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How NOT to Hire a Hitman

How NOT to Hire a Hitman (2025)

November. 03,2025

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How NOT to Hire a Hitman

Hiring hitmen may seem foolproof but leads to disaster. Failed plots and successful hits end in tragedy. Every mastermind faces justice in these true crime cases of murder-for-hire gone wrong.

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How NOT to Hire a Hitman

2025

Hiring hitmen may seem foolproof but leads to disaster. Failed plots and successful hits end in tragedy. Every mastermind faces justice in these true crime cases of murder-for-hire gone wrong.

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 2025

13 Episode

Episode 1 - Gym Buddies

November. 03,2025

How Not To Hire A Hitman is a true crime series that looks at people who make the ill-advised decision to hire out a murder, and the even more ill-advised decisions they make to get themselves caught.

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Episode 2 - Left at the Crime Scene

November. 03,2025

A once happy couple fresh off a bitter divorce, a mysterious late night phone call, and a hitman who just couldn't hold it.

Episode 3 - Too Many Birds

November. 10,2025

An unhealthy obsession with exotic birds, a gruesome early morning discovery, and a hitman who accidentally confesses everything.

Episode 4 - Freeloaders

November. 17,2025

A young couple about to be first-time parents, a trio of house guests who have long overstayed their welcome, and a hitman who maybe stole a car, or maybe didn't.

Episode 5 - Paco

November. 24,2025

A couple's American Dream in shatters, a killer a little too close to home, and a hitman straight out of a movie.

Episode 6 - Texas Snowstorm

December. 01,2025

A second chance at love for a May/December couple, a killer who tries too hard to be one step ahead of the police, and a hitman who really should have checked with his girlfriend before using her as an alibi.

Episode 7 - Friendly Neighborhood

December. 08,2025

A neighborhood feud spiraling out of control, a vicious shooting caught on a home surveillance system, and a hitman who's never heard the phrase 'loose lips sink ships.'

Episode 8 - Surveillance Feeds

December. 15,2025

A hidden marriage certificate, an open-ended job offer, and a hitman who forgets to follow his own advice.

Episode 9 - Graduation

December. 22,2025

An elaborate plan years in the making, a hitman who smells like the crime scene, and a would-be killer who trusts one too many friends to do his dirty work.

Episode 10 - By the Book

December. 29,2025

A difficult cold case, a suspect too cocky for his own good, and a hitman who's by the book.

Episode 11 - To-Do List

January. 05,2026

James and Doug are locked in a legal battle in Washington State over an oil deal gone wrong, both hoping to buy the other out. When one of them ends up dead, a surprising link is discovered to the disappearance of a North Dakota man.

Episode 12 - Thee-Year Plan

January. 12,2026

While Frank and Nancy may have drifted apart in their marriage, they are still on solid ground. But when one of them is confronted by a gunman in their driveway while the other is away, police follow a money trail stretching back many years.

Episode 13 - The Exes

January. 19,2026

New couple Leon and Valerie have one unfortunate thing in common, they both hate their exes. When Leon's ex-wife and Valerie's ex-husband are targeted for murder, it becomes a case of he said/she said. Who hired a hitman?

Hiring hitmen may seem foolproof but leads to disaster. Failed plots and successful hits end in tragedy. Every mastermind faces justice in these true crime cases of murder-for-hire gone wrong.