The Best of The Oprah Show: Hired a Hitman | Full Episode | OWN

Oprah interviews a Florida grandmother convicted of hiring a man to kill her son-in-law. (Original air date: September 18, 2012) Watch more of The Oprah Winfrey Show on the WatchOWN app: bit.ly/watchow...
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[@KC-ns9do]

That mom is delusional. She got caught and then plays victim. Very narcissistic/manipulative.

[@nora4981]

The way the mother spoke about her daughter I assumed she was a gorgeous beauty .., what I saw and heard completely shocked me 😂

[@JamieRHubert]

When she said “I used to weigh over 200 pounds, this was very, very embarrassing to my daughter, so I decided to lose the weight so as to make her happy.” 🤣 This Lee is just the ruler of her own universe, and we are all just intrusions into it. 😂😂😂

[@A.J.8.8.8]

Arlene appears to be a very well rounded, stable woman considering she was raised by a psychotic unstable piece of work...

[@JamieRHubert]

She was ‘adopted’. 🤣🤣🤣😫

[@XiiXiByNikki]

She Has On Those Serial Killer Glasses So That Also Sealed The Deal

[@thenightporter]

The Dahmer Special glasses.

[@AB-qe8cs]

When she said "she's adopted" I SCREAMED!!!

[@Hernameis994]

Brutal and a low blow

[@ciag1988]

I screamed too 😂

[@paranormalkiwi9463]

The mother has the first signs of dementia parnoid dillusional signs . Thank God l was nt adopted by her

[@whatsfunny9571]

Why did you scream???

[@jackiemilton351]

Right?!!

[@BackrowErnie]

Mother is a classic psychopath- they talk, talk, talk without ever actually answering a single question.

[@callmemshawk]

I can liken the mom to a character from an SNL skit.

[@jazzyqueue]

Barbara Wawa???

[@canwejustloveeachother2550]

I’m really sitting here like ‘, Is this REAL?” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@allisonthomas3910]

I thought the same thing! 😂

[@millana100]

@callmemshawk I was thinking she is more like a character from Seinfeld.

[@annleerinehart7348]

Totally 😂

[@forgottenpalace4472]

This is pure brilliance. Lee needs her own channel. Absolutely hilarious and weird and insane all rolled into one. Kettle is on for that second cuppa...

[@babyboylovesmusic]

No accountability and everyone else to blame.

[@Acvasq]

She ended up doing 2 1/2 years of her 5 1/2 year sentence

[@Rebecca-hc5ju]

😮

[@mimig6511]

Did they let her out early due to her talking on and on and on about....nothing. Also...how much hairspray would you need for her hair per day?

[@chloejames-lx3mz]

Is she dead now

[@thenightporter]

​@@mimig6511this episode coincided with the Aqua Net shortage of 1996.

[@leslieMcCaffery]

This lady should get an Oscar for her stellar performance 😂

[@melissam3047]

The crying with no tears is hilarious 😆

[@rebeccaduboise285]

Yeah that’s the funniest fake crying I’ve seen.

[@jazzyqueue]

Her voice sounds kind of like Barabra Walters

[@jamielim5059]

🤣🤣🤣

[@rastaboi8864]

Lmao she really does!!!

[@Hernameis994]

Yes true

[@bettyaddis3068]

Because they both are from ISNOTREAL

[@theliltwirp]

Ok, yeah I can definitely hear it

[@rastaboi8864]

30:26 - 30:21 " i dont wanna hear about another case" lmao she shut that down 😂😂😂😂

[@MrDedvalson]

So death penalty for messing up her bathroom. Damn.

[@ericperry1377]

Ladies and Gentleman- Delusion comes in all races, ages and socio-economic backgrounds.

[@WALKERthisISmyLastName]

primarily non-black americans tho 😃

[@forgottenpalace4472]

primarily black Americans tho

[@Latasha-rl8ch]

OMG I've had enough

[@KimberlyVinson-i8j]

Looks like Mrs Doubtfire

[@jeanniepetrov9934]

😂😂😂😂

[@JCTHEJOCK]

OH MY GOODNESS!! I LOVE THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW 📺!!!!

