Before He Wakes

Thriller based on a true story about a woman whose lust for money leads to her murdering not one but both of her husbands, a crime she almost gets away with…, Factually based thriller about a woman who kills her husband in a shooting which she claims was an accident. The police find her story plausible until it transpires that her first husband died in similar circumstances, a discovery which prompts an investigation into her past., Thriller about a woman whose greed leads her to murder both of her husbands, crimes she nearly gets away with. Based on a true story., Jaclyn Smith as a wife and mother who lies, steals—and commits murder—to support her spending habits. Based on the book by Jerry Bledsoe. Ron: Timothy Carhart. Joanne: Diana Scarwid. Mark: Clayton Taylor. Helen: Hope Lange. Hayden: Scott Wilkinson. Preston: Rod McCary. Warren: Richard Buck., The made-for-TV Before He Wakes is based on the novel by Jerry Bledsoe),which in turn was inspired by the true story of convicted murderer Barbara Stager (who at the time of the film was slated for her first parole hearing in 2006). A small North Carolina town is shocked when popular high school baseball coach Ron Michaels (Timothy Carhart) is killed in his sleep. The killer turns out to be his wife Bridget (Jaclyn Smith), a successful career woman who is widely loved and respected in the community. Bridget insists that she shot her husband by accident, and the police are willing to believe her story–until members of Ron’s family, joined with the relatives of Bridget’s first husband, raise a number of disturbing questions. Ultimately it is revealed that Bridget has been leading a double life, posing as a pillar of the community while mounting huge debts to maintain her sumptuous lifestyle–and it is determined that Bridget killed her first husband, who died under similar circumstances as the hapless Ron Michaels. All of the character names are changed for various reasons, and a great deal of dramatic license is taken with the sequence of events (in real life, the cops weren’t quite as slow on the upstake as they’re shown to be here!) Before He Wakes made its first CBS appearance on December 1, 1998., The shocking true story of a young mother whose obsession with wealth becomes a lethal nightmare after she cold-bloodedly murders two husbands and nearly gets away with it., A woman is desperate to attain only the best things in life and is willing to do anything necessary, even commit murder, to win them. Based on the novel by Jerry Bledsoe., The shocking true story of a young mother whose obsession with wealth becomes a lethal nightmare after she cold-bloodedly murders two husbands and nearly gets away with it. Jaclyn Smith stars., The shocking true story of a young mother whose obsession with wealth becomes a lethal nightmare after she cold-bloodedly murders two husbands and nearly gets away with it, Based on a true story. A man discovers his wife has a chilling secret in her past – and she’ll do anything to keep it that way.