Mr. Ballin

Kevin was motivated by anger over Tabitha's affair with Keith and also the fear that he would lose his kids if they got divorced.

But ironically, it was actually Kevin's own actions that drove Tabitha literally into Keith's arms.

Kevin portrayed himself as this, you know, hardworking lawyer who basically was a workaholic and all he did was provide for his family.

But in reality, he was a drug and sex addict who routinely brought sex workers to his law office.

His idea of working on his marriage, as he said he and Tabitha were doing after he discovered her affair, really just involved taking Tabitha to strip clubs and then pressuring her into having group sex with other sex workers.

And then he would also pressure her to give lap dances to the other clientele.

And one of those other clientele was Keith.

That's how they met.

Kevin and Cyril were both convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole.

As for Cassidy, she ultimately took a plea deal and received 15 years.

They are all based on true events, but we sometimes use pseudonyms to protect the people involved and some details are fictionalized for dramatic purposes.

The Mr. Ballin Podcast, Strange, Dark, and Mysterious Stories is hosted and executive produced by me, Mr. Ballin.

Our head of writing is Evan Allen, produced by Jeremy Bone and Cole Lacascio.

This episode was written by Andrew Kelleher.

Research and fact-checking by Shelley Hsu, Samantha Van Hoose, Evan Beamer, Abigail Shumway, Camille Callahan, Alex Paul, Ben Faciano.

Research and fact-checking supervision by Stephen Eare.

Audio editing and post-produced by Whit Lacascio and Jordan Stidham.

Production support by Antonio Minata and Delaina Corley.

Artwork by Jessica Clogston-Kiner.

Theme song, Something Wicked, by Ross Bugden.