Despite a thirty-year age difference and only knowing each other for a whopping thirteen days, restaurateur Doug Benefield and ballerina Ashley Byers fell deeply in love and tied the knot. The marriage gets off to a great start, but,predictably, things rapidly start going south for the couple when there are accusations of domestic violence, torture and even attempted murder. And in the blink of an eye attempted murder becomes the real thing. ***Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for exclusive content. Click here to be notified about new episodes!
It’s Friday the 13th, 1980. The original Friday the 13th movie has just been released to theaters, and so has the classic Jack Nicholson horror movie, The Shining. And when young school teacher, wife and mother, Betty Gore is found savagely murdered in her home, the residents of tiny Wylie, Texas have no idea they are about to live their own version of a Hollywood horror movie, courtesy of a killer none of them saw coming. ***Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for exclusive content. Click here to be notified about new episodes!
Crystal and Danielle Parker have built a life together that seems to be a happy one. The truth is, Crystal has grown tired of supporting her less than ambitious wife and determines that it’s time to move on. Except, Danielle won’t be easily dismissed. ***Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for exclusive content. Click here to be notified about new episodes!
Previously, on The Dark Side of Love, following a bitter divorce and acrimonious custody battle over their two sons, Dan Markel and Wendi Adelson seem to call a truce. Until Dan is gunned down in his garage one July morning in 2014 and later dies. Suspicion immediately turns to ex-wife, Wendi. However, the brutal truth about Dan’s murder, hits closer to home than anyone suspects.***Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for exclusive content. Click here to be notified about new episodes!
Dan Markel and Wendi Adelson were a happily married couple with two adorable little boys until, they weren’t. What followed was a nasty divorce and an epic custody battle that would eventually pull Wendi’s overprotective family into the fray. And when Dan is gunned down in his garage, the truth about his brutal murder is crazier than ten blockbuster movies. ***Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for exclusive content. Click here to be notified about new episodes!
It’s April of 2010, and in St. Paul, Minnesota, a desperate 911 call comes in from Heidi Firkus, who tells the dispatcher that someone is breaking into her home. Within seconds, a shot rings out and Heidi is later pronounced dead, leaving behind her devastated husband, Nick. Except Nick knows much more about Heidi’s murder than he’s saying.
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It’s 1996 and ambitious Black professionals are flocking to the city of Atlanta, helping to transform the ATL into a prosperous and glamourous destination. And one of those driven and successful professionals who’ve made Atlanta his own is IT entrepreneur, Lance Herndon. Lance has a luxurious mansion, an expensive car, and a taste for the ladies. Lots and lots of ladies. And when Lance meets Dionne Baugh, she seems like just another in a long line of conquests who Lance will love and leave. But Dionne’s not going away so quietly. ***Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for exclusive content. Click here to be notified about new episodes!
Previously on The Dark Side of Love, devout Baptist, Colin Howell, is having a steamy affair with the Sunday school teacher at his church, Hazel Buchanan. Colin and Hazel’s spouses, Trevor and Lesley, are devastated by the affair, which seems to have no end in sight. Until one dark night in May, when the lives of these four spouses change forever. ***Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for exclusive content. Click here to be notified about new episodes!
It’s May of 1991 and in the Northern Ireland seaside village of Castlerock, the bodies of Lesley Clarke, wife of prominent local dentist, Colin Howell, and police officer Trevor Buchanan, were found in the car of the garage of a house, dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. All the evidence pointed to a suicide pact, so, case closed. However, it would take nearly twenty years, a guilty conscience and a stunning confession for the sinister truth about what really happened to Lesley and Trevor to be revealed. ***Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for exclusive content. Click here to be notified about new episodes!
British native Neil Entwistle thought he hit the jackpot when he met bright, bubbly American exchange student Rachel Souza during his junior year of college. The couple falls deeply in love and marry, completing their circle of happiness less than two years later when they welcome baby girl Lilian Rose. Except Rachel has no idea that her loving husband is actually living a sordid secret life. And she’ll find out too late just how deadly those secrets are. ***Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for exclusive content. Click here to be notified about new episodes!
Claudine Longet is a successful French pop singer and actress and the wife of mega singing and television star, Andy Williams. Freewheeling bachelor Spider Sabich is the Golden Boy of skiing, a beloved champion who competed in the 1968 Olympics and lives life to the fullest. When Claudine and Spider meet and fall in love, they decide to make Aspen, Colorado their home, a charming, hedonistic playgroundfor the wealthy and the wealthier. However, their tempestuous relationship is marred by Claudine’s extreme jealousy, tantrums, and possessiveness. Spider decides he’s had enough and tells Claudine it’s over. But Claudine just won’t let go.***Visitwww.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for exclusive content. Click here to be notified about new episodes!
