 651 <!-- Value is incremented when new episodes air. See template documentation for more info. -->
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
- Erica Diaz-Gant
- Kimberly Chessler
- Amy Introcaso-Davis
- Stephen Land
- Deborah Dawkins
- Zak Weisfeld
- Geoffrey Proud
}} | producer = {{Plainlist|
- David Wallach
- Michael Rogers
- Donna Dudek
- Elizabeth Gibson
- Katie Harrington
- Cecile Bouchardeau
- Alissa Collins Latenser
- David Lane
- Melissa May
- Todd Moss
- Jane Nowiski
- Brian O'Connor
- Valerie Shepherd
- Mariel Sykes
- Eric Wetherington
- Sharon Martin
}} | cinematography = {{Plainlist|
- Paul Foster
- Eric Futrell
- Erin Althaus
- Jeffrey Woods
}} | runtime = {{Plainlist|
- 24 minutes ( [approx.] ) (2004–2006)
- 43 minutes ( [approx.] ) (2007–present)
}} | company = Jupiter Entertainment<ref name="jupiterent" /> | network =
Oxygen | first_aired = [2004] | last_aired = present | related = {{Plainlist|
- _Snapped: Killer Couples_
- _Snapped: She Made Me Do It_
}} }} _SNAPPED_ is an American true crime television series produced by
Jupiter Entertainment which depicts high profile or bizarre cases of women
accused of murder. Each episode outlines the motivation for murder, whether
it be revenge against a cheating husband or lover, a large insurance payoff,
or the ending to years of abuse, with each murder's circumstances as unique as
the women profiled.[1]
Since its premiere on August 6, 2004 on Oxygen, _Snapped_ has become the
network's longest-running original series, with its 33 defined seasons and
nineteen years in production (and two spin-offs) and outlasting the thirteen
years and seventeen seasons of the _Bad Girls Club_. The show also played a
large role in the decision by parent company NBCUniversal to relaunch Oxygen
as a crime network in mid-2017.[2][3] [2024], 629 original episodes of
_Snapped_ have aired.
** Synopsis
The series features non-fiction narratives of people who have committed murder
or attempted murder or have been accused of committing or attempting to commit
murder. Often the target is the individual's spouse. The program is edited
in a documentary style, using a central voice-over narration by actress Jody
Flader, as well as interviews with people in possession of first-hand
knowledge of the case, including law enforcement officials, lawyers,
journalists, friends and family members of both the victims and the accused,
and at times the criminals or victims themselves. A few rare episodes during
the series run have centered on male perpetrators, while a larger number of
episodes have featured men who conspired with the central female perpetrator
in the crime.
** Production
_Snapped_ first aired on August 6, 2004, with the pilot episode, "Celeste
Beard Johnson"[4] The series is currently in its thirty-third season of
production at Jupiter Entertainment.[5]<ref name=jupiterent>[title=Snapped [!]
Jupiter Entertainment]
Actresses Laura San Giacomo and Ronnie Farer narrated the first and second
seasons, respectively.[6][7] Sharon Martin took the role of narrator in its
third season, with a distinctive and pronounced oral cadence. She acquired an
additional credit as a supervising producer of the series.<ref name=jupiterent
/> In February 2018, Martin announced she would no longer narrate the
series.[8] The new narrator is actress Jody Flader, according to the
end-of-episode credits and Flader's web site.[9]
In October 2020, Oxygen announced—in celebration of the series' 500th
episode—it would air a two-week experience, billed as "_Snapped_: The Killer
Women Event." The event will include original pilot episode and a
never-before-seen episode. The event culminated in the airing of the 500th
episode, focusing on the murder of Randy Sheridan, on November 22, 2020.[10]
Season 34 kicked off with a two-hour episode about Sharee Miller. This aired
on 12 May 2024, and was a followup to a Season 2 episode.
** Episodes
[List of Snapped episodes [!] List of _Snapped_ episodes]
[series overview]
** Snapped Notorious
To celebrate its twentieth season, Oxygen announced it would open its "killer
season" with a two-hour "Notorious" specials focusing on infamous
criminals.[11]
*** Season 1
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|EpisodeNumber = 292
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Menendez Brothers, Monsters or Victims? Part 1
|OriginalAirDate = [2016]
|ShortSummary = Special two-part episode exploring the crimes of the Menendez brothers, asking who the siblings were and examining what drove them to murder their parents.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 293
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Menendez Brothers, Monsters or Victims? Part 2
|OriginalAirDate = [2016]
|ShortSummary = Concluding part of the two-part special exploring the horrific crimes and trials of the notorious Menendez brothers.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 312
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Scott Peterson
|OriginalAirDate = [2017]
|ShortSummary = When 8 months pregnant Laci Peterson went missing on Christmas Eve 2002, her disappearance became a shocking national story. Scott, convicted of her murder 15 years ago, now has grounds for an appeal. Did Scott receive a fair trial?
