Infidelity Can Be Fatal: The Truth Behind This Twisted Tale

The origin stories behind Lifetime’s latest hit.

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Infidelity Can Be Fatal — image via Lifetime

If you are someone who chats the latest movies and television around the water cooler at work, then you’ve doubtless been eyed Infidelity Can Be Fatal. The latest Lifetime hit has women and men alike stunned and questioning their own trusting relationships.

What really happens when couples betray each other? What happens when you realize that someone you love is not who they appear to be? These questions and much more are centered in this crimes-of-passion thriller. There’s far more than a sensational story, though. We can see ourselves in the themes of Infidelity Can Be Fatal.

Is “Infidelity Can Be Fatal” a true story?

Lifetime is notorious for creating made-for-television movies which blur the line between fact and fiction. While some claim to be based on “true stories,” many of the events imagined in these TV tales are combinations of various tales that have threatened the lives of women (and the people who loved them).

Infidelity Can Be Fatal is another one of those tales. Detailing the story of Lucy, a private investigator who helps women confront their cheating partners, this virally-popular television movie follows a mangled…

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