M M SU LS NA IGI OR E IM ET LIF W NE S ET CR SE OF ER M Annabeth Gish
SOCCER MOM MADAM
Julie Benz
Sunday, June 6
Left For Dead: The Ashley Reeves Story: Credit: Lifetime
Gone Mom: © 2021 Lifetime. Credit: Ed Araquel
Secrets of a Gold Digger Killer: © 2020 A&E Network Lifetime. Credit: Ryan Plummer
Soccer Mom Madam: Credit: Lifetime
Secrets of a Marine’s Wife: Credit: Saamuel Richard/Lifetime
Doomsday Mom: Credit: Kristine Cofsky/Lifetime
Starring: Jana Kramer (One Tree Hill)
GONE MOM
Saturday, June 5 Starring: Annabeth Gish (The X-Files), Warren Christie (Motive) The Real Story That Inspired The Film: In 2017, Jennifer Dulos, a Connecticut mother of five, filed for an emergency order for full custody of her children, telling the courts her soon-to-be ex-husband (Fotis Dulos) exhibited “irrational, unsafe, bullying, threatening and controlling behavior” and that she was afraid for their safety. She lost her request. Two years later, on May 24, 2019, Jennifer went missing.
The Real Story That Inspired The Film: Anna Gristina was a suburban mom of four who prosecutors accused of running a long-standing, multimilliondollar, high-end escort service for New York’s elite. In 2012, the 44-year-old Gristina pled guilty to a single count of promoting prostitution (she maintained she was starting a dating service) and was sentenced to time served and five years’ probation (she served four months at Rikers Island in New York City).
SECRETS OF A MARINE’S WIFE Saturday, June 19
Sadie Calvano
Starring: Sadie Calvano (Mom), Evan Roderick (Arrow), Andre Anthony
The Real Story That Inspired The Film: In June 2014, 19-year-old Erin Corwin went missing. Married to U.S. Marine Cpl. Jon Corwin and expecting her first child, her body was found nearly two months later in an abandoned mine shaft near Twentynine Palms Marine base in California. Christopher Brandon Lee, a U.S. Marine who Erin was having an illicit affair with, later admitted in court to strangling her and pushing her head-first down the mine shaft in a fit of rage.
Jana Kramer
SECRETS OF A GOLD DIGGER KILLER Sunday, June 13
Starring: Julie Benz (Dexter), Eli Gabay The Real Story That Inspired The Film: On Oct. 2, 1999, an intruder broke into the Austin, Texas, home of millionaire business tycoon Steven Beard and shot him in the stomach. He died four months later due to complications. Beard (75 at the time of his death) was the co-owner of a local television station, who had wed local cocktail waitress Celeste Johnson (36 at the time of his death) and later adopted her 17-year-old twin daughters. Six months after Beard died, Celeste married her fifth husband.
DOOMSDAY MOM Saturday, June 26
Starring: Lauren Lee Smith, Marc Blucas, Linda Purl, Patrick Duffy The Real Story That Inspired The Film: This odd and tragic story is Lauren Lee Smith still unfolding. At the center of all of it is Lori Vallow Daybell and her fifth and current husband — doomsday author Chad Daybell. Lori’s children Joshua “JJ” Vallow (7) and Tylee Ryan (17) were last seen in September 2019. In June 2020, the remains of both JJ and Tylee were found on Chad’s property. Both Lori and Chad were charged with conspiracy to conceal or destroy evidence. This case, however, extends to three additional suspicious deaths. 7
