The Dating Detectives

Join us for the juiciest Mackenzie Undercover story yet! What starts as a consensual surrogacy arrangement between two married couples, meant to be loving, transparent, and drama-free, quickly takes a turn when strange messages, broken rules, and suspicious “errands” begin stacking up. Mackenzie is then brought in to investigate and get to the bottom of the secrets and lies that plagued this surro...

In this Dating Detectives episode we talk to Mary, a devoted true-crime fan who believed she knew every red flag—until she found herself pulled into an online connection that felt unusually thoughtful, emotionally intimate, and too real to ignore. What begins on Bumble slowly moves off-app, where charm, consistency, and shared vulnerability blur the line between intuition and overthinking. As subt...

On the final Dating Detectives Monday of the year, Mackenzie and Hanna celebrate nearly three years of sleuthing with a classic PI Undercover episode, this time featuring private investigator Helen, business partner to fan-favorite Ken. Helen shares her journey into the PI world and takes us deep into a jaw-dropping case involving an out-of-state client, a glamorous LA girlfriend, and a web of lie...

In today’s  Dating Detectives  episode, Hannah and Mackenzie are joined by two sisters, Tessa and Lena, who share the heartbreaking story of their mom and the dangerous “healer” who charmed his way into her life. What starts as a new spiritual interest turns into something far darker: a charismatic grifter who peddles bogus “energy readings,” pushes conspiracy-fueled medical misinformati...

In today’s Dating Detectives episode, Hannah and Mackenzie are joined by two sisters, Tessa and Lena, who share the heartbreaking story of their mom and the dangerous “healer” who charmed his way into her life. What starts as a new spiritual interest turns into something far darker: a charismatic grifter who peddles bogus “energy readings,” pushes conspiracy-fueled medical misinformation, and stea...

In this wild new episode of The Dating Detectives , Hannah and Mackenzie sit down with a guest whose dating app romance took a turn so shocking, you’ll be yelling at your phone. What started as the perfect match quickly spiraled into a maze of fear, manipulation, and unbelievable claims, including her boyfriend insisting he was part of the Russian mafia . As red flags pile up and his stories grow...

In this weeks episode of The Dating Detectives, Hanna and Mackenzie bring back fan-favorite, LA private investigator Ken Childs, for a wild night on surveillance. When a wife hires Ken to figure out why her self-employed husband keeps disappearing until 2 a.m., the case leads him from a seemingly normal workday to a string of Triple-X adult store parking lots in Orange County, where he ultimately...

In this deeply moving and powerful episode, the Dating Detectives sit down in person with therapist and author Meredith Beardmore, who tells us her story of love, addiction, betrayal, coercive control, and ultimately, survival. Meredith shares how a seemingly stable, loving eight-year relationship unraveled during the pandemic as her husband spiraled into alcoholism, Adderall abuse, and frightenin...

In part two of Jessica’s story The Dating Detectives pick up right where last week’s dog-show meet-cute turned nightmare left off; at the moment she discovers her husband is tangled up in a $2 million lawsuit. As Jessica starts asking reasonable questions, Dylan’s mask slips for good. He retaliates by dumping her beloved dog’s ashes in the toilet, destroying her clothes, abandoning her at a dog ev...

In this two-part Dating Detectives story, we meet Jessica, a dog groomer and accomplished show-dog handler whose grief after her father’s death left her vulnerable to a “Show Dogfish". What begins as comforting late-night calls with Dylan, a fellow competitor in the dog show world, escalates into love-bombing, a sudden proposal, a courthouse wedding, and controlling red flags—from secretive money...

On this Mackenzie Undercover special, we hit Orlando’s CityWalk—heels on, cameras rolling—and team up with Griff Stark-Ennis from the true-crime-comedy podcast Petty Crimes to work a “guys’ weekend” that isn’t what it seems. Our client is a sharp attorney and mom with a bad feeling. Our subject is her construction-worker husband who conveniently “forgot” his ring. What unfolds is a wild surveillan...

Power. Fame. Obsession. Betrayal. These are more than headlines. They are the forces behind some of the most unforgettable crimes in history. Crimes Of... is a weekly true crime anthology series, hosted by Sabrina Deana-Roga and Corinne Vien of Two Girls One Ghost, that explores a new theme each season, such as crimes of the paranormal, unsolved murders, mysterious disappearances, and more. For th...

