BEHIND THE EPISODES

In post World War I London, Edith Thompson refuses to let her stodgy husband, Percy, keep her from living her best life as a girl about town. However, when Edith is reacquainted with her brother’s old school chum, eighteen year old Freddie Bywaters, she is consumed by a whole new passion - one that would lead to murder.

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.

Kathy Augustine was a star on the Nevada political scene and when her husband, Charles, dies of a stroke, Kathy finds herself charmed by his critical care nurse Chaz Higgs, who dries the widow’s tears. Chaz and Kathy get married exactly three weeks after her husband’s death. Three years later, Kathy would be dead.

Amanda Canales finds herself charmed by the persistent, yet level-headed, Kevin Lewis when she meets him in 2007. Amanda’s family welcomes Kevin with open arms and when the couple marries two years later, everyone believes this is a love meant to last. Well, almost everyone, because, Amanda’s sister, Alisha, has serious doubts about her brother-in-law and when Kevin’s true nature is revealed, the revelation will lead to murder.

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.

The city of Baltimore was stunned by the brutal murder of Jacquelyn Smith. But something about the story doesn't add up.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Toronto native Lisa Harnum was living out her dreams in Australia. She thought her fairy tale was complete when handsome Simon Gittany came along. She had no idea he was really a nightmare come to life.

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.

Diane Zamora always thought David Graham only had eyes for her. But when his gaze wandered to another girl, this teenaged couple would go to murderous lengths to prove their undying love.

Charles and Carol Stuart were the ultimate 80s power couple with high-flying careers, a beautiful home, and a baby on the way. What could possibly go wrong?