Author Helen Bailey thought she'd found the perfect ending to her own story when she met Ian Stewart, but this was no fairy-tale romance; it was a story that would end in her murder. When the renowned writer of children's books was reported missing, her fiancé Ian Stewart claimed that she had simply gone to her holiday home in Broadstairs to 'clear her head'. Later, he was charged with her murder when her body was discovered in a cesspit underneath their home, killed by her fiancé who stood to inherit the 4 million estate.
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- Released
- Production
- ITN Productions, Ammo Content
Keywords
- england
- homicide
- greed
- con artist
- murder
- true crime
- missing person
- wealthy widow
- fiancé fiancée relationship
- engaged couple
- whirlwind romance
- news footage
- missing woman
- rich woman
- 911 call
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Kevin Whately as Narrator (voice)
Colin Sutton as Self - Former Murder Squad Detective
Cliff Lansley as Self - Behavior Analysis Expert
Laura Richards as Self - Criminal Behavior Analyst
Jennifer Wild as Self - Psychologist, University of Oxford
JP Asher as Self - Journalist, Royston Crown Newspaper
Jack Hardy as Self - Reporter, Press Association
Top Crew
David Horner · Director
Matthew Gordon · Producer
Ken Hayes · Producer
Ian Rumsey · Executive Producer
Andy Dunn · Executive Producer
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