BEHIND THE 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.

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 and a guilty conscience for the sinister truth to be revealed.

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.

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 and passion, over time, it descends into bitterness, jealousy and finally, pure, seething hatred. Until finally, it spills over into murder.

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 learn they’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.

Jamaican immigrants Andre and Andreen McDonald seemed like the ultimate power couple. He was a US Air Force Reserve major while she built a successful home healthcare business from the ground up, making them multimillionaires in the process. They seem deeply dedicated to each other. However, when Andreen goes missing, all eyes turn to her loving and devoted husband.

To their friends and neighbors, Sherri and Michael Dally seemed like a loving and devoted couple. However, when Sherri disappears from the parking lot of a local Target, Michael's more interested in his rampant womanizing, drug use, and the intense affair he’s having with a co-worker, than in helping with the investigation. And when the brutal truth about what happened to Sherri is revealed, everyone is shaken to their core at just how depraved people really are.

Chris Benoit was a wrestling superstar while his wife, Nancy, was a pioneering presence in and out of the ring. And everyone agrees, they were crazy about each other. And once their son, Daniel, was born, the couple’s happiness seems complete. But what no one knows is that behind closed doors, Chris and Nancy Benoit are in the throes of a nightmare . . . leading to a horrific tragedy that no one can comprehend.

Twenty-one year old Veronica Paz was smart, beautiful and used to getting any guy she wanted. And when she meets “younger man,” seventeen year old Diego Gonzales, she has a chance to recapture the glory days of high school. But when Diego makes their relationship all about lust and not love, Veronica is determined to teach him a lesson he’ll never forget.

Lauren McCluskey was a standout track star at the University of Utah who was kind, smart and inexperienced with men. That all changed when she met a handsome, charismatic, and older part-time computer science student, who wooed her with an old-fashioned romance. It’s not long though before this seeming too-good-to be true guy is revealed to be not only a master manipulator, but a cold-blooded killer.

Lisa Toney has a successful career in corporate America and a stable marriage to her devoted husband, Marcus. However, a nice quiet suburban life isn’t enough for the restless Lisa and she soon begins an affair with a charismatic younger man who showers her with a taste of the good life. And it’s not long before this hot and heavy affair ends in a brutal murder.

Tara and Stephen Grant seemed to epitomize the American Dream. The big house in an upscale neighborhood, the two kids and Tara’s high-flying career. What nobody knows is just how jealous Stephen is about having to stay home and play Mr. Mom while his wife keeps climbing the corporate ladder. And when Stephen’s jealousy explodes into an incomprehensible act of violence, no one in the Grant household will ever be the same.

Steve “Air” McNair was a popular and beloved retired quarterback with the Tennessee Titans who was known for his dedication to community and for being a family man. But Steve had a secret, namely, his nineteen-year-old girlfriend, Jenni Kazemi. And while Steve was promising Jenni they’d be together forever, she decided to make sure they would be.

Gig Young was the handsome Hollywood actor known for starring alongside such legends as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, and Elizabeth Taylor, his roles on Broadway, a classic episode of The Twilight Zone and winning an Oscar for the feature film, “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” He was also known for his alcoholism and his many marriages, including a troubled union with Bewitched star, Elizabeth Montgomery. And then, three weeks after marrying his fifth wife, Kim Schmidt, the new

Wendy Trapaga and Michele Escoto meet and marry a mere six months after meeting. On the surface, the beautiful and ambitious Wendy seems to have met her match in the handsome and equally determined Michele. But when Wendy is found brutally murdered four days after her wedding, stunning secrets about her bridegroom will come to light.

Anu Singh is a beautiful and brilliant law student plagued by deep-seated insecurities and delusions. And when she decides that her sweet boyfriend, Joe Cinque, is the source of all her problems, she devises a diabolical scheme that she says is meant to destroy both of them, when in reality, only one of them will survive.

When multimillionaire widower Steven Beard fell in love with the much younger Celeste Martinez, he thought he’d found a loving companion that he could spend his final days with. However, once Celeste gets Steven’s ring on her finger, she realizes she’s won the lottery as she uses her new husband as her personal ATM. And when she realizes her husband is worth more to her dead than alive, Celeste hatches a diabolical scheme that will destroy everyone in its path.

On the surface, Brad and Tami Reay and their young daughter, Haylee, seemed to be a happy little family. However, the move to a new city coupled with Brad’s workaholic tendencies, drive Tami into the arms of another man. And when Tami tells her husband she wants a divorce, the revelation sparks a diabolical and deadly chain of events.

Rae Carruth is a handsome and wealthy NFL star who loves to surround himself with the company of women. When beautiful and ambitious Cherica Adams catches his eye, the pair begin a casual physical relationship. However, this laid-back liaison comes to a brutal end on a dark, lonely road in a hail of gunfire.

Bubbly and beautiful Shari Barbour was the girl every guy wanted, but through patience, determination and dedication, Deon Cartmell was the one to win her heart. At first, their sweet love story seemed like a fairy tale come true. Until a bullet ripped their marriage apart.