Netflix has been on a streak lately, releasing outrageous true crime documentaries that are stranger than fiction. There’s been The Perfect Neighbor, a grim recounting of a manipulative murder told through police bodycam footage; Maternal Instinct, in which a con woman faked a pregnancy, before going to fatal lengths to make her lie seem true; and The Crash, wherein a reckless teen girl’s vehicular menace led to the death of two friends. Now comes A Toxic Love Story.
By the title alone, you might think you know what you’re in for. But documentarian Alexandra Lacey shrewdly takes audiences through the waves of understanding that investigators had to wade through before finding a truly shocking truth. Along the way though, there’s plenty of WTF before the final reveal. Unlike the other true crime docs mentioned above, no one dies in this one. And yet, this is surely the most bizarre of the bunch.
Diving into increasing spoilers, we’re discussing three big reveals, and the clues Lacey dropped along the way to warn keen viewers all is not what it seems.
A Toxic Love Story begins with the tale of an allegedly crazy ex-girlfriend.
Michelle Hadley shares her side in “A Toxic Love Story.”
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