Like wounded animals, they are blinded by pain and rage by the loss of their lovers. Obsessed by sexual jealousy, they lose control of their lives, their hatred eating inside until they explode into violence and murder. These are stories about secrets, lies, and passion gone wrong. These are stories about murder. Real stories.

The Murder of Beverly Huckleberry

^{When officers from the police department arrived at the scene on Lexington Drive just after midnight on Tuesday, November 29, 1983, they were struck by a grisly sight. A woman lay in the snowy field about 70 feet from the car, her head crushed like a watermelon. Large tire tracks made deep, distinct impressions in the snow near her body. It appeared that she was the victim of a hit-and-run-accident. But was she?}

The Murder of Robert Torres

^{Christine Torres came home and entered the ransacked house where her husband lay, apparently dead from a bloody wound in his upper body, amid the scattered debris in the dining room. She screamed and started to walk over to the phone to call an ambulance and police. Then she saw there was no phone.}

The Murder of Earl Merriman

^{The Quantico Creek, a tributary of the Potomac, flows by the United States Marine Corps Base nearby and is located in the southeast corner of this northern Virginia county. The fishermen at first saw the tips of something poking above the surface of the water. The tips were in actuality toes and hands. The shocked fishermen had found a body.}

The Murder of Carolyn Nail & Donald Hofferber

^{At 7:45 p.m., on June 2, 1990, Marshall Memorial, the small hospital that serves the entire Marshall County, was geared for an onslaught of minor accidents. But all was quiet when the call came into the hospital switchboard. A hospital worker answered, then strained to hear the thin halting voice of a woman. "Help me . . ." The weak voice faded. Then, with painful effort, the caller gave a partial address, "Six-hundred South . . ." the voice then trailed off.}

The Murder of Tina Pham

^{In the bathroom of a luxury apartment, a beautiful divorcee desperately gasped for air that was being choked off by hands tightening around her throat. In the morning shadow of the spectacular and world-famous Crystal Cathedral, in Garden Grove, California, the muffled sounds of mortal struggle were heard by no one.}

^{When the detectives found the body it was hard to determine the exact age of the victim, although the body was obviously that of a female. It was also clearly evident how she had died. She had a number of injuries to her head, and it was clear that the wounds had been implemented by gun shots fired at close range. The woman had been cuffed to the tree by her thumbs. It was obvious to everyone there that she had been intentionally murdered in cold blood, execution style.}