The Dark Side of Love

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Rewind: 18 - Tracy and Paulette Burleson May 29, 2025

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To their church and the community, Pastor Tracy Burleson and his wife, Paulette, presented themselves as stable, upstanding, God-fearing people. Behind closed doors, their volatile marriage was marred by infidelity, domestic abuse and predatory behavior. And when one of them decides it’s time to put the marriage out of its misery, the other will get a bullet. *** Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for bonus episodes and exclusives.

67 – Sheldon and Vanessa Soyer – Please Don’t Go May 26, 2025

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Vanessa Black was just coming out of a failed marriage and was definitely not looking for love. But then she meets Sheldon Soyer, who’s smitten with her and after showingVanessa his intentions are pure, Vanessa falls deeply in love and happily marries her Prince Charming. But, over time, the once solid union disintegrates into an unhappy and unbearable marriage and Vanessa decides to walk away fromSheldon and start a new life without him. Sheldon agrees to let his wife go. Or does he? ***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!

Rewind: 003 - Kristin Rossum - Women Who Kill May 23, 2025

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In a toast on his wedding day, June 5, 1999, Greg deVillers told the room filled with friends and family that his new wife, Kristin, was “the most wonderful person I’ve ever met,” and that he couldn’t wait to spend the rest of his life with her. On November 6, 2000, a year and a half after that heartfelt declaration, Greg deVillers would be dead. Kristin claimed it was suicide. The state of California said it was murder. *** Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for exclusive content.

Rewind: 002 - Carolyn Warmus - Women Who Kill May 21, 2025

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Carolyn Warmus was smart, sexy, and determined to get what she wanted at all costs. What she wanted was Paul Solomon. All she had to do . . . was get rid of Mrs. Solomon. *** Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for bonuses and exclusives.

66 – Darlene George and Rennie Cassimy – Murder in Maine May 19, 2025

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Darlene George cures the dissatisfaction she feels in her marriage by having a hot and heavy affair with ladies man Rennie Cassimy. However, Rennie claims to truly love Darlene and she decides life is too short to stay in a miserable marriage and makes plans to divorce her husband. But before she gets the chance, Darlene and her husband are the victims of a brutal attack that leaves one of them dead and the other under a cloud of suspicion..***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!

Rewind: 17 - Dorothy Stratten and Paul Snider Apr 28, 2025

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

Rewind: 16 - The Murder of Daniella Perez: Part 2 Apr 25, 2025

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

Rewind: 15 - The Murder of Daniella Perez: Part 1 Apr 23, 2025

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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 with jealousy and lust. What would follow was a brutal and heartbreaking tale that would captivate a nation and that no writer could ever imagine. *** Visit www.thedarksideoflove.com for episode transcripts and sources. Visit www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove for bonus episodes and exclusives.

011 - Women Who Kill – Heather Mack: Murder in Paradise Apr 21, 2025

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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.***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!

Rewind: 14 - Mike and Denise Williams Apr 14, 2025

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

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