Crimes of Passion: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Crimes of Passion tells stories of killers, trying to explain how seemingly normal individuals lose balance enough to commit the unthinkable act of murder in a passionate rage. The perpetrators include: James Poland, who kills his wife after she admits to having an affair; Norman (Butch) Thibert, who shot the man with whom his wife was having an affair; Elaine Trombley, who stabbed her lover to death during the final fight of their tumultuous relationship; Dorothy Joudrie, who shot her husband when he told her he was leaving her for another woman; Lilian Getkate, who shot and killed her husband, a psychologist, citing spousal abuse; Margaret Ann Malott, who killer her husband -- a drug dealer and police informant; Willie Suber, a respected man who kills one of his youngest daughter's boyfriend; Barbara Burns, whose mentally challenged sister is found dead in their home on her 40th birthday; Gladis Soto, a school teacher and mother of six who kills her husband after 15 years of abuse; Robert Oliver Scribner, who stabbed his girlfriend to death due to suspicions of cheating; Cheryl Lynn Lucas, who shot her husband after discovering he was leaving her for another woman; Peggy Darlene Ellis, who shot and killed her alcoholic husband when he threatened her one night; Rafat Chowdhury, an honest, hard-working Bangladeshi immigrant, who bludgeoned his cheating wife to death; Faical Labidi, who stabbed his lover, Ling Wang, to death in her car.

Series details

• Title: Crimes of Passion
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Crime
• Premiere date: 2006-03-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2010-10-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: WE tv
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 39535

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-03-10; final listed air date 2006-04-14; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2010-09-14; final listed air date 2010-10-26; episode order: 9.

Source and licence

Adapted from Crimes of Passion on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.