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Great Crimes and Trials: My Son the Axe Murderer

Great Crimes and Trials (2011)

Documentary, Crime, Historical | United States

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SEASON: 1

EPISODE: 3 - My Son the Axe Murderer

SYNOPSIS

In June 2005, Joan Porco arrived at court for the trial of the man accused of murdering her husband and trying to murder her. But, in a strange twist, the accused man is her son.

Narrator: Alisdair Simpson

RUNTIME: 25 min

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