THE MORTICIAN AND THE WIDOW
Jun 11, 2020
4 minutes
Words by Gail Shortland
His cold-blooded murder played out in cinemas worldwide...
It was an unlikely friendship between a wealthy widow and a mortician that would inspire a Hollywood movie.
Elderly Marjorie Nugent thought she’d found a companion in Bernie Tiede after he helped bury her late husband.
They lived out Marjorie’s golden years travelling the world together in luxury – until Bernie shot her in the back and stuffed her body in a freezer.
By then, he’d already persuaded Marjorie to change her will in his favour.
It was gripping tale of greed and cold-blooded murder that would see Bernie incarcerated and his story played out in cinemas worldwide.
But even after the credits rolled, there was an unexpected plot
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