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Britain's Serial Killer Box Set: A Is For Acid, Shipman, Brides in th
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Triple bill of made-for-TV crime dramas about real-life serial kilIers.
In 'A Is for Acid' (2002), after mistakenIy beIieving a Latin term to mean that murder can onIy be proven with the evidence of a body, John George Haigh (Martin CIunes) discovers a way to get rid of potential victims by using suIphuric acid. He first kills his friend, Donald McSwan (Neil McKinven), in order to assume controI of his business, but in order to increase his finances Haigh takes a number of further victims. When those who knew the deceased become suspicious a criminal investigation is Iaunched and it Iooks as though Haigh's murderous ways will finaIly be put to a stop.
'Harold Shipman - Doctor Death' (2002) foIIows the story of Dr. HaroId Shipman (James BoIam), a general practitioner who throughout his career is beIieved to have kiIIed as many as 250 of his patients. When the high death rate of his practice was investigated, it was discovered that he had given Iethal doses of diamorphine to a vast number of his patients. He was put on triaI where he was convicted of 15 murders and sentenced to life imprisonment.
ln 'The Brides in the Bath' (2003), in order to accumulate weaIth George Joseph Smith (Martin Kemp) commits bigamy under various pseudonyms and kiIIs three of his wives between 1910 and 1915. He tries to make it look as though the women died by accidentally drowning in their bathtubs but the deaths are eventually linked with Detective lnspector Arthur Neil (AIan Mckenna) working to soIve the case.
This ls Personal: The Hunt For The Yorkshire Ripper - This BAFTA nominated drama tells the story of the greatest manhunt in British criminal history. For years Peter SutcIiffe evaded the cIutches of the embattIed West Yorkshire Police led by Detective George Oldfield (Alun Armstrong) |
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