Ghost Adventures Star Aaron Goodwin's Wife Arrested After Allegedly Plotting to Have Him Killed: Report

The wife of Ghost Adventures star Aaron Goodwin, Victoria Goodwin, has been arrested after allegedly conspiring to have him murdered, per police.

Victoria, 32, was arrested on March 6 on charges of soliciting to commit murder and conspiring to commit murder, according to inmate records in Clark County, Nevada, obtained by PEOPLE. 

She was held on $100K bail and was scheduled to make an initial appearance in court on Tuesday, March 11, according to the records.

Police in Florida told TMZ — who first reported the news — that investigators found messages from Victoria to an inmate in a prison in the state about murdering her husband, Aaron. One of her alleged texts read, per the outlet, “Am I a bad person? Because I chose to end his existence. Not divorce.” Victoria has denied plotting to have her husband killed and wanting him dead, police told TMZ.

Police told the outlet that she had provided the location and filming times of Aaron’s hit show. The outlet also reports that, according to police, she had also set aside over $11.5K to pay the inmate in October 2024, and they had also exchanged messages about a $2,500 upfront payment. 

She had allegedly communicated with the Florida prisoner several times about the scheme, including one message that read, per TMZ, “He’s asleep right now in the hotel room … I need to know what’s going on. Can I get an update? Was it done?”

Police told the outlet that they became aware of the messages after corrections officers found and seized the smuggled phone that the Florida inmate was using. 

Victoria has denied plotting to have her husband killed and wanting him dead, police told TMZ. She also claimed that she had no recollection of sending messages to the Florida prisoner and alleged that she thought the money promised to be exchanged was for cell phones. However, she did concede that she and Aaron had been having marital issues.

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PEOPLE has reached out to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department as well as the Police departments in Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, and Miami for more information but didn’t immediately receive a response.    

Aaron told TMZ that he was blindsided by the news and thought the pair had been in a happy marriage. 

He and Victoria wed in August 2022, with the Ghost Adventurers star sharing the news on Instagram alongside several photos of the celebration held at the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland. He posted photos of the pair dancing in a golden ballroom and happily exchanging their “I do’s” at the altar.

“It finally happened 💍 we got married. After postponing many times due to Covid we got our day. I couldn’t be happier ❤️,” he captioned the photos at the time.

Most recently, he also shared a Valentine’s Day post showing the back of Victoria’s head as she appeared to take a swing at mini-golf. He captioned the post, “My valentine always beats me at mini golf ❤️.”