Episode
48 Hours: The Poisonous Wife
Overview
A star snake breeder is murdered. Turns out the human closest to him was more cold-blooded than any snake. “48 Hours” correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
Details
- Series
- 48 Hours
- Season
- Season 35
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 2022-03-12
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
The Poisonous Wife is Episode 23 in Season 35 of 48 Hours. It aired on 2022-03-12. The runtime is 43 min.
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