Episode 31, Season 2 - The Tragedy of Chris and Nancy Benoit - Part 1

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

Listen to the episode HERE.

Photo caption (L-R): Chris Benoit, nicknamed "the Canadian Crippler," rose through the ranks to become became a wrestling superstar with a career spanning over twenty years (credit: IMDB); Chris trained in the infamous Hart Family Dungeon (credit: Instagram/Nattie Neidhart); Nancy Elizabeth Toffoloni (lower left) was plucked from the crowd after her reaction to a chair being thrown during a wrestling match in Florida (credit: YouTube/Dark Side of the Ring); Nancy married "Prince of Darkness" Kevin Sullivan, a creative mastermind who would unknowingly push Nancy into the arms of Chris Benoit (credit: YouTube); Nancy as her character "Woman" (credit: 411 Mania); Chris and Nancy fell in love while she was still married to Kevin Sullivan (credit: Forbes); Chris was devastated when his best friend, fellow wrestler, Eddie Guerrero, died in 2005 (credit: YouTube/Dark Side of the Ring); Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho (credit: Facebook); Chris and Nancy at their wedding in 2000 (credit: Dark Side of the Game); Nancy with her and Chris's son, Daniel (credit: YouTube/Dark Side of the Ring)

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Extras:

• Ring of Hell: The Story of Chris Benoit & The Fall of the Pro Wrestling Industry

  
  

• Chris & Nancy: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-Suicide and Pro Wrestling’s Cocktail of Death, The Ultimate Historical Edition