dr. jekyll or are you mr. hyde? >> love at first sting. good evening i'm elizabeth var gauze. >> the incredible story of two people accused of an alleged murder for hire plot. one of them a doctor sitting behind bars as we come on the air for what police was an elaborate plot fueled by revenge and obsession. he says they have got it all wrong. >> but the other person, his girlfriend a successful veterinarian left her side of the story on tape, an audio diary. will it just be a love story gone wrong or a confession to a crime? here's matt gutman. >> hey, it's valley mcdaniel and it's march 15, 2017. i'm sitting outside. and i wanted to take time, and tell my story. from the beginning. try not to judge me. >> reporter: it's been said that only good girls keep diaries. bad girls don't have time. well, 48-year-old valerie mcdaniel took time to confide her most private, innermost thoughts in an audio diary she recorded on her ipad. she talks about her daughter. >> she's the most precious thing to me. >> reporter: her adventures as a new divorce