Facing Evil with Candice DeLong
{{Short description|American TV documentary series (2010–2014)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
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| genre = Documentary
| creator =
| presenter = Candice DeLong
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| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 5
| num_episodes = 36
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| runtime = 30 minutes
| network = Investigation Discovery
| executive_producer = Geoff Fitzpatrick
Pamela Deutsch
| company = Beyond Entertainment
| first_aired = {{Start date|2010|11|25}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2014|1|17}}
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Facing Evil with Candice DeLong is an American television documentary series on Investigation Discovery that debuted on November 25, 2010, as a two-part special, which later turned into a full series.{{cite web|title=With the Fastest-Growing Primetime Audience in All of Cable, Investigation Discovery Gives Viewers Even More to Fall in Love With, Launching a Captivating New Slate of Fall Series and Specials|url=http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/08/04/with-the-fastest-growing-primetime-audience-in-all-of-cable-investigation-discovery-gives-viewers-even-more-to-fall-in-love-with-launching-a-captivating-new-slate-of-fall-series-and-specials-36840/20100804id01/|date=August 4, 2010}}{{cite web|title=Investigation Discovery Enters 2010-11 Upfront Season with Powerful Ratings Momentum|url=http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/04/08/investigation-discovery-enters-2010-11-upfront-season-with-powerful-ratings-momentum-35239/20100408id01/|publisher=The Futon Critic|date=April 8, 2010}} Facing Evil is hosted by former FBI Profiler Candice DeLong as she visits different women's prisons and talks with female prisoners.{{cite web|title=Investigation Discovery Announces Largest Slate in Network History for 2013-14 Upfront Season|url=http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2013/04/04/investigation-discovery-announces-largest-slate-in-network-history-for-2013-14-upfront-season-894503/20130404id02/|publisher=The Futon Critic|date=April 4, 2013}} At the end, she states whether or not she believes that someone is being truthful about what they're saying. The series ran for four seasons, ending in 2014.
Episodes
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| style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 6 | style="text-align:center;"| {{Start date|2011|11|25}} | style="text-align:center;"| {{End date|2011|12|23}} | |||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 6 | style="text-align:center;"| {{Start date|2012|11|23}} | style="text-align:center;"| {{End date|2012|12|21}} | |||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 4 | style="text-align:center;"| 10 | style="text-align:center;"| {{Start date|2013|11|29}} | style="text-align:center;"| {{End date|2014|1|17}} | |||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 5 | style="text-align:center;"| 10 | style="text-align:center;"| {{Start date|2015|6|11}} | style="text-align:center;"| {{End date|2015|7|24}} |
=Season 1 (2010)=
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|EpisodeNumber = 1 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = For Love of Oneself |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|25}} |ShortSummary = Candice interviews Susan Grund, a woman who murdered her husband in Peru, Indiana in 1992 as an attempt to collect money on a life insurance policy.{{cite web | title = Estate of Grund v. Grund | url = https://casetext.com/case/estate-of-grund-v-grund | website = Casetext | access-date = 2024-12-22 }} |LineColor = DB63F8 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 2 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Daddy's Little Girl |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|25}} |ShortSummary = Candice travels to Wollongong in New South Wales to interview Belinda Van Krevel, the sister of notorious serial killer Mark Valera, who is also in prison for having her father murdered because he was alleged to be molesting Belinda's daughter.{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-21/belinda-van-krevel-jailed-for-stabbing-partner/103495332 |title=Seaside city's dark past resurfaces as woman who had father murdered jailed for second stabbing |work=ABC News |date=21 February 2024 }} |LineColor = DB63F8 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 3 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Love Before Life |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|26}} |ShortSummary = Jennifer Reali, who was having an affair with a married man in Colorado Springs, Colorado and murdered his wife is interviewed by Candice regarding her crime.{{cite news |url=https://www.oxygen.com/mastermind-of-murder/crime-news/why-fatal-attraction-killer-jennifer-reali-shot-dianne-hood |title=Bible-Quoting Husband Recruits Lover to Kill His Wife by Calling the Cold-Blooded Shooting 'God's Plan' |date=13 June 2021 }} |LineColor = DB63F8 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 4 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Disorder of Affection |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|26}} |ShortSummary = Jennifer Hyatte, who shot and killed a correctional officer in Kingston, Tennessee after her husband was convicted on a robbery charge is interviewed on what happened the day she committed the crime. |LineColor = DB63F8 }} |
=Season 2 (2011)=
