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  2. Dec 13, 2018 · Was “Dirty” John Meehan a real person? And did he actually marry Debra Newell? Meet the real-life men and women (and one dog) who inspired Bravo’s twisted story of love, betrayal, and death.

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    In 2014, Meehan found Debra Newellon an over-50 dating website, Newell told PEOPLE. Their two-month romance led first to marriage and then to tragedy, inspiring the hit scripted Bravo series Dirty John, adapted from a Los Angeles Times podcast of the same name. A companion documentary, Dirty John: The Dirty Truth, premiered on Oxygen in January 201...

    The year before that first date in 2014, Meehan was arrested after police followed up a complaint by another woman he'd pursued and extorted for money, police investigator Julia Bowmantold PEOPLE in 2018. The woman was a wealthy writer who had encountered Meehan in a hospital where she was recovering after surgery, and he falsely portrayed himself ...

    In Newell’s case, her children's discoveries made her realize she did not really know the man she had married. She sought an annulment of their Las Vegas vows, even as Meehan tearfully told her he deserved a chance to prove he was innocent of any accusations. His pleas prompted a short reconciliation. But then Newell went into hiding, and Meehan re...

    Three years to the day of that fateful face-off in August 2016, Terra — now a life coach, advocate and podcaster — penned a poignant column exclusively for PEOPLE wherein she reflected on the infamous abuser's violent reign of terror. "If you've seen the show or have listened to the podcast Dirty John, you know what happened next. I survived and ki...

  3. Jan 13, 2019 · In a six-part story for The Los Angeles Times and the accompanying podcast Dirty John, reporter Christopher Goffard chronicles how Debra's dream guy became a waking nightmare for her and her...

  4. Nov 27, 2019 · In October 2014, Debra Newell and John Meehan met through a dating app. It's possible to read Dirty John as a horror story about online dating. Newell first Meehan through a dating app for older singles. She was instantly charmed by the man sitting across from her at dinner.

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  5. Jun 16, 2020 · The latest iteration of the anthology series, The Betty Broderick Story, traffics in fundamentally familiar territory — a scandalous domestic murder against an illusory backdrop of high...

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  6. Dirty John is an American true crime anthology television series, based on the podcast of the same name by Christopher Goffard, that premiered on November 25, 2018, on Bravo. Outside the United States, it was made available through Netflix on February 14, 2019.

  7. Jun 8, 2021 · Everything to know about the real events behind USA's Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story, which tells the story of the infamous scorned wife-turned-murderer.

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