77 – Claudine Longet and Spider Sabich – Downhill to Murder

Claudine Longet is a successful French pop singer and actress and the wife of mega singing and television star, Andy Williams. Freewheeling bachelor Spider Sabich is the Golden Boy of skiing, a beloved champion who competed in the 1968 Olympics and lives life to the fullest. When Claudine and Spider meet and fall in love, they decide to make Aspen, Colorado their home, a charming, hedonistic playgroundfor the wealthy and the wealthier. However, their tempestuous relationship is marred by Claudine’s extreme jealousy, tantrums, and possessiveness. Spider decides he’s had enough and tells Claudine it’s over. But Claudine just won’t let go.***Visitwww.thedarksideoflove.com⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and sources. Visit ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/thedarksideoflove⁠⁠⁠ for exclusive content. Click ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ to be notified about new episodes!

College sweethearts Arnold and Tammi Cuyler are living aquiet life in Windsor, Connecticut with their two children and nephew. Always available to lend a helping hand is Tammi’s cousin, Chastity West, who cooks, cleans and babysits the kids. Chastity is also helping herself to eager participant, Arnold, who is having an affair with his wife’s cousin. The affair leads to an amicable divorce, with Arnold and Chastity continuing their relationship. Everyone seems to be getting along, under the circumstances, until a brutal and unfathomable home invasion results in a murder that shakesWindsor, Connecticut to its core.***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!

When David Birnie and Catherine Harrison meet as children,they are drawn together by their mutually chaotic and dysfunctional home lives. Through the years, the couple have an on and off relationship marked by a life of crime and insatiable sexual appetites, making it impossible to stay away from each other. However, for the pair that would ultimately be dubbed as the Most Violent Couple in Australia’s history, what ultimately keeps them together, is their passion for murder.***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!

Previously on the Dark Side of Love, prominent Sacramento attorney, Larry McNabney, has fallen under the spell of the beautiful and mysterious, Elisa Redelsberger and against the advice of friends and family, he marries her. While the wealthy couple enjoys the high-life, Larry’s perturbed by his wife’s too-close-for-comfort friendship with college student Sarah Dutra, eventually demanding that Elisa get rid of her. Except, Sarah’s not the one to disappear. ***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!

Oscar Pistorius, aka, The Blade Runner, is South Africa’s Golden Boy, a handsome and beloved Paralympian champion, seen as a role model and sterling example of grace, strength, and persistence. Blonde, beautiful Reeva Steenkamp, is a successful model whose star just keeps rising, though she ultimately has her sights set on a legal career so she can be a champion for those in need. When this glamorous pair meet and fall in love, they seem to be the perfect match – even drawing comparisons to Posh and Becks. But then, on Valentine’s Day, just three months into their relationship, Oscar brutally kills Reeva. Everyone knows Oscar did it. But everyone is stunned as to why he says he did. ***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!

After emigrating to the United States from Columbia in the late 1980s, Clara Harris climbed the ladder of success to achieve the American dream of a thriving career, a beautiful home, adorable children, and the perfect marriage. But David Harris is having an affair, and after confessing to his wife, he promises to call it quits with the other woman. Except, when David goes back on his promise, Clara confronts her husband and his mistress. And what happens next will shock the world. ***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!

Elisa McNabney was smart, beautiful and yearning for more from life than her small Florida town could give her. Her ambitions pointed her West, where she eventually met successful attorney Larry McNabney. While Larry is smitten with the sexy and mysterious Elisa, she’s mesmerized by his big fat bank account. Against the advice of friends and family, Larry makes the enigmatic Elisa his bride. And it’s a decision he’ll live to regret. ***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!

NBA player Lorenzen Wright was a beloved hometown hero to basketball fans in The Bluff City, aka, Memphis, Tennessee. Lorenzen and his wife, Sherra, seem to be living the dream, both of them taking full advantage of his multimillion dollar paychecks, resulting in an extremely lavish and envious lifestyle. However, over time, the marriage would collapse under the weight of dual infidelities and financial chaos. Andwhen Lorenzen disappears, his bullet-riddled body later found in a swampy Tennessee field, rumors swirl around town that his financial troubles may have led to his gruesome demise. However, the truth about what happened to Lorenzen Wright is far more horrifying. ***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!

Padraic “Pad” Guffey and Kemberlee Hanson may have come from different worlds, but there was no denying their love connection. While their marriage starts off with love andpassion, over time, it descends into bitterness, jealousy and finally, pure, seething hatred. Until finally, it spills over into murder. ***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!

High school sweethearts, Lisa Caldwell and Seth Techel, finally marry after seven years of dating in a beautiful old-fashioned church ceremony. Within months of getting married, they learnthey’re expecting a baby girl. But before Seth and Lisa can celebrate their one year anniversary or the birth of their baby, one of them will be dead. ***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!