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|EpisodeNumber = 5 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Horseplay and Hired Guns |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|11|25}} |ShortSummary = Candice travels to New England to speak with Patricia Olsen, who is serving a prison sentence for hiring her son to murder her husband in Lanesborough, Massachusetts and their attempt to cover up the crime by making it look like an accident. |LineColor = FF5798 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 6 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Fatal Fortune Hunter |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|11|25}} |ShortSummary = Candice goes to Gatesville, Texas to interview prisoner Celeste Beard, who murdered her husband in an attempt to inherit his money and hide an affair with another woman. |LineColor = FF5798 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 7 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = A Nail in the Coffin |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|12|2}} |ShortSummary = Dawn Silvernail of Pleasant Plains, New York is interviewed by Candice following her conviction of murderering Susan Fassett, after being coerced by Fred Andros.{{Cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=2002-11-30 |title=Former Official Imprisoned for Murder Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/30/nyregion/former-official-imprisoned-for-murder-dies.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=2024-12-21}} |LineColor = FF5798 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 8 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Homicidal Honeymooner |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|12|9}} |ShortSummary = Candice talks with Ashley Humphrey, a woman from Pinellas Park, Florida who murdered the ex-girlfriend of her husband after she was planning to press charges against him. |LineColor = FF5798 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 9 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = The Black Widow Bride |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|12|16}} |ShortSummary = Candice interviews a series of greedy fortune tellers about their various crimes. |LineColor = FF5798 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 10 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Teenage Terror |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|12|23}} |ShortSummary = Rachel Wade is interviewed by Candice in regards to her killing Sarah Ludemann in Pinellas County, Florida. |LineColor = FF5798 }} |
=Season 3 (2012)=
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|EpisodeNumber = 11 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Stripped Bare |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|11|23}} |ShortSummary = Candice heads to Cincinnati to speak with Melissa Vanover, who is in prison for the murder of her boyfriend. |LineColor = 38B0DE }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 12 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Friends 'Til the End |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|11|23}} |ShortSummary = Shirley Jo Phillips is interviewed by Candice regarding the murder of her former best friend Wilma Plaster in Hollister, Missouri. |LineColor = 38B0DE }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 13 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Victim of Love |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|11|30}} |ShortSummary = Candice interviews Tyonne Palmer of Houston, who is charged with murdering the wife of a pastor with whom she was having an affair. |LineColor = 38B0DE }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 14 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Teen Killers |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|12|7}} |ShortSummary = Candice holds an interview with Jennifer Bailey, who was charged and convicted in murdering her mother in Roanoke, Texas with the assistance of her boyfriend. |LineColor = 38B0DE }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 15 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = A Mother's Love |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|12|14}} |ShortSummary = Candice interviews Debbie Fleming regarding the fatal shooting of a young boy in West Orange, Texas in an attempt to save her son's life. |LineColor = 38B0DE }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 16 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Caught in the Crossfire |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|12|21}} |ShortSummary = Jennifer Blattner, who killed her husband in Round Rock, Texas in an attempt to keep sole custody of their child is the subject of interview by Candice in the season finale. |LineColor = 38B0DE }} |
=Season 4 (2013-14)=
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|EpisodeNumber = 17 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = In the Name of Love |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|11|29}} |ShortSummary = Candice holds an interview with convicted killer Laurie Kellogg, regarding the murder of her husband Bruce in New York state's Cayuga Lake. |LineColor = 0FDDAF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 18 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Protecting Your Own |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|11|29}} |ShortSummary = Candice speaks with Tyra Whitney, a Fort Worth, Texas woman who killed her daughter's boyfriend with a hammer. |LineColor = 0FDDAF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 19 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Blue Collar Bludgeoning |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|12|6}} |ShortSummary = Candice talks to Danny Pelosi, who is imprisoned for the murder of his wife's ex-husband Ted Ammon in East Hampton, New York. |LineColor = 0FDDAF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 20 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = A Military Affair |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|12|6}} |ShortSummary = Kimberly Parker, of Lewisville, Texas is interviewed by Candice about the murder of her husband and bringing her lover into the mix. |LineColor = 0FDDAF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 