A wife sobs at her husband's funeral. Friends hold her as she collapses. She tells reporters he was the love of her life. Hours earlier, she was researching how long arsenic stays in the body.

In this episode, I uncover the true stories of wives who murdered their husbands and then played the role of grieving widow to perfection. From poisoners who watched their spouses die in agony to women who staged accidents and collected life insurance payouts, these killers weaponized the world's sympathy. The mask always slips. A neighbor remembers her smiling at the funeral. A receipt shows she bought the poison days before the death. A text message to her lover was sent while the body was still warm. Forensic science and patient detective work eventually expose the truth, but the devastation these women displayed was never real. It was the best performance of their lives.

Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play because the woman crying at the casket may be the one who put him in it.

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