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1 online resource (streaming video file) (50 min. 30 sec.) ; 301280471 bytes |
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*Adult Themes*Dubbed 'The Black Widow,' Betty Neumar is either the unluckiest widow in the world, cursed by a series of gruesome coincidences, or a cold and calculating killer. As Betty Neumar mourned the loss of her fourth husband, Harold Gentry, the small community in Georgia, USA respectfully gathered to support the 76- year-old grieving widow. All except one man.Al Gentry was convinced his brother had been murdered and spent the following 22 years in an effort to convince authorities Betty Neumar was the culprit.While Gentry's tireless search for the truth over his brother's death became an all consuming pursuit, Betty moved interstate and remarried, only to lose that husband shortly after.As Al Gentry finally persuaded investigators to reopen the case, it emerged that Harold Gentry was just one of Betty's former husbands. She'd in fact been married five times in total - and all five husbands appear to have died in suspicious circumstances. Three had been shot, while Harold and one other are alleged to have died from natural causes - except those causes related very closely to death by arsenic poisoning.In 2008, Betty was arrested on suspicion of committing murder and as she awaits trial, continues to affirm her innocence.Featuring interviews with surviving relatives of the deceased husbands, Betty's children and Betty herself, this documentary attempts to uncover the truth about the case that has intrigued for nearly 30 years.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Five Weddings, Five Funerals Is A Ronachan Films Production For BBC1. Director: Norman Hull; Producer: Sarah Mccarthy; Executive Producer: Angus Macqueen |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-08-18 at 21:30:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Man-woman relationships.
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Murder -- Investigation.
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Trials (Murder)
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Women murderers -- Psychology.
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Women serial murderers.
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Women -- Interviews.
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Georgia.
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Streaming video
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Balsac, Kelly, contributor
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Flynn, Peggy, contributor
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Gardner, Lynnsey, contributor
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Gentry, Al, contributor
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Gentry, Diane, contributor
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Hull, Norman, director
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Neumar, Betty, contributor
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Neumar, Janet, contributor
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Neumar, John, Jr., contributor
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Neumar, Kathy, contributor
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Parnell, Charles, Jr., contributor
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Sills, Michael, contributor
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Weiss, Mitch, contributor
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