[@2legit2Kwit]

She put a contract out on her daughter’s husband. She got caught. Now she saying she backed out and they extorted her. Please. lol. Just like the defense Charlie Adelson came up with (extortion). This lady is odd. Very controlling Jewish mom. Absolute narcissist.

[@raineydaygirl5970]

…& it happened in FLORIDA! 😳

[@mimig6511]

What about Milty...all in pink sitting there looking cute and quiet?

[@Desantisgogoboots]

YES!! I was thinking the same thing. Except unfortunately the killers didn't go to the cops. Imagine how much different this would be. This woman is exactly like Donna Adelson, Chaaaaaalie's mom lol.

[@thenightporter]

This was not aired in 2012; the show went off the air in 2011. This is the Oprah set from the late 90s.

[@sa_mckenziebaby9989]

MOTHER KNOWS BEST IS THE REMAKE… REALLY GOOD MOVIE

[@KathyGuay-nc3jh]

The music in the movie made it almost comical. Great movie! This lady is cray cray but hilarious!

[@susanlane4283]

the daughter is very strong and don't ever go back to that want to be a killer

[@lavernerowden8509]

Omg this is classic. Lee is a meddling nosy momma too😂🤣😂🤣.

[@margotgray3330]

Donna Adelson did the same thing and had her son inlaw killed.....also from Florida.

[@semajj-ps6nv]

She is such a master manipulator but plays the victim so well. Very arrogant individual!

[@jusTOOfresh]

Wonder if Arlene and David still together

[@QueenK88]

they are!

[@rubimarin3862]

Who came here after watching Mother Knows best? (Based on this story?)

[@Sara_0137]

The OG Donna Adelson

[@kiis0]

No tears with the fake wiping of the eyes 🤦🏼‍♀️🙄

[@1927su]

The mother doesn’t seem to care at all about Alene’s feelings at all

[@LifewithKeeYishrael]

Chile did y’all see the way Oprah grabbed that lady head🤣🤣🤣😩😩 35:31

[@jasminemarquita7589]

Yes I screamed 😂😂😂😂

[@irenebyrne7809]

What happened after? I hope the daughter found peace and happiness.

[@connect2thaspirit348]

All I want is a Milty that feels like I can do no wrong I'm perfect, where's my Milty?? ❤

[@saraladd6885]

The fact that he is able to just sit there calmly as she makes one wild accusation after another, says alot about him to me... I would not be able to remain so calm lol . She plays the victim like a academy award winning actress, she's very good at it... However what she's not good at is being a criminal and planning a crime lol. She approached the "rug man" to kill her son in law with $10,000 that poor Milty saved from his va benefits to have his teeth fixed 😂 Poor Milty looks like he's wore out from a lifetime of his wife's crazy dramatics lol... I just know that she's the type that is always into with someone, has to be arguing with someone.

[@walkawaycat431]

🤣😂🤣😂

[@leathompson2155]

This is a MAD TV skit....😮😮😮😂❤

[@bo2720]

Omg glad to see someone remembers MadTV it was brilliant!!

[@kurt479]

'I wouldn't call it a contract... but I couldn't back out of it' 😂😂

[@Mr.Magic4ever]

That woman is a complete narcissist and comes off as quite the liar as well.

[@chiobabe2180]

Her voice believe it or not is a good asmr😭😭🫠

[@JamieRHubert]

This is so amazing, may it be preserved forever as the entertainment and education that it served as. Also - Maya Rudolph - is that you under there, girl?

[@katuk8173]

She reminds me of an older Cindy Watts

[@Lefty216]

"He took a showa"😂

[@theoblongbox4909]

Watching this is truly like getting into a time machine. The way that the people are is just so foreign to me. It's so odd.

