TV series

Black Widow

2024 · 1 season

A chilling, methodical true-crime procedural that slowly reveals a predator's long con, leaving a lingering unease.

Created by: Paula Wittig
Genres: Documentary, Crime
Starring: Dena Thompson

Overview: Follows the decade-long police investigation into one of Britain’s most dangerous female murderers. Over 20 years, Dena Thompson who was known as ‘The Black Widow’, carried out a sustained campaign of fraud, deception, bigamy and murder. Using Lonely Hearts columns to lure a succession of husbands and dozens of lovers into her life, she was able to coerce them into giving up their life’s savings, their homes, their families and their freedom based on her bizarre but convincing stories.

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Created by: Paula Wittig
Genres: Documentary, Crime
Starring: Dena Thompson

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
crime
betrayal
greed
obsession
Places: single country house
suburbs
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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