Dirty John

John Meehan became irate and stalked his ex-girlfriend when the transaction of the money was canceled.

John Meehan's first wife Tonia Bales tells Oxygen she remembers the moment she thought he was coming to kill her.

John Meehan's two daughters reveal disturbing details from their childhood.

As a young child, Emily Meehan craved her dad's attention and frequent gifts but as she got older and began to see through his lies, John Meehan cut her out of his life.

John Meehan was an expert at coercive control, a form of abuse that relies on manipulation and exploitation to quietly gain “utter domination” and control over someone’s life. 

“We’re seemingly different but all pretty intelligent, but we found ourselves in these situations. Is there a common thread?” author Abby Ellin asked.

As a master manipulator, John Meehan created an alternate (read: fictional) reality for himself.

Tonia Sells Bales spent years living in fear of her ex-husband, John Meehan. Her story ended very differently than Debra Newell's.

Cindi Vickers was shot in the back of the head and killed by her estranged husband, Billy Vickers, on March 8, 1984 — a shocking tragedy that could help explain Debra Newell's relationship with "Dirty John."

“So, I guess that was my zombie kill," she says, recalling how she used what she learned in "The Walking Dead."