

42 minSeason 1 • Episode 7
LatestCasper, WY resident Melissa Benson falls in love with young and caring LaShawn King, but her new romance is not picture perfect. Kevin Leland meets Christine Billis on a dating site, but she soon reveals a deadly secret.
Girl meets guy; girl falls for guy; guy turns out to have a dark and deadly secret. You know the drill. As women tell their real-life "I Dated An Axe Murderer" stories, police, psychologists and dating experts help unravel the mystery and explain how these relationships went tragically wrong.
Writing
Survivor testimonies hit harder than any scripted drama.
Editing
Cheesy reenactments somehow amplify the horror.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 2010s 'psycho ex' true crime boom that simultaneously warned women and sensationalized their trauma for clicks.
The show's low TMDB score (4.5) reflects genre fatigue — by 2013, audiences were already exhausted by 'deadly lover' narratives that rarely interrogate systemic misogyny.