College sweethearts Arnold and Tammi Cuyler are living aquiet life in Windsor, Connecticut with their two children and nephew. Always available to lend a helping hand is Tammi’s cousin, Chastity West, who cooks, cleans and babysits the kids. Chastity is also helping herself to eager participant, Arnold, who is having an affair with his wife’s cousin. The affair leads to an amicable divorce, with Arnold and Chastity continuing their relationship. Everyone seems to be getting along, under the circumstances, until a brutal and unfathomable home invasion results in a murder that shakesWindsor, Connecticut to its core.***Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for exclusive content. Click here to be notified about new episodes!
When David Birnie and Catherine Harrison meet as children,they are drawn together by their mutually chaotic and dysfunctional home lives. Through the years, the couple have an on and off relationship marked by a life of crime and insatiable sexual appetites, making it impossible to stay away from each other. However, for the pair that would ultimately be dubbed as the Most Violent Couple in Australia’s history, what ultimately keeps them together, is their passion for murder.***Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for exclusive content. Click here to be notified about new episodes!
Previously on the Dark Side of Love, prominent Sacramento attorney, Larry McNabney, has fallen under the spell of the beautiful and mysterious, Elisa Redelsberger and against the advice of friends and family, he marries her. While the wealthy couple enjoys the high-life, Larry’s perturbed by his wife’s too-close-for-comfort friendship with college student Sarah Dutra, eventually demanding that Elisa get rid of her. Except, Sarah’s not the one to disappear. ***Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for exclusive content. Click here to be notified about new episodes!
Oscar Pistorius, aka, The Blade Runner, is South Africa’s Golden Boy, a handsome and beloved Paralympian champion, seen as a role model and sterling example of grace, strength, and persistence. Blonde, beautiful Reeva Steenkamp, is a successful model whose star just keeps rising, though she ultimately has her sights set on a legal career so she can be a champion for those in need. When this glamorous pair meet and fall in love, they seem to be the perfect match – even drawing comparisons to Posh and Becks. But then, on Valentine’s Day, just three months into their relationship, Oscar brutally kills Reeva. Everyone knows Oscar did it. But everyone is stunned as to why he says he did. ***Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for exclusive content. Click here to be notified about new episodes!
After emigrating to the United States from Columbia in the late 1980s, Clara Harris climbed the ladder of success to achieve the American dream of a thriving career, a beautiful home, adorable children, and the perfect marriage. But David Harris is having an affair, and after confessing to his wife, he promises to call it quits with the other woman. Except, when David goes back on his promise, Clara confronts her husband and his mistress. And what happens next will shock the world. ***Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for exclusive content. Click here to be notified about new episodes!
Elisa McNabney was smart, beautiful and yearning for more from life than her small Florida town could give her. Her ambitions pointed her West, where she eventually met successful attorney Larry McNabney. While Larry is smitten with the sexy and mysterious Elisa, she’s mesmerized by his big fat bank account. Against the advice of friends and family, Larry makes the enigmatic Elisa his bride. And it’s a decision he’ll live to regret. ***Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for exclusive content. Click here to be notified about new episodes!
NBA player Lorenzen Wright was a beloved hometown hero to basketball fans in The Bluff City, aka, Memphis, Tennessee. Lorenzen and his wife, Sherra, seem to be living the dream, both of them taking full advantage of his multimillion dollar paychecks, resulting in an extremely lavish and envious lifestyle. However, over time, the marriage would collapse under the weight of dual infidelities and financial chaos. Andwhen Lorenzen disappears, his bullet-riddled body later found in a swampy Tennessee field, rumors swirl around town that his financial troubles may have led to his gruesome demise. However, the truth about what happened to Lorenzen Wright is far more horrifying. ***Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for exclusive content. Click here to be notified about new episodes!
Padraic “Pad” Guffey and Kemberlee Hanson may have come from different worlds, but there was no denying their love connection. While their marriage starts off with love andpassion, over time, it descends into bitterness, jealousy and finally, pure, seething hatred. Until finally, it spills over into murder. ***Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for exclusive content. Click here to be notified about new episodes!
High school sweethearts, Lisa Caldwell and Seth Techel, finally marry after seven years of dating in a beautiful old-fashioned church ceremony. Within months of getting married, they learnthey’re expecting a baby girl. But before Seth and Lisa can celebrate their one year anniversary or the birth of their baby, one of them will be dead. ***Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for exclusive content. Click here to be notified about new episodes!