Deadly Women is a television series first aired in 2005 on the Discovery Channel, focusing on female killers. It was originally a mini-series consisting of three episodes: "Obsession", "Greed" and "Revenge". After a two-year hiatus, the show resumed production in 2008 and began airing on the Investigation Discovery channel as a regularly scheduled series. The 2008–present TV series is produced in Australia by Beyond International.
| Deadly Women | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Starring | Candice DeLong (host) |
| Narrated by | Marsha Crenshaw (mini-series) Lynnanne Zager (TV series) |
| Country of origin | United States Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 129 (List of episodes) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Discovery Channel (mini-series) Investigation Discovery Channel (TV series) |
| Release | February 8, 2005–present |
The series also airs dubbed in Spanish on Discovery en Español under the title Las Verdaderas Mujeres Asesinas (True Killer Women) and in Italian on Real Time Italy under the title Donne mortali (literal translation of the English title).
Format
Each episode deals with three stories (four in each of the three mini-series episodes) centered around the theme of each episode, through re-enactments, The stories are narrated by Lynnanne Zager (Marsha Crenshaw in the mini-series). Augmenting the narration are surviving family and friends of the deceased (and of the killers' family and friends, occasionally), reporters and authors, with repeat appearances by crime writers Burl Barer, Cathy Scott, Caitlin Rother, Diane Fanning and Kathryn Casey, who write about the subjects, and the law enforcement officials involved (police, district attorneys). Subject-matter experts (SMEs), such as former FBI criminal profiler Candice DeLong[1] and former Hennepin County (Minnesota) Medical Examiner Janis Amatuzio,[2] add perspective to each story from their areas of expertise.
Featured cast
- Lynnanne Zager as Narrator
- Candice DeLong as Criminal Profiler
- Janis Amatuzio as Forensic Pathologist [3]
See also
- List of Deadly Women episodes
- Through the Window by author Diane Fanning ("Till Death Do Us Part" episode, September 2010)
- Poisoned Love by author Caitlin Rother ("Forbidden Love" episode, September 2009)
- Die My Love by author Kathryn Casey ("Lethal Vengeance" episode, November 2009)
- Facing Evil with Candice DeLong
- Snapped
- Wives with Knives
References
- ^ "Biography of Candice DeLong". Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
- ^ "Biography of Janis Amatuzio" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-10-08.
- ^ "Deadly Women". IMDb. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
External links
- Official website
- Deadly Women featured at AOL Television
- Deadly Women at IMDb
- Deadly Women at IMDb