The Dark Side of Love

In 1978, pretty Vancouver teenager, Dorothy Hoogstraten was working at a local Dairy Queen, thinking she’d become a secretary once she graduated high school. Within a year, she was in the pages of Playboy Magazine. By April of 1980, she was named Playmate of the Year. By August of that same year, Dorothy would be brutally murdered by the man who promised to love her until death did them part.*** V...

Previously: The brutal murder of “Brazil’s Sweetheart,” telenovela star, Daniela Perez has shocked and saddened the country. People are further shocked when her co-star,  Guilherme De Pádua, is arrested for her murder. In Part 2, as secrets and lies about the murder and its motive come to light, Daniella’s mother is determined to uncover the horrible truth about what happened to her daughter.*** V...

Daniella Perez is the beloved and talented star of the hottest telenovela in Brazil. “Brazil’s Sweetheart,” as she’s known, is happily married and as 1992 comes to a close, she’s looking forward to exciting projects that will take her career to new heights. But on a dark night in late December, Daniella would end up in the crossfire between two psychopaths who are fueled by a toxic bond brimming w...

Daddy’s girl Heather Mack thought she’d found her soulmate in aspiring rapper Tommy Schaefer. However, Heather’s mother, Sheila, thinks her daughter can do better and is determined to keep Heather away from this bad influence. And when Sheila whisks Heather away to Bali for a littlemother/daughter bonding, she’ll learn too late that Heather will do ANYTHING to get her mother out of the way.***Visi...

On December 16, 2000, Mike Williams packed up his gear to go duck hunting on Lake Seminole in Tallahassee, Florida, telling his wife, Denise, he'd be home by noon, plenty of time for their trip to St. George Island to celebrate their sixth wedding anniversary. Except Mike never made it home. It would take seventeen years before the sinister truth about what happened to Mike that day would be revea...

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. *** Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for bonus episodes and exclusives.

Mark "Gator" Rogowski ruled the skateboarding world back in the 80s, appearing in a Tom Petty music video and raking in loads of cash. However, a devastating break-up with his girlfriend would lead to a brutal murder. *** Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for bonus episodes and exclusives.

Previously on the Dark Side of Love, Atlanta socialite,Lita Sullivan, has escaped her miserable marriage to her cheap and cheating husband, Jim Sullivan. However, Lita, who stands to receive half of Jim’s multimillion dollar fortune, is gunned down in her doorway on a drizzly January morning. Everyone knows Jim had something to do with Lita’s murder. However, catching the slippery Jim – and bringi...

From the outside, Allison and Gerard Baden-Clay seemed to be the picture of perfection: three beautiful daughters, a home in one of Australia's most affluent suburbs, not to mention Gerard's grand lineage. However, the Baden-Clay union was rotten to the core and would eventually lead to murder. *** Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksi...

Mark Gerardot thought he and his soon-to-be ex-wife, Jennair, were having an amicable divorce. He had no idea that Jennair had something much more sinister in mind *** Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for bonus episodes and exclusives.

On a gray and drizzly January morning in 1987, the doorbell rings at the Atlanta home of socialite Lita McClinton Sullivan. She opens the door to what she thought was a delivery man bearing a box of beautiful long-stemmed roses. Instead, he came, bearing bullets. ***Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com ⁠⁠⁠for episode transcripts and sources. Visit ⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove⁠⁠⁠  for exclusive...

Avis Banks and her fiancé, Keyon Pittman, are living a charmed life. They have a beautiful home in the suburbs and are expecting their first child. But Avis’s seemingly devoted fiancé is cheating on her left and right. And when Keyon meets his match in the beautiful and adventurous Carla Hughes, their steamy affair means that there’s only room for one woman in his life. *** Visit  www.thedarksideo...

For Ted and Generosa Ammon, when love turned to hate, it turned deadly.***Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for bonus episodes and exclusives.

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. *** Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for bonus episodes and exclusives.

Brynn Hartman, wife of actor and comedian, Phil Hartman, yearned for the Hollywood spotlight. On one horrific spring night in 1998, she finally got her wish. *** Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for bonuses and exclusives.

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 love. ***Visit ⁠www.thedarksideoflove.com⁠ for episode transcripts and sources. Visit ⁠www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove⁠ for bonus episodes and exclusives.

Tiesh Rhue and Leon Harrison have a rocky marriage andeventually, Leon moves out. However, Tiesh and Leon decide to give it another shot and attempt to reconcile. And then Leon disappears. ***Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com ⁠⁠⁠for episode transcripts and sources. Visit ⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove⁠⁠⁠  for exclusive content. Click ⁠⁠⁠here ⁠⁠⁠ to be notified about new episodes!

Wealthy divorcée Anne Scripps was looking for everlasting love. She thought she found it in handsome housepainter Scott Douglas. She was dead wrong. ***  Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for bonus episodes and exclusives,

Previously on the Dark Side of Love, when actress Dominique Dunne is brutally strangled to the death in 1982 by her ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney, her friends and family are hopeful that he will be found guilty of murder. However, the trial goes off the rails, as the defendant plays the jury, the judge acts like he’s working for the defense and the victim gets blamed for her own death. And now...

Previously on the Dark Side of Love, actress Dominique Dunne was riding high following her starring role in the 1982 box office smash, Poltergeist. However, her life was tragically cut short when her ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney strangles and kills her. And while John goes on trial for killing Dominique, for her friends and family, it feels like she’s the one being judged, leaving everyone to...

In 1982, actress Dominique Dunne was poised for major Hollywood stardom after starring in the box office smash, Poltergeist. However, behind the scenes, Dominique is caught in the web of a violent relationship with her abusive boyfriend, a sous chef by the name of John Thomas Sweeney. When Dominque breaks things off for good with John, he just can’t take no for an answer. And when he shows up at h...

Samuel Johnson and Vanessa Cameron seemed like a great match. They’re both good-looking, career oriented and come from solid, stable families. They start a family of their own, but eventually, they reach the end of the road on their romance. However, Samuel will learn the hard way that Vanessa does not give up so easily. ***Visit ⁠www.thedarksideoflove.com⁠ for episode transcripts and sources. Vis...

Previously on The Dark Side of Love, TikTok star, Ali Abulaban and his wife Ana’s marriage has gone from blissfully happy to intolerable. Ali’s insane jealousy, tantrums and drug use have driven his wife away. But Ali is not going to let go so easily. ***Visit ⁠⁠⁠ www.thedarksideoflove.com ⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and sources. Visit ⁠⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove⁠⁠⁠  for exclusive conten...

Ali Abulaban becomes a Tik Tok sensation with his spot-on impressions of Scarface, Nicholas Cage and John Wick. And by Ali’s side is his beautiful and dutiful, wife, Ana, who becomes an important part of Ali’s social media platform. However, when Ana starts to gain her own massive social media following, Ali’s insane jealousy starts to get the better of him and he decides to do whatever it takes t...

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 morning, Jovan makes a monstrous decision that will change all of their lives fo...