Saskia

And immediately the mask came off.

I'm Andrea Gunning, and this is Betrayal Season 5, Episode 1, In the Dark.

This season is about a crime our team had never heard of before.

That is, until we heard about it from a listener.

She was a woman in the Midwest, a mom.

Over the course of a few months and many phone calls, she told us the story of what happened to her and the crime she described horrified us.

We couldn't imagine how anyone could do something so cruel to someone they loved.

But then we heard from another listener and another and another.

That mom in the Midwest wasn't alone.

Dozens of women were discovering the same thing.

The husbands they knew in the light of day were different people when the lights went out.

One of these women was Saskia Inwood.

After getting to know Saskia over the last year, we drove down to visit her in Maryland.

She welcomed us into her home.

Today, Saskia has a full, beautiful life.

She's got a great job, two thriving kids, a house full of pets, friends who'd do anything for her.

But it was a long road to get here.

For a while, it was difficult to even leave her house.

being around people that just had normal lives or happy relationships or were talking about, I don't know, what they bought at the store.

It just wasn't where I was at, so it was easier for me to isolate.