Deadly Women

Deadly Women
Genre	Documentary
Starring	Candice DeLong (host)
Narrated by	Marsha Crenshaw (mini-series) Lynnanne Zager (TV series)
Theme music composer	Natasha Kojic aka Nataša Kojić aka Natasha Key https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9592162/reference/
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	14
No. of episodes	191 + TV Movie pilot (List of episodes)
Original release
Network	Discovery Channel (mini-series) Investigation Discovery Channel (TV series)
Release	February 8, 2005 (2005-02-08) – September 9, 2021 (2021-09-09)

Deadly Women is an American true crime documentary television series produced by Beyond International Group^[1] and airing on the Investigation Discovery (ID) network.^[2]

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,^[3] 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 ended 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).

Episodes

See also

• Facing Evil with Candice DeLong
• Snapped
• Snapped: Killer Couples
• Snapped: She Made Me Do It
• Wives with Knives

References

External links

• Deadly Women (2005 miniseries) at IMDb
• Deadly Women at IMDb

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