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Dark Temptations

Dark Temptations

All sorts of things tempt people every day and, while most cravings are quite benign -- a sugary treat or a new pair of shoes -- there are times when fixations evolve from the trivial to the terrifying. The latter are covered in "Dark Temptations," which presents actual cases of perverse fascinations that took deadly turns. Each hourlong episode features two stories -- re-enacted and interlaced with first-person accounts by survivors and perpetrators -- with commentary by psychologists, authorities and criminologists.
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Season 16 of 6 Episodes

  • A Florida man is found pinned under his car; a woman crosses the line when she discovers her boyfriend is a Voodoo priest.

  • A preacher's wife bitten by a rattlesnake accuses her husband of attempted murder; a man with a hair fetish goes from cutting hair to killing women.

  • After several Hollywood starlets are killed, one model stands up against the predator; a family reunion takes a tragic turn.

  • The only clue when a couple is brutally attacked is a map leading to a fantasy world of Dungeons and Dragons; a killer with a high heel shoe fetish is traced to the deaths of four women.

  • A man is found dead with one leg cut off and police discover a bizarre obsession turned fatal; a Satanic cult is linked to the disappearance of a California mother.

  • A restaurateur is brutally killed in his own home; two teenagers with a passion for hard-core rap music want to base their violent lyrics on real death.
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All sorts of things tempt people every day and, while most cravings are quite benign -- a sugary treat or a new pair of shoes -- there are times when fixations evolve from the trivial to the terrifying. The latter are covered in "Dark Temptations," which presents actual cases of perverse fascinations that took deadly turns. Each hourlong episode features two stories -- re-enacted and interlaced with first-person accounts by survivors and perpetrators -- with commentary by psychologists, authorities and criminologists.

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