Investigation Discovery Cuts The Men Out Of The Picture With A Game Day Sunday Marathon Of Its Hit Series "WIVES WITH KNIVES"

Investigation Discovery Cuts The Men Out Of The Picture With A Game Day Sunday Marathon Of Its Hit Series "WIVES WITH KNIVES"

- WIVES WITH KNIVES featured in Weekend Update spoof during the January 26th episode of "Saturday Night Live" -

SILVER SPRING, Md., Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Game day parties can get dicey when football rivalries turn friends into fanatic foes, but especially when the woman serving your game-day snacks is a knife-wielding femme fatale. So reach for your finger foods with caution and change the channel to Investigation Discovery for a primetime marathon of WIVES WITH KNIVESthis Game Day Sunday, February 3, from 6PM to 5AM ET. The series was recently mentioned during a hilarious spoof of Arianna Huffington on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update [beginning at 2:20].

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In this encore marathon presentation of WIVES WITH KNIVES season one, women stab their husbands, sometimes killing them. Each wife sits down with Dr. Casey Jordan, a criminologist and behavioral analyst with a law degree, to reveal what events or motivations led them to slice and dice.

The marathon schedule is as follows:


-- 6 PM ETPills, Poison and PaybackTeen mom Sarah Saunders struggles to
raise her child and longs for a father figure for her daughter. She
thinks she found "the one" in Tommy, a handsome and much older bouncer
at a bar. They are both thrilled when Sarah finds out she's pregnant,
but she experiences postpartum depression after giving birth and gets
hooked on prescription drugs. Fed up, Tommy insists that Sarah get clean
for the sake of the family, but she decides her only escape is to get
rid of him forever. One night while Tommy sleeps, she grabs a fishing
knife and stabs him in the temple. She attempts to call 911 and report
the attack as a robbery gone wrong, but Tommy survives and implicates
her.


-- 7 PM ETLonely and LethalAfter a life full of pain and loneliness, Lori
McLuckie meets Andrew, a seemingly gentle and attentive young man. For
the first time in her life Lori is truly happy in a relationship, until
Andrew's dark side emerges. After he rapes Lori and threatens to kill
her and their unborn baby, Lori snaps and decides she has no choice but
to get rid of him permanently. When he passes out, Lori chains him to a
radiator, bludgeons and stabs Andrew to death, then dismembers his body.
She is overcome by guilt and horror by what she's done and confesses her
crime to a neighbor, who calls police.


-- 8 PM ET (encores at 11 PM ET)Fourth Time's a CharmDonna is a
hard-working nurse's aide who desperately wants a father figure for her
four children. When she meets Kevin Cobb, a life of the party with a big
heart and caring nature, Donna's thinks she's found the man of her
dreams. But when drug abuse changes his personality changes from sweet
to volatile, Donna becomes the victim of his uncontrollable rage. Just
when she thinks Kevin's gotten rid of his demons, he brutally attacks
her in the middle of the night. With her family's safety threatened,
Donna stabs Kevin to death in a fight for her life.


-- 9 PM ET (encores at 12 AM ET & 3 AM ET)Stripped to the BoneAfter a
lifetime of exposure to violence, sex, and scandal, including an alleged
gang rape at the age of 14, Crystal Magnum tries to rebuild her life to
support her children from a failed marriage. She starts dating an older
man named Reginald, who one night accuses her of flirting with other
men. The argument turns physical and, at one point, Reginald grabs a set
of kitchen knives and starts hurling them at her. In defense, Crystal
grabs one of the knives and plunges it into his side. Almost two weeks
later, Reginald dies of complications from the stabbing. Crystal is
currently in jail and awaiting trial.


-- 10 PM ET (encores at 1 AM ET & 4 AM ET)The Scorned SocialiteNancy is a
woman with a track record of failed relationships. At age 43, she's been
married and divorced three times but thinks she's finally found her
knight in shining armor in Michael. But after marrying in Las Vegas,
Michael becomes controlling and possessive. Nancy sticks by his side
until he announces his plans to sleep with other women and hands her
divorce papers. She is devastated but stays strong, thinking she can
change his mind by becoming more intimate. But after an argument over
how to divide up their assets, Nancy suddenly snaps. She enters
Michael's office and stabs him in the shoulder. Nancy is arrested, while
Michael survives and gets the divorce he so badly wanted.
WIVES WITH KNIVES is produced for Investigation Discovery by Indigo Films with David M. Frank as executive producer, Carl Schick as supervising producer, and Chris Leavell as vice president of content. For Investigation Discovery, Eugenie Vink is executive producer, Sara Kozak is senior vice president of production, Kevin Bennett is general manager, and Henry Schleiff is president and general manager.

About Investigation Discovery
Investigation Discovery (ID) is America's leading mystery-and-suspense network. From harrowing crimes and salacious scandals to the in-depth investigations and heart-breaking mysteries that result, ID challenges our everyday understanding of culture, society and the human condition. ID delivers the highest-quality programming to nearly 80 million U.S. households with viewer favorites that include On the Case with Paula Zahn; Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda; Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry?; Disappeared; Stalked: Someone's Watching; and Redrum. For more information, please visit InvestigationDiscovery.com, facebook.com/InvestigationDiscovery, or twitter.com/DiscoveryID. Investigation Discovery is part of Discovery Communications (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK), the world's #1 nonfiction media company reaching more than 1.8 billion cumulative subscribers in 209 countries and territories.

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