When Women Kill (1983)

When Women Kill is a poignant documentary exploring the shocking violence that seven women fell victim to at the hands of men The program profiles the battered women who speak frankly about the cruel abuse threats and fears and the overassertive men who led them down a oneway path to death and destruction The film features inprison footage including a segment depicting a confession by a follower of the notorious Charles Manson Leslie Van Houten who was convicted of two killing sprees and committed to life in prison