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The Widower (2014)

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Genre
crime film, drama television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 3 episodes
Rated
14
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This series follows Malcolm Webster, a nurse who poisoned and murdered his first wife over a thirteen year period. It also shows his attempts to kill his second wife and his scheme to defraud his third fiancée.

tensedarkslow-burndisturbingbleakcoldharrowingmethodical

What happens

The Widower is a British television drama originally broadcast in three one-hour instalments on ITV in 2014. The series portrays the life and crimes of convicted murderer Malcolm Webster. ITV said the show "tells how, over a 13-year period, a seemingly mild-mannered nurse, Malcolm Webster, set about poisoning and murdering his first wife, attempting to do the same to his second wife and moving on to a further scheme to deceive his third fiancée." The series was written by Jim Barton and Jeff Pope. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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