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Deadly Women

American documentary TV series

Summary

American documentary TV series

Field	Value
image	Deadly Women logo.jpg
genre	Documentary
starring	Candice DeLong (host)
narrated	Marsha Crenshaw (mini-series)
Lynnanne Zager (TV series)
country	United States
language	English
network	Discovery Channel (mini-series)
Investigation Discovery Channel (TV series)
first_aired
last_aired
num_seasons	14
num_episodes	191 + TV Movie pilot (List of episodes)

Lynnanne Zager (TV series) Investigation Discovery Channel (TV series)

Deadly Women is an American true crime documentary television series produced by Beyond International Group and airing on the Investigation Discovery (ID) network.

The series focuses on murders committed by women. It is hosted by former FBI criminal profiler Candice DeLong and narrated by Lynnanne Zager.

Deadly Women was first broadcast in 2005 as a three-part miniseries under the subtitles: “Obsession”, “Greed”, and “Revenge”. It was revived as a regularly scheduled series and began airing on December 24, 2008. Two major changes were made: Lynnanne Zager replaced original narrator Marsha Crenshaw, and the number of cases in each episode was reduced from four to three. The episodes were also recorded and presented in a widescreen format. The series was canceled in 2021, after 14 seasons.

Dubbed versions are also produced. A Spanish-language version aired on Discovery en Español under the title Las Verdaderas Mujeres Asesinas (True Killer Women); an Italian language version airs on Real Time Italy under the title Donne mortali (a literal translation of the English title).

Format

Each episode has a unifying theme such as jealousy, financial gain, mental illness, or crimes committed by teenagers or the elderly. The titles of the episodes reflect the theme. The stories are told through re-enactments and interviews.

Episodes also feature contributors in relevant fields (e.g. law enforcement, the law, the media, forensic medicine and medicine). Diane Fanning, M. William Phelps, Gregg Olsen, Wensley Clarkson, Joan Renner, and Dr. Janis Amatuzio have made multiple appearances. Occasionally, family or friends of the subject or their victims appear to add context and/or perspective.

At the end of each segment, the actress playing the subject (and those playing her male and female coconspirators, if any) break the fourth wall and look directly at the camera as their fates are revealed. Beginning in the ninth season, photos of the actual subjects are also shown (usually mugshots taken following their arrests, or artist renditions of said subjects if they lived before the days of modern photography).

Seasons

Main article: List of Deadly Women episodes

References

"Beyond {{!}} Deadly Women".
[https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/deadly-women/ Show page on ID website]
[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0187408/ Marsha Crenshaw - IMDb]

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