BEHIND THE EPISODES

In the Spring of 1996, Miami native, Marlin Barnes, was living his dream as a member of the Miami Hurricanes football team. And as the semester winds down one Friday night, Marlin heads to the hot new Club Salvation in Miami Beach, accompanied by his longtime friend, Timwanika Lumpkins. However, Marlin and Timwanika have no idea that by morning, they’ll be dead.

As the revered and renowned goalkeeper for Brazil’s most beloved soccer team, Bruno Fernandes has staggering wealth, an abundance of fame, a loving wife – and multiple girlfriends. One of those girlfriends is Eliza Samudio, who believes Bruno when he says he will leave his wife for her. However, when Eliza becomes pregnant, Bruno changes his tune and demands she terminate the pregnancy – or else.

Multimillionaire Bill McLaughlin is living the dream in the wealthy enclave of Newport Beach, California. He’s got multiple homes, luxury cars, and even flies his own private plane. And right by Bill’s side is his sexy, decades-younger fiancé, Nanette Johnston, who promises Bill that if he takes of her, she’ll take care of him. What Bill doesn’t count on is that when Nanette says she’ll take care of him, what she actually means is murder.

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, it's a tempestuous relationship that will end in murder.

On Valentine’s Day, just three months into their relationship, Oscar Pistorius brutally kills his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Everyone knows Oscar did it. But everyone is stunned as to why he says he did.

NBA player Lorenzen Wright was a beloved hometown hero to basketball fans in Memphis. Lorenzen and his wife, Sherra, seem to be living the dream, both of them taking full advantage of his multimillion dollar paychecks. However, over time, the marriage would collapse under the weight of dual infidelities and financial chaos. And when Lorenzen's bullet-riddled body is later found in a swampy Tennessee field, everyone is horrified by why he was murdered.

In January of 1982, Australian rugby star, Chris Dawson, told friends and family that his wife and mother of his two daughters, Lyn, had gone away for a few days because she needed some time to herself. It would take forty years and a popular true crime podcast for Lyn to finally get justice.

Bison Dele is an NBA superstar with a bottomless bank account and an itch for global adventures. When he and his girlfriend, Serena Karlan go sailing around the world, their bliss is interrupted by an unwanted guest.

Kaitlin Armstrong was a yoga instructor who had a love of travel and was considered to be a kind and patient person. Moriah Wilson was a rising star in the ultra-competitive world of gravel bike racing. And then, there was Colin Strickland, who had complicated romances with both women. Until one night, when Kaitlin decides to make things deadly simple.

Jovan Belcher seemed like he was sitting on top of the world. He’s the starting linebacker with the Kansas City Chiefs and he and his girlfriend, Kasandra, have just welcomed their first baby together. However, the on-again, off-again couple argue about everything from money to marriage. And then, on one cold December night, Jovan makes a monstrous decision that will change all of their lives forever. 

Previously on The Dark Side of Love: Wrestling superstar, Chris Benoit is at the top of his game. Until he’s rocked by the stunning and untimely death of his best friend, fellow wrestler, Eddie Guerrero. Chris can’t cope with the loss and he spirals into deep and unrelenting grief. And he would take it out on the two people he loved the most.

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.

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.

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.

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.

 Mark Anthony "Gator" Rogowski was the King of Skateboarding in the 1980s, and his Queen was Brandi McClain, who appeared with Mark in promotional ads and videos. However, when Mark and Brandi's rollercoaster relationship comes skidding to a stop, an enraged Mark exacts a brutal revenge on Brandi's best friend.

When Tommy Kane's NFL career ended, he drowned his sorrows in cocaine and women, leaving his long-suffering wife, Tammara Shaik, with no choice but to walk away. But Tommy wouldn't let go that easily.

For years, all that many Chicagoans ever knew about Shaun Gayle was his eleven seasons with the Chicago Bears. That he was part of that legendary 1985 lineup that won Super Bowl 20. However, when his pregnant girlfriend was shot to death in the fall of 2007, Shaun Gayle’s name was thrust into a swirl of salacious headlines involving sex, obsession, and a sinister murder plot.