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- FROM freshly dug soil under an apple tree to murder-themed books by his bedside, a hapless killer left a clumsy trail of clues after burying his dismembered wife in their Karori garden in 1977. Alfred Benning, a retired SPCA inspector, lived the high life for 11 days before being arrested for strangling his wife, Elizabeth.
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Aug 17, 2015 · The movie is based on the case of Alfred Benning, a retired SPCA inspector, who buried his dismembered wife, wrapped in newspaper, under a rose bush in their garden in Karori, Wellington, in 1977. The drama did not stop there.
Jun 18, 2020 · The year was 1977 and on a quiet Karori street, Alf Benning brutally murdered his wife Betty Benning. Her body parts were discovered buried beneath a freshly planted apple tree in the backyard. The killing is the subject of the black comedy film How to Murder Your Wife which was released in 2015.
Jul 12, 2021 · In 1977 on a quiet Karori street, Alf Benning brutally murdered his wife Betty. Her body parts were discovered buried beneath a freshly planted apple tree in the backyard. Alf had copies of books borrowed from the local library about getting away with murder.
How to Murder Your Wife: Directed by Riccardo Pellizzeri. With Simon O'Connor, Todd Lasance, Geraldine Brophy, Mike Minogue. A melodramatic black comedy presenting the true story of Alfred Benning's murder of his wife, Betty, in 1970s Wellington.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Riccardo Pellizzeri
- 2015-08-13
In 1977, Alfred Benning murdered his wife Elizebeth in Wellington, New Zealand... And it’s become a small source of fascination in recent years, spawning a TV movie “How to Murder your Wife.”
How to Murder Your Wife - This darkly comic telemovie is inspired by real events; the 1977 murder of Betty Benning by her animal loving husband Alf Benning (Simon O'Connor). Geraldine Brophy's blistering performance as Betty won her a Best Supporting Actor Award at a festival in New York.
