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Deadly Women Genre Documentary Narrated by Marsha Crenshaw (mini-series)
Lynnanne Zager (TV series)Language(s) English No. of seasons 5 No. of episodes 47+ (List of episodes) Broadcast Original channel Discovery Channel (mini-series)
Investigation Discovery Channel (TV series)Original airing February 8, 2005 External links Website 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 2 year hiatus, the show resumed production 2008 and began airing on the Investigation Discovery channel as a regularly-scheduled series.
Contents
Format
Each episode deals with three stories (four in each of the three the 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). Surviving family and friends of the deceased (and of the killers' family and friends, occasionally), reporters and authors who dealt with the story, and the law enforcement officials involved (police, district attorneys) augment the narration. 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.
See also
- List of Deadly Women episodes
- Diane Fanning, author of several books that deal with cases from the show
- Snapped
References
- ^ "Biography of Candice DeLong". Discovery Communications. http://press.discovery.com/us/id/talent/delong-candice. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
- ^ "Biography of Janis Amatuzio". http://www.foreverours.com/downloads/FObio080405.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
External links
Categories:- American television series
- 2000s American television series
- 2010s American television series
- 2005 television series debuts
- Crime television series
- Discovery Channel shows
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