Crime Investigation Discovery True Crime

Stylish and irreverent, ‘Pretty Dangerous' documents the thrilling true stories of women who, under the guise of love and seduction, conned their partners out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Mixing quirky black and white film-noir footage with highly stylized narration, this involving new series exposes not only the femme fatales, but also their foolish, unsuspecting victims. Featuring revealing interviews with a string of infamous ‘bad girls' currently incarcerated on charges of insurance fraud, entrapment, theft and murder, this dramatic documentary takes a mischievous look at the extremes both gold-diggers and fools will go to in their thirst for money and love. This series meet Toronto con artist Tracy Sargent, who used her sexuality to defraud a variety of besotted men out of more than a million dollars, and hear the sensational story of ‘black widow' Cynthia Phillips, who murdered several husbands and burned their homes for the insurance money.