Plot Synopsis

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. WE tv aired the U.S. premiere of this series on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 10pm with back-to-back episodes.