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The Dating Detectives

A Life Built on a Lie: Part 2

The Dating Detectives

Dear Media

True Crime, 448526, Comedy, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.82.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

In this special two-part episode of The Dating Detectives, producer Mollie steps into the hosting chair alongside Hannah while Mackenzie is away, and they’re diving into a jaw-dropping story you won’t forget. Our guest, Andrea, shares the first chapter of her surreal journey: a whirlwind college romance and marriage, and a seemingly perfect life built on success, trust, and family... until one day, her husband drops a bombshell that shatters it all.

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0:00.0

The following program contains names, places, and events that have been anonymized or fictionalized for the purposes of protection and safety.

0:08.8

The following program is provided for entertainment purposes only, and any commentary from the hosts are strictly conjecture and should not be held as making any definitive statements about the truth or identity of any particular individuals or circumstances.

0:22.2

If you or a loved one are involved in an abusive relationship, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7-2-33 for support.

0:41.3

Welcome back to part two.

0:42.5

That sounded like a game show.

0:45.0

I don't know where that game show thing came from.

0:46.2

I liked it.

0:47.8

Dating detectives.

0:48.3

Yeah.

0:51.4

In this game show, nobody wins.

0:52.1

Amen.

1:05.4

Well, hello. I'm Hannah. Obviously, if you listen to us, you know that. Today, I have another round of a co-host that you're not as used to, but we love her just as much. Molly, hello. Hi. McKenzie's out of town. So our producer's stepping in. Hi, McKenzie. We'll be back next week. But I'm here for now.

1:14.8

And we love that. But we don't love this story so much. Last week, we did part one. If you did not

1:21.0

listen to part one, go back and listen. Quick, quick recap. Basically, Andrea got married very quickly, very young,

1:30.3

with somebody she met at Brigham Young University. Everybody seemed to like him. He was kind

1:34.7

of dorky, but he was well liked. And then he became very, very successful in his business.

1:39.5

They had four kids, I think, four. And she was not involved in his work. He actively got her out

1:48.7

of that involvement. He was like, don't look at my email. It's private client stuff. Don't look at

1:52.9

the mail. It's private client stuff. And she was like, okay, I have four kids to raise. Good.

1:57.8

Do your thing, which is fair. And then he had a lot of money. A lot of money.

2:03.8

Then he dropped a bomb at the end of part one, which is, spoilers coming now. If you don't listen,

2:09.5

if you didn't listen to part one yet, go back. Yes. Warning, warning. He said that this entire

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