Deadly Wives

- Season 2

(2014)

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. The Schuster marriage appears to be a perfect example of "opposites attract"--she's a bubbly go-getter, and he's shy and sensitive. But after 20 years, the many differences in their personalities strain to the breaking point--with clashes over money, the children, and lack of intimacy. Tim finally decides he's had enough, and moves out. As they edge towards divorce, their arguments grow ...

Two stories feature deadly wives willing to exchange love, for lust and greed.

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...