21 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Paradise Lost |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|12|13}} |ShortSummary = Candice Talks with Ronald Samuels, a Pensacola, Florida man who put a hit out on his ex-wife. |LineColor = 0FDDAF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 22 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Friendly Fire |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|12|20}} |ShortSummary = Sylvilla Humphrey, a Beaumont, Texas woman who shot her best friend in the neck over a love triangle is interviewed by Candice. |LineColor = 0FDDAF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 23 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Bloody Murder |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|12|27}} |ShortSummary = Candice talks to Ernesto Ivan Martinez, a Brownsville, Texas resident who killed his friend and father figure Barry Horn. |LineColor = 0FDDAF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 24 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Sex, Drugs & Rock n' Roll |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|1|3}} |ShortSummary = Candice speaks with Charles Dean Hood, about the killing of his girlfriend in Dallas. |LineColor = 0FDDAF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 25 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = Teenage Rampage |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|1|10}} |ShortSummary = Britney Gulley and Jeremisha Adams are responsible for a string of shootings and robberies that left two people dead and a third blind. Gulley is interviewed. |LineColor = 0FDDAF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 26 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = The Woods Strangler |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|1|17}} |ShortSummary = Candice talks to convicted murderer Larry Swearingen, who is imprisoned for a killing that happened in Montgomery County, Texas. |LineColor = 0FDDAF }} |
=Season 5 (2015)=
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|EpisodeNumber = 27 |EpisodeNumber2= 1 |Title= Lifting The Mask |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|6|12}} |ShortSummary = In 1986 the body of Patrice LaBlanc surfaced in Lake Livingston. She's been stabbed 39 times. Her boyfriend Cliff Youens, also known as drag queen Brandi West is found guilty. |LineColor= 14663D }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 28 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title= The Perfect Victim |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|6|12}} |ShortSummary = Greenwood, Indiana: Sarah 'Cindy' White set fire to a house and killed a family of six. Candice DeLong unravels years of abuse, but can it ever justify murder? |LineColor= 14663D }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 29 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title= A Fatal Attraction |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|6|19}} |ShortSummary = In 1995, an elderly lady and her caretaker were murdered in a home invasion. Earl Linebaugh and Melissa Harris are found guilty and sentenced to life. However, Melissa says she's a victim too. |LineColor= 14663D }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 30 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title= Gone Too Soon |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|6|19}} |ShortSummary = Jacksonville, Florida: Dylan was 3 months old when his mother, Alexandra Tobias shook him to death. She claims it was an accident but was found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to 50 years. |LineColor= 14663D }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 31 |EpisodeNumber2= 5 |Title =A Craigslist Killer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|6|26}} |ShortSummary = In 2009, a newsman was discovered stabbed in his bedroom. George Weber met his killer, 16-year-old John Katehis on Craigslist. |LineColor= 14663D }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber= 32 |EpisodeNumber2= 6 |Title = Death by Stiletto |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|7|3}} |ShortSummary = A night ends in tragedy when Stefan Andersson is bludgeoned to death by girlfriend Ana Trujillo. She claims self-defense but a jury found her guilty of murder. |LineColor= 14663D }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 33 |EpisodeNumber2= 7 |Title =The Angel of Death |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|7|10}} |ShortSummary = Within 2 months, 20 patients at a Texas hospital were murdered. Nurse Vickie Dawn Jackson was sentenced to life with no parole. She still claims she's innocent. |LineColor= 14663D }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber= 34 |EpisodeNumber2= 8 |Title= The Prime Suspect |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|7|17}} |ShortSummary = New Year's Eve in Pampa, Texas ends in triple homicide. Twila Busby and her two adult sons are found dead in their home. Her boyfriend Hank Skinner is later found guilty. He says he's innocent. |LineColor= 14663D }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber= 35 |EpisodeNumber2= 9 |Title= Killing One’s Own |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|7|24}} |ShortSummary = Loyd and Agnes Courtney were beaten and stabbed to death by their daughter, Deborah Pieringer. Prosecutors say it was for money, but Deborah says she didn't do it. |LineColor= 14663D }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber= 36 |EpisodeNumber2= 10 |Title= Teen Terrors |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|7|24}} |ShortSummary= Altamonte Springs, Florida: The body of Stephen Schulhoff was found beaten to death by a baseball bat. His daughter Courtney Schulhoff and her boyfriend are found guilty and sentenced to life with no parole. |LineColor = 14663D }} |
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