Deadly Women is a television series first aired in 2005 on the Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...

, focusing on female killers. It was originally a mini-series

Miniseries

A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...

 consisting of three episodes: "Obsession," "Greed" and "Revenge". After a 2 year hiatus, the show resumed production in 2008 and began airing on the Investigation Discovery channel as a regularly-scheduled series. The 2008-present TV series is produced in Australia

Australia

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 by Beyond International.

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 expert

Subject-matter expert

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s (SMEs), such as former FBI criminal profiler Candice DeLong

Candice DeLong

Candice DeLong is a former FBI criminal profiler. DeLong was the head profiler in San Francisco, California and worked on the Unabomber case. Currently, she hosts the Investigation Discovery program Deadly Women, in which she uses her profiling skills to investigate women who kill. She also hosts...

 and former Hennepin County (Minnesota

Minnesota

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) Medical Examiner Janis Amatuzio, add perspective to each story from their areas of expertise.

See also

• List of Deadly Women episodes
• Diane Fanning
  Diane Fanning
  -Early life and education:Fanning was born Diane Lynn Butcher in Baltimore, Maryland. She attended Perry Hall High School, then Lynchburg College in Virginia, where she majored in chemistry.-Career:...
  
  , author of several books that deal with cases from the show
• Snapped
  Snapped
  Snapped is an American true crime television series that airs on the Oxygen Network. Snapped debuted on August 6, 2004 and is produced in conjunction with Jupiter Entertainment.-Synopsis:...
  
  

External links

• Official Website
• Deadly Women Featured at AOL Television
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• Deadly Women Fan Page