Dirty John's First Wife Speaks - An Interview with Tonia Bales

Housewives of True Crime

Tabitha Kane

True Crime, Comedy, History

4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

This episode features an exclusive interview with Tonia Bales, the first wife of the infamous John Meehan—better known as “Dirty John.”

Tonia opens up about the early days of their relationship, their marriage, and the chilling red flags she came to recognize over time. Through her personal account, we get an intimate look at John Meehan’s manipulative behavior, his double life, and the psychological toll it took on those closest to him.

Hear the truth about what it was like to love—and leave—a man like Dirty John.

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to Housewives of True Crime.
0:05.4	Welcome.
0:06.3	Welcome.
0:07.4	I am Tabitha.
0:09.2	Give me Dateline, white wine, and I'll pick up your kids in the carpool line.
0:14.3	The next day, right?
0:15.2	Yeah, the next day.
0:15.9	Okay.
0:16.8	And I am Gretchen.
0:18.2	I like white wine, true crime, and in bed by nine, because I have a lot of stuff to do in the morning.
0:26.6	We are housewives of true crime.
0:30.5	Yes, we are.
0:31.3	Yes, we are.
0:32.6	We have to be true crime. Housewives are true crime. Welcome.
0:44.8	Welcome.
0:45.6	Housewives of true crime.
0:47.4	Up in here.
0:48.6	Up in here.
0:49.9	Up in here.
0:50.6	We have a very special show today.
0:57.5	We do. We're taking a little bit of a different turn on things because we're not going to tell you a case. We're going to tell you. We're going to
1:04.1	actually not tell you somebody else that's going to tell you about her life and her name is
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