Torso

Description

The case of Evelyn Dick is one of the most notorious in Canada's history. The Black Widow, as she was known, was convicted of the brutal 1946 murder of her streetcar conductor husband—only the bloody torso of the corpse of her husband. Mrs. Dick, a stunning beauty, admitted to numerous affairs and was suspected of killing her husband as a means for her to gain a new financial foothold. Many questions still surround the case and this 2001 dramatization of the events attempts to explain some of the mystery. Kathleen Robinson plays the convicted femme fatale.