Wife of ‘Ghost Adventures’ star sentenced to prison for conspiring to kill husband

A judge on Thursday sentenced Victoria Goodwin, wife of “Ghost Adventures” star Aaron Goodwin, to three to 7½ years in prison for plotting to kill her husband.

Reading from a prepared statement, Victoria Goodwin, 32, who previously had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, apologized, calling her crimes “stupid” and “regrettable.”

The woman’s arrest report said that she was living in Las Vegas with her husband, known for his role in the reality television series “Ghost Adventures,” when their relationship began to sour.

After seizing a contraband cellphone at a Florida state prison in October, police learned that Victoria Goodwin had been texting inmate Grant Amato, “seemingly planning a murder-for-hire plot,” her arrest report read.

On March 12, six days after his wife was arrested on the allegations, Aaron Goodwin filed for divorce. Court documents said it had become impossible for the two to live together in marital harmony.

“This is my rock bottom, and I will never forgive myself,” Victoria Goodwin said before District Judge Nadia Krall handed down her sentence.

In the gallery, her soon-to-be ex-husband sat with his friends and family, prepared to share a statement of his own. He told the judge he was clueless about Victoria Goodwin’s plot until detectives contacted him.

“The fact that this person, who had no worry, care or love in her heart, did all this to me, I’ll never be able to feel safe,” Aaron Goodwin said, sobbing. “She tried to have me killed, and at no time did she try to stop it from happening.”

Aaron Goodwin begged Krall to impose the maximum sentence against Victoria, who barely looked at him as he spoke.

He added that, while he was trying to be a loving husband and work on their relationship issues, she had been texting people, asking for updates on his killing.

Krall announced Victoria Goodwin’s sentence, briskly moving on to the following case on the court docket. Chief Deputy District Attorney Christopher Hamner, who prosecuted the case, said Krall’s ruling was only a year less than the maximum sentence.

After the hearing, Aaron Goodwin declined to talk with reporters. In the elevator, however, he shook his head and muttered: “All I wanted to do was hug her, but it’s all so wrong.”

Contact Akiya Dillon at adillon@reviewjournal.com.