Rewind: 38 - Colin Howell and Hazel Buchanan - Monsters in the Dark, Part 1

Previously, on The Dark Side of Love, following a bitter divorce and acrimonious custody battle over their two sons, Dan Markel and Wendi Adelson seem to call a truce. Until Dan is gunned down in his garage one July morning in 2014 and later dies. Suspicion immediately turns to ex-wife, Wendi. However, the brutal truth about Dan’s murder, hits closer to home than anyone suspects.***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!

Dan Markel and Wendi Adelson were a happily married couple with two adorable little boys until, they weren’t. What followed was a nasty divorce and an epic custody battle that would eventually pull Wendi’s overprotective family into the fray. And when Dan is gunned down in his garage, the truth about his brutal murder is crazier than ten blockbuster movies. ***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!

It’s April of 2010, and in St. Paul, Minnesota, a desperate 911 call comes in from Heidi Firkus, who tells the dispatcher that someone is breaking into her home. Within seconds, a shot rings out and Heidi is later pronounced dead, leaving behind her devastated husband, Nick. Except Nick knows much more about Heidi’s murder than he’s saying.  ***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!

It’s 1996 and ambitious Black professionals are flocking to the city of Atlanta, helping to transform the ATL into a prosperous and glamourous destination. And one of those driven and successful professionals who’ve made Atlanta his own is IT entrepreneur, Lance Herndon. Lance has a luxurious mansion, an expensive car, and a taste for the ladies. Lots and lots of ladies. And when Lance meets Dionne Baugh, she seems like just another in a long line of conquests who Lance will love and leave. But Dionne’s not going away so quietly. ***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, devout Baptist, Colin Howell, is having a steamy affair with the Sunday school teacher at his church, Hazel Buchanan. Colin and Hazel’s spouses, Trevor and Lesley, are devastated by the affair, which seems to have no end in sight. Until one dark night in May, when the lives of these four spouses change forever. ***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!

It’s May of 1991 and in the Northern Ireland seaside village of Castlerock, the bodies of Lesley Clarke, wife of prominent local dentist, Colin Howell, and police officer Trevor Buchanan, were found in the car of the garage of a house, dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. All the evidence pointed to a suicide pact, so, case closed. However, it would take nearly twenty years, a guilty conscience and a stunning confession for the sinister truth about what really happened to Lesley and Trevor to be revealed. ***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!

British native Neil Entwistle thought he hit the jackpot when he met bright, bubbly American exchange student Rachel Souza during his junior year of college. The couple falls deeply in love and marry, completing their circle of happiness less than two years later when they welcome baby girl Lilian Rose. Except Rachel has no idea that her loving husband is actually living a sordid secret life. And she’ll find out too late just how deadly those secrets are. ***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!

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!