The Widower: ’Til Death Do Us Part follows a journalist and a detective tracing a killer’s pattern of failed marriages and suspicious deaths. The documentary, directed by Chris Smith, began streaming in the United States on September 30, 2026.

A trail spanning more than 30 years

Netflix says the case spans more than 30 years. The film places the journalist’s reporting alongside a detective’s casework.

A journalist works at a computer in a newsroom scene from The Widower: ’Til Death Do Us Part.
A journalist works through the case in the documentary.

The team behind the film

Chris Smith directed the documentary. Liz Cole, Andy Berg, Elizabeth Fischer, and Dan Slepian are executive producers; Liam Epstein and Kimberley Ferdinando are producers. Library Films and NBC News Studios are the production companies.

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A man and woman look at each other in an archival photograph shown in The Widower: ’Til Death Do Us Part.
An archival photograph of a couple in the documentary.