Nothing Personal Nothing Personal is a television show that airs on Investigation Discovery in Canada hosted by actor Steve Schirripa

Steve Schirripa

Steven R. "Steve" Schirripa is an American actor, voice artist, producer, and comedian, best known for playing Bobby Baccalieri on The Sopranos....

. The show is a crime

Crime

Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction...

 series that dissects true stories of cold-blooded contract killings. Each episode features real life stories of professional ‘hits’; who they involved, how the crime was committed and the story that led to the assignment. Nothing Personal has featured episodes outlining contract killings with array of motives including business disputes, fraud, greed and love.

Season 1

Episode 101: Popping Champagne- The May 1983 murder of a Colombo crime family

Colombo crime family

The Colombo crime family is the youngest of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia ....

 member, Larry 'Champagne' Carrozza, is profiled.

Episode 102: Green Widow- Mary Ellen Samuels is suspected of hiring a hit man to kill her cinematographer

Cinematographer

A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...

 husband, then hiring another to take the hit man out.

Episode 103: Roadside Betrayal- A urologist is gunned down on the side of an Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

 highway in front of his wife and mother-in-law.

Episode 104: Blood Ties- To gain control of the family business

Family business

A family business is a business in which one or more members of one or more families have a significant ownership interest and significant commitments toward the business’ overall well-being....

, two brothers hire hit men to murder their parents after Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur , also known as Day of Atonement, is the holiest and most solemn day of the year for the Jews. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue...

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Episode 105: Young Guns- Rosalio 'Bart' Reta describes his life as a teenaged hit man for Los Zetas Cartel in Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 and how he got caught.

Episode 106: Deadly Divorce- Sheila Bellush

Sheila Bellush

Sheila Walsh Bellush was a mother of six who was murdered by a hired gunman named Joey Del Toro, on the orders of her ex-husband, Allen Blackthorne. Blackthorne who had stalked Bellush since their divorce in 1987, allegedly wanted custody of their two children. -Background:Bellush was born on...

, a mother of six, is shot dead in a murder-for-hire scheme set in motion by her ex-husband, Allen Blackthorne.

External links

• Investigation Discovery Nothing Personal series website