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    May 21, 2023 3 minutes

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    On the trail of a monster

    Screening: TVNZ 1, 8.30pm Streaming: TVNZ+

    A two-part Channel 4 truecrime documentary about English nurse Malcolm Webster, the monster who wooed women for their money. He killed his first wife Claire Morris in 1994 and attempted to murder his second wife, New Zealander Felicity Drumm, when they were living in Auckland in the late 1990s, while also committing acts of arson. He was convicted in Scotland in 2011 of murder and attempted murder, in whatover a span of 14 years, and was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 30 years. The documentary focuses on the complex investigation that led to the charges. The case has already been adapted as a crime drama, , in 2016.

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