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 327
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Drew Peterson
|OriginalAirDate = [2017]
|ShortSummary = An in depth look at the life and crimes of master manipulator, and monster, Drew Peterson. Peterson is currently serving time for the murder of his third wife while the search for his fourth wife Stacy continues.
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}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 329
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Tupac Shakur
|OriginalAirDate = [2017]
|ShortSummary = Tupac and Biggie, once friends, became embroiled in a collision course that ended in tragedy. Loved ones and insiders give personal accounts of the pivotal six-day period between Tupac's shooting and his tragic death.
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}}
*** Season 2
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|EpisodeNumber = 354
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Aileen Wuornos
|OriginalAirDate = [2018]
|ShortSummary = An in depth look at the complexities of the case against the woman branded as America’s first female serial killer. Questions still revolve around her claim of self-defense and whether or not she got the justice she deserved.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 361
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Charles Cullen
|OriginalAirDate = [2018]
|ShortSummary = Nurse Charles Cullen is one of America’s most prolific serial killers. Police say he may have murdered up to 400 victims, Cullen claimed he acted mercifully. An in-depth look into the case reveals the truth behind his motives.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 362
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Kristen Gilbert
|OriginalAirDate = [2018]
|ShortSummary = A look at the case of nurse Kristen Gilbert, who may have committed up to 60 murders at a hospital in Massachusetts.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 371
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Ted Bundy
|OriginalAirDate = [2018]
|ShortSummary = In the 1970s, Ted Bundy murders at least 36 young women; glamorized as a handsome, well-educated killer who outsmarted the law, Bundy may have been an evil genius or a con artist posing as privileged to hide the monster in plain sight.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 378
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = The BTK Serial Killer
|OriginalAirDate = [2018]
|ShortSummary = Self-named killer B.T.K., murdered 10 people over 17 years all while taunting Wichita police and media before being exposed as family man and churchgoer, Dennis Rader. In an exclusively acquired interview, he reveals what drove him to do it.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 462
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = The Hollywood Ripper
|OriginalAirDate = [2020]
|ShortSummary = A killer escapes his past and finds a new hunting ground in a city of dreamers. In 2019, after a decades long hunt across four police departments, Michael Gargiulo, now known as The Hollywood Ripper, faces trial for brutally murdering young women.
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}}
*** Season 3
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|episodes=
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|EpisodeNumber = 521
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Girl In The Box
|OriginalAirDate = [2021]
|ShortSummary = In 1977, a young woman is abducted and imprisoned by a married couple in California. After 7 years of torture and rape, she breaks free in a daring escape. Colleen Stan shares her horrific experiences first-hand in this gripping story of survival.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 523
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = The Cleveland Strangler
|OriginalAirDate = [2021]
|ShortSummary = For over two years, the Cleveland Strangler murdered eleven women and lived with their bodies decomposing inside his house. Five women managed to escape from his attacks and share details about the terror they experienced inside his house of horrors.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 529
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = River Valley Killer
|OriginalAirDate = [2021]
|ShortSummary = From 1993 to 2000, the quiet community of Fort Smith, Arkansas was terrorized by a twisted serial killer, a deranged necrophiliac who targeted elderly and vulnerable women. He became known as The River Valley Killer.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 530
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Happy Face Killer
|OriginalAirDate = [2021]
|ShortSummary = The man known as the Happy Face Killer viciously strangled 8 women and dumped their bodies along the road. Crime novelist, M William Phelps, shares rare on-camera interviews and never-heard-before chilling recordings with the psychopathic killer.
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}}
** See also
- _Deadly Women_
- _Facing Evil with Candice DeLong_
- _Snapped: Killer Couples_
- _Wives with Knives_
- _On the Case with Paula Zahn_
** References
[reflist]
** Further reading
- _Die, My Love: A True Story of Revenge, Murder, and Two Texas Sisters_ (see https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060846208) , by true crime author Kathryn Casey about Piper Rountree and her husband's murder (2007).
- _She Wanted It All: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and a Texas Millionaire_ (see https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060567643) , by Kathryn Casey about the Celeste Beard and Tracey Tarleton case (2005).
- _Murder Behind the Badge: True Stories of Cops Who Kill_ (see https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591027594) , a book by former police officer Stacy Dittrich , which includes the Antoinette Frank case (2009).
- _Bitter Almonds:The True Story of Mothers, Daughters, and the Seattle Cyanide Murders_ (see https://www.amazon.com/dp/0312982003) , by Gregg Olsen , the story of Stella Nickell (2003).
- _Death in the Desert: The Ted Binion Homicide Case_ (see https://www.amazon.com/dp/1588205320) , by true crime author Cathy Scott , about defendants Sandy Murphy and Rick Tabish (2000).
** External links
- [http://www.oxygen.com/snapped/]
- Official UK website (see http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/snapped-women-who-kill.html) [url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923184313/http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/snapped-women-who-kill.html? ] at Crime & Investigation Network (UK)
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