Episode
48 Hours: The Widow on Solway Road
Overview
One woman, two husbands dead under strange circumstances - could she be that unlucky? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
Details
- Series
- 48 Hours
- Season
- Season 31
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2017-09-30
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
The Widow on Solway Road is Episode 1 in Season 31 of 48 Hours. It aired on 2017-09-30. The runtime is 43 min.
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