Plot Synopsis

Using interviews with family, friends, law enforcement and potential victims -- as well as public court documents of divorce and court proceedings -- FATAL VOWS features Dr. Brian Russell and Stacy Kaiser, as they reveal the criminal psychology of why some people choose murder over divorce. In each 60-minute episode, Dr. Brian Russell, an attorney and clinical psychologist, and Stacy Kaiser, a licensed psychotherapist and relationship expert, examine the couple featured and provide analysis on marriages that break down to the point that divorce and murder collide. The premiere episode focused on Bob and Becky Klosterman, who were the perfect couple -- Bob was a retired Navy commander and Becky was a stay-at-home wife -- but in private, Becky suffered and even feared for her own life.

FATAL VOWS returned for its second season on Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 10pm ET/PT on Investigation Discovery. The season opener chronicled the story of Angela Neal, who went to Anchorage, Alaska to escape her checkered past, fell in love and married her counselor Mike Dixiano, but soon long-buried vices and demons from the past drove one of them into the grave.

Investigation Discovery aired the Season 3 premiere of FATAL VOWS on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 9pm ET/PT. In the season opener, "Mid-life Murder," Arthur Burney believes it's true love when he runs off with Patricia Meeks, the waitress from his favorite bar -- and soon the couple have a daughter of their own -- but 16 years later, tensions are stretched to the limit, and someone will snap.

Season 4 of FATAL VOWS premiered on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 10pm ET/PT on Investigation Discovery. In the season opener, "You Only Die Once," wild-child Kim is on a mission to turn her life around when she meets Frank, a beacon of stability. They say opposites attract -- but in this case it's fatal attraction.

Investigation Discovery premiered the fifth season of FATAL VOWS on Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 10pm ET/PT. In the season opener, "Second Chance at Death," it's love at second sight, when Antoinette and Spencer hook up at their ten-year high school reunion. But after decades of supporting her husband financially, Antoinette realizes she'd be better off without...and the consequences are tragic.

On Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 10pm ET/PT, Investigation Discovery premiered the sixth season of FATAL VOWS. In the season opener, "A Watery Grave," Jeff & Jeannine Glanda have a picture-perfect family until selfishness and a shameless affair mark the beginning of the end. As money troubles and the threat of divorce breed paranoia and hate, a plot is hatched in the dark heart of a twisted killer.
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Season 7 of FATAL VOWS premiered on Monday, February 3, 2020 at 8pm ET/PT on Investigation Discovery. In the season opener, "Murder Behind the Gates," Pad is rich and handsome, and Kem is popular -- but from the wrong side of town. But the power couple stick it out despite disapproval, and over the years amass a fortune. But they soon learn that their money can't buy love and happiness. Only death.