Justin Bieber stunned fans today by releasing alarming footage of photographers engaging in borderline stalking conduct. However, as a former adolescent pop phenomenon, he’s had far worse experiences.

According to Entertainment Weekly, a former correctional officer has revealed new details on the sinister conspiracy to abduct, mutilate, and murder Bieber, who is now 31, at the height of his teen celebrity.

In the forthcoming April 28 episode of Hollywood Demons on Investigation Discovery, Edgar Pinon describes a terrifying interview he had with inmate Dana Martin, who plotted the diabolical scheme from within a New Mexico jail.

“One morning, he wanted to chat to me alone. “He immediately started talking about his Justin Bieber tattoo,” Pinon said, adding that Martin outlined a hit list and had despatched two colleagues, Mark Staake and his nephew Tanner Ruane, to carry out the attack.

“He had arranged for two individuals to travel to the East Coast,” he said. “And he gave them a hit list.”

The couple was apprehended in 2012 after unintentionally crossing into Canada with instruments such as pruning shears and neckties in their vehicle – materials intended for castration and murder. In a recorded call, Ruane even referred to Bieber as a “dog” and affirmed the intention to use portable clippers.