[@tanya4534]

The movie really gives the impression that the people irl were glamorous. They look very plain. I understand that movies have to exaggerate but I'm still taken aback.

[@laurieegeler4860]

"I didn't want to meet the hitman." Then cackles on the tape

[@myfriendisaac]

10:44 The NERVE of her mother 🤨🤣 She absolutely crossed the line & doesn’t seem to understand that! Totally outrageous.

[@raineydaygirl5970]

Unbelievable!

[@Wiseguy429]

Well Milty you’re gonna have to end up in a old folks home while your wife is in prison I don’t think that’s going to sway courts to keep her out of jail because you’re handicap that’s not the way it works that’s another manipulation you both are manipulators

[@annleerinehart7348]

This is so twisted I cracked up LOL 😂

[@earthling8585]

I think as human beings, we all have the feelings of murder. Being human, all feelings are normal. BUT! Acting on those feelings is NOT NORMAL.

[@earthling8585]

@@kateramsay8462 ❤

[@susanlane4283]

i have never had feelings of murder ever, so don't say we ALL because that's not true at all

[@earthling8585]

​@@susanlane4283I said "I think" not "I know". I was assaulted, severely and permanently injured from head to toe. Having to see him in court, I definitely thought about it. You are very blessed ❤

[@AER66]

@@earthling8585❤

[@shawnnielatimore7822]

This story has been made into a movie on Tubi...its ridiculous that she did this..

[@annrodriguez2891]

What movie???

[@jasminemarquita7589]

@@annrodriguez2891 Lifetime has a good movie based on this Mother Knows Best

[@ellens.stolar5401]

I need to see all the cutting room floor footage for this episode. I need 4 more hours of Lee!

[@jackiemilton351]

I can't look away.

[@calvthomas6153]

There's got to be alot because this woman just drones on and on and on.🤣🤣🤣

[@jennybyrne38]

Id love to no if her daughter and this man stayed together 😂😂I need an update

[@susanlane4283]

didn't give you the right to try to have him killed though, you didn't have to like him, plus she's a liar

[@abigailtolby9479]

Chiiiileeeeeeee please 🥺

[@dr.camaled.7085]

Aww! 😢😢 I feel for all parties involved.

[@geoffreyfox9801]

This mother is such a liar! She is so self-centered she reminds me of Leona Helmsley. Her only concerns are for herself. Glad they sent her (and Leona) to prison!

[@izmane]

Karen of the 80s

[@JMsweet_]

For a second there I thought Oprah was talking about the Dan Markel murder, so similar

[@donnellehall6093]

Update about these folks???

[@patrickpsseymour]

Im waiting for an "Archie"!!!😂😂😂

[@kirostirhas]

Just because he use her shower room she decided to kill him? Wild!

[@thenightporter]

Monster-In-Law was convicted 1990. Milty died 2009 (so he survived 19 years after she went to prison. Monster-in-Law bought the farm in 2012.

[@mabeluk6272]

Poor old Milton is finished anyway. 😂 carpet cleaner mr brownstain needs to be investigated ASAP. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@AER66]

Crazy defamation case he could’ve had against her

[@susanlane4283]

what is wrong with him? what did she do to him?

[@mabeluk6272]

😄😄$100.000 or Milton gets finished. 😂😂😂l wauld have sacrificed poor old Milton. This woman is having a laugh 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lovelyrapsody6957]

lol what about me getting away from a mob catching up to me and i start swimming in the air ... what the heck do that mean :D

[@lhyork1608]

If orig air date was 2012 and she served 2/1/2 years…how did she die in 2011 and husband die in 2009. …before show was aired 😳

[@victoriam7508]

Bom dia Opraha Winfrey eu só Victoria parabéns pelo seu trabalho Deus ti a bênção e toda a sua família e sua vida. 👩‍🎓😁🐕❤❤❤

[@eliranpinhasov5940]

No tears and big glasses! Classic killer!

