Deadly Wives

2013 • Lifetime
4.9
27 reviews
TV-14
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Season 2 episodes (8)

1 Acid Lady
2/27/14
Tim and Larissa Schuster are a successful couple in Clovis, California. Larissa owns a thriving biochemistry lab, while Tim works at a hospital and manages their home and two kids.
2 Pretty Young Deadly Things
3/6/14
Two stories feature deadly wives willing to exchange love, for lust and greed. First, all-American girl, Morgan Wixon, meets small town boy, Kevin Mengel, and falls in love. The couple marries, has children, and owns a successful business together.
3 Craven for Murder
3/13/14
In the all-American town of Edgewood, Kentucky, Stephen and Adele Craven fit right in. He's a commercial airline pilot, and she's a stay-at-home mom with two adorable kids. Though they've been together for more than a decade, things aren't perfect.
4 Vanishing Acts
3/20/14
Two stories feature deadly wives willing to do anything to make their husbands disappear. First, Lynn Stomps and her husband Gerry, live on a tree farm in Oregon. When the couple arranges to meet a buyer for their boat--everything goes wrong-Lynn winds up injured, and Gerry disappears. But when police start probing Lynn's story, their search for clues leads them to a grisly and unexpected truth. Across the country, New Jersey nurse, Melanie McGuire and her husband Bill, have worked hard and are finally buying their dream house. Despite the new home, there is tension in the marriage and following a nasty argument, Bill packs up, leaves, and disappears without a trace. Melanie tells police that Bill is a gambler, and they begin looking for him in Atlantic City--yet, nothing prepares them for how and where they will find Bill McGuire.
5 The Liars Club
3/31/14
Two stories feature scheming wives incapable of telling the truth. First, Navy man Cory Voss and his wife Catherina "Cat" Voss are a young couple raising two children in Newport News, Virginia. Despite Cory's love and devotion, Cat secretly falls for another man. But betraying her marriage vows is just one angle in Cat's complicated web of lies, and eventually she seeks a more permanent solution to finally end her marriage. Then, Barbara Garcia and her husband Cipriano, are retirees living in Hobart, Indiana. After sharing more than four-decades of marriage, the seniors have weathered most of life's ups and downs together. But when Cipriano is found dead in another state, Barbara becomes a suspect, and investigators learn she has many different versions about what may--or may not--have happened to her husband.
6 Where There's A Will, There's A Way
3/26/14
Two stories feature Southern wives desiring love--and money. First, country-girl Cristie Sehorne and her husband, Lee, have two children and live in Florida. Lee loves his work in commercial shipping, but his job requires long hours away at sea and Cristie is lonely without him. When Lee is shockingly murdered, investigators take a hard look at Cristie, and discover that Lee's lonely wife is also the keeper of fatal family secrets. In Tennessee, Raynella Leath enjoys a privileged life as the wife of the county District Attorney. When her husband dies, she's thrilled to find a second chance at love with sweet and funny family friend, David Leath. But when David also ends up dead, detectives begin unraveling the long and complicated story of Raynella's two marriages, two wills, and the truth behind what really happened to her two deceased husbands.
7 Opposites Attract
4/7/14
Two stories feature deadly wives that are the polar opposites of their partners. First, bubbly Rebecca Salcedo is a popular, young single mom with lots of friends. When she meets shy engineer Bruce Cleland, sparks fly--they share a whirlwind romance, followed by a lavish wedding. But their marriage is cut short when Bruce is killed in a tough Los Angeles neighborhood. Police investigating his death follow a trail of evidence that leads them to an unlikely suspect. Next, two women from Chicago are deeply committed to one another as life partners. Though Becky Klein and Nicole Abusharif are opposites in their interests and backgrounds, they're a devoted same-sex couple. When one of these women goes missing, friends and family members rally to find her. But no one is prepared when the truth behind her disappearance is revealed.
8 Murder for Proffitt
4/14/14
Sadie Proffitt and her husband David, 50, are a retired couple who move from Florida to Texas to be closer to Sadie's son. While Sadie is friendly with many residents at the sprawling apartment complex where they live, David is partially paralyzed and often stays inside. On Oct. 9, 2000, in the middle of the night, tragedy strikes when a rapidly moving fire erupts at the apartment complex, and several people are killed in the inferno. When investigators begin researching the source of the blaze--some aspects of the disastrous incident just don't add up. It will take experts many months to sort through the evidence and find the truth behind the fire--and finally charge an unlikely suspect with murder.

About this show

Deadly Wives takes the vow of "for better or worse"to the nightmare level. These are real, complex stories about the women your mother always warned you about.

Ratings and reviews

4.9
27 reviews
Renee H
March 16, 2023
This is one of the best True Crime documentaries that I';ve watched in a while. With just 1 season and 11 episodes, I only wish that Lifetime had decided to continue this series. The dramatizations were well done. The witnesses that were interviewed by the show also did a good job and helped give the show a feeling of the audience getting the complete story. What really made this show a winner for me was the sassy comments from the narrator.
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