In this powerful two-part conclusion, Abby’s story reaches a shocking and emotional climax. After surviving a devastating sexual assault, she finds herself drawn back to her ex, Peter, who weaponizes her trauma, manipulates her into taking psychiatric medication, and ultimately coerces her into creating non-consensual OnlyFans content under her own name. As Abby’s world unravels—from financial exp...

In this two-part episode, Abby shares a harrowing story that begins as a sweet college romance but quickly twists into a nightmare of manipulation, stalking, medical and mental health gaslighting, and a violent sexual assault—one her abuser later weaponized to force his way back into her life. Part one exposes the classic Dogfish playbook: love bombing, isolation, lies, and control. Next week in p...

Part Two of Claudia’s saga is a tangle of exes, receipts, and survival. As she builds a new life with Amber, a DM from Melissa’s ex, Taylor, detonates everything—revealing a secret alliance with Amber’s ex Kayla, alleged surveillance, financial doxxing, and the chilling photo of Claudia’s child sleeping on a mattress in a closet. We follow Claudia into court, through “defensive parenting,” and ont...

Happy Dating Detectives Monday! On this weeks episode we dive into Part 1 of Claudia’s wild Dogfish saga—a whirlwind Twitter romance with a charismatic “positive vegan stud” that fast-tracks to moving states, a proposal while she’s still secretly married, love-bombing, isolation, money grabs, rushed fertility plans, a pandemic pregnancy, and a frightening domestic dispute… all before a shocking tw...

On this week’s Dating Detectives, Scarlet shares how a Facebook friend request spiraled into a whirlwind romance and a too-good-to-be-true “PI” boyfriend. As Scarlet’s health mysteriously declined, he tightened control, tracked her movements, and used her own accounts to fund the fantasy. When she finally cut ties, the real truth came out. And stay tuned for the end, when Mackenzie reveals the sho...

This week the Dating Detectives welcome Dominique, whose “movie-perfect” meet-cute with a quiet coworker spirals into a chilling case study in coercive control. After love-bombing, and a whirlwind Halloween wedding, a dream Smoky Mountains honeymoon gives way to explosive rage, religiously justified domination, isolation from friends, terrifying reckless driving, stalking, and paranoid delusions....

In this episode of Dating Detectives , Mollie steps in to co-host while Mackenzie is away, and together with Hanna she introduces Christie from Sydney, Australia, whose story exposes the dangers of manipulative partners targeting vulnerable parents. After her father’s marriage collapsed, Christie watched him fall into the clutches of Rose—a master manipulator who isolated him, drained his finances...

Veteran LA private investigator Ken Childs joins us for a jaw-dropping, celeb-adjacent case file.  A manager quietly hires Ken to verify whether a very famous man’s girlfriend is stepping out, and we ride along as he threads canyon roads, outsmarts “Private Drive” signs, and navigates a neighborhood of $90M estates and movie-set security to capture the evidence. Click here to join our Patreon...

This week Stella shares one of our most chilling Dogfish tales yet; a whirlwind romance with a “demonologist” that starts with roses and love-bombing and spirals into coercive control, veiled threats, and a horrifying online violation. In the Dogfish Debrief, we break down how spiritual manipulation shows up in abusive dynamics and dig into the hard, practical realities of revenge porn—what steps...

Whitney didn’t go looking for love. All she wanted was peace, but what she found was a slow-burn masterclass in love-bombing, disappearing acts, and financial manipulation that preyed on old wounds and present-day loneliness. As the red flags pile up (and the cash and car keys vanish), Whitney’s femmetuition starts connecting dots that lead to a jaw-dropping, headline-level reveal about who he rea...

Layla returns, and she’s not alone. As our Porsche & Penthouse Scam saga, Layla connects with Allison, another target of the same smooth-talking Brit. Together they compare receipts, unravel overlapping lies and money games, and take the fight from group chats to law enforcement. Equal parts scam autopsy and friendship origin story, this episode proves that when women compare notes, Dogfish do...

In this sequel/prequel to April’s episode titled Dressed to Deceive: The Push and Penthouse Scam , Mackenzie and Hanna pick up Allison’s saga where it left off, and introduce Layla, another woman targeted by the same charming British real-estate developer. Her story, and how she found her way to Allison and our show, is a wild ride unlike anything we've heard on The Dating Detectives before! Tune...

In this jaw-dropping episode of The Dating Detectives , we meet Jade, a 30-year-old single mom whose world was upended when her wife began an affair with someone no one ever expects. What starts as a postpartum support system turns into a shocking betrayal involving romantic manipulation, medical ethics violations, and a devastating unraveling of Jade’s family. As Jade bravely shares her story, we...