[@zulhilmisaad1354]

Martha Stewart on Oprah show 2010 episode please 🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@fee_beezz]

Mr Kotter is in the house

[@missmindyourbusiness3975]

34! 😳

[@tashiw4908]

Everyone finds her to be funny but what's real is this woman hired someone to kill her daughters husband. Imagine If the hit man wasn't undercover, no one would be laughing then.

[@peachjuke]

Yeah , i'm absolutely shocked by the comments finding this woman funny. There's nothing funny about her whatsoever so I'm thoroughly confused.

[@chiobabe2180]

This woman can’t stand this man 😂😭

[@siranbabayan1203]

That's gotta be a Boston accent

[@trevorhicks3576]

That's a shame it is it was really is 🤦

[@susanlane4283]

ooohhh hell no, i'm adopted too lady

[@ashleyligenzowski2192]

Wtf that person do to her?

[@lm657]

Before Donna Adelson.

[@therealwilfreddierkes9980]

Lee kicks asz. 😂

[@carrow1057]

Eat your heart out Donna Adelson

[@mabeluk6272]

THIS ISN'T REAL LIFE

[@RP.123]

Unpopular opinion I understand the mother. Not the hit for hire part, but he does seem like an oddball based on her recollection of him

[@virg0_lem0nade]

hahahaha exactly, "based on HER recollection" -- AKA, he seems bad only if you believe all of the lies that a completely and totally insane MURDERER made up!!!!

[@KrisCorby-iv8dg]

Gee!, Is anyone reminded of Charlie Addison & co in Florida! Must be something in the Florida water, besides alligators! 😜...What a ridiculous woman! 😆

[@because0011]

Yo this woman is drama

[@Mr.Magic4ever]

Coockoo

[@cassandraperkins9286]

Did he husband survive with his wife behind bars?

[@slavicag2811]

😮

[@Wiseguy429]

This lady is delusional she’s a social path not a social light

[@ShenaeWilliams]

*sociopath*

[@misstbull]

I can't see going on Oprah and not dressing nicely...and ppl just letting strangers come into their home...maybe if they had told him to go after he took shower she might b in different situation

[@fumarate1]

Pathetic.

[@katelouisekatelouise7360]

Faltou legenda em português

[@hotstuff6470]

This is base on a true lifetime movie call Mother Knows Best

[@trevorhicks3576]

Riggggght starring Joanna Cassidy the actress I thought of it and earlier before I saw your post but I didn't write it out myself

[@hotstuff6470]

@@trevorhicks3576 Joanna Kerns

[@hotstuff6470]

@@trevorhicks3576 Joanna kerns

[@jasminemarquita7589]

One of my fav lifetime movies “Mother knows Best” based on this case

[@MargoHardy]

Where do ifind it,that movie?

[@susiepoo51]

Yes! I recognized the story as soon as I heard it! I think it was on lifetime? Great movie based on this. I felt so bad for the daughter to know how this affected her in her life regarding guilt, which her narcissistic mother placed on her, etc.

[@Buggydreams777]

@@MargoHardy It's on Tubi for free if you were still looking to watch it.

[@mariaknutsson779]

@@MargoHardy You can watch the movie on KZbin.

[@calvthomas6153]

Yup! I couldn't remember who played the mom, but Grant Show from Melrose Place played the husband who had the hit put on him.

[@adelejonker6110]

“I have never been a socialite”- you don’t say😂

[@michy3075]

This mother is a piece of work. She truly believes EVERYTHING she’s saying🤦🏽‍♀️

[@legra75]

This is nuts that as we speak another Jewish Mother is headed to prison for the same thing. Sadly, in the current case Dan Markel was actually killed because of his Step-Mother, Donna Adelson. WTH? 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@katuk8173]

Jews truly believe that they’re better than anyone! It’s drummed into them from birth. This woman is a typical one imo.

[@tiffanyfournier2985]

Wow this woman is off of the rails.

[@darreylhenderson702]

Real life Livia Soprano