Plot Synopsis

Using re-enactments and first-person interviews with victims, family members and law enforcement, OBSESSION: DARK DESIRES chronicles the real-life stories of women who survived obsessive stalkers willing to do anything to satisfy their all-consuming infatuation. When boundaries are crossed, the lives of victim and stalker become tragically interlaced as dangerous compulsions replace rationality and leave the victim with nowhere to hide. With their safety and sanity at risk, victims fight to protect themselves and their families from an irrepressible torment. Premiering during the 11th annual National Stalking Awareness Month, each 60-minute episode of this series features a single victim, including: Sarah Pisan, who moved to Las Vegas in 1980 as a 19-year-old mother of three and received abusive beeper calls from an anonymous tormentor after a gas-station co-worker went missing; Kristy, a 24-year-old pregnant nurse, who began to fear for her life and that of her unborn child after inadvertently attracting the unwanted attention of a mysterious person while she was selling her car; and Mary McIntyre, who lived in Concord, CA in the mid-1990s and survived an 18-month campaign of unwanted calls and advances from Jociel Bulawin, a man she fired from the family business.

OBSESSION: DARK DESIRES returned for its second season on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 10pm ET/PT on Investigation Discovery. In the Season 2 opener, "Unlucky Seven," Heather, a grocery store barista, has just began dating her most recent hire, Arturo. But as time goes by, Arturo is unable to hide his dark side. His obsession with Heather comes at the expense of their relationship, his job -- and her life.

Season 3 of OBSESSION: DARK DESIRES premiered on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 10pm ET/PT on Investigation Discovery. The new season opened with the "Garden of Evil" episode, which chronicles the story of a landscaper with an obsession for his client -- and who won't take no for an answer.

On Monday, February 27, 2017 at 10pm ET/PT, Investigation Discovery premiered the fourth season of OBSESSION: DARK DESIRES. In the season opener, "The Salon Stalker," when Idaho hairdresser Makaela Zabel-Gravatt begins cutting the hair of truck driver Christopher Wirfs, little does she realize that it signals the start of a two-year long nightmare that will end in the most heart-stopping and disturbing way.

The fifth season of OBSESSION: DARK DESIRES premiered on Sunday, December 15, 2019 at 8pm ET/PT on Investigation Discovery. In the season opener, "The Good Neighbor," young single mom Savannah is excited about a fresh start when she and her son move to a new neighborhood. When her seemingly friendly next-door neighbor offers her help, she has no idea that a dangerous obsession will grow on the other side of the wall.
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On Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 8pm ET/PT, Investigation Discovery premiered "Can't Let Go," the Season 5 finale of OBSESSION: DARK DESIRES. When 18-year-old Misty falls in love with a man nearly 15 years her senior, Misty's parents warn against the relationship. But no one could predict the danger Misty is in, or how this man will change all their lives forever.