A Deadly Marriage

How Molly Martens’ obsession with her stepchildren cost her husband Jason his life and legacy

Author: Brian Carroll

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How Molly Martens' obsession with her stepchildren cost her husband Jason his life and legacyA story that grips IrelandWhen recently widowed Jason Corbett hired a wholesome young American, Molly Martens, to care for his two young children, there was nothing to suggest she was a fantasist - and that her obsession with his children would end in his death.In 2011, Jason and Molly married and settled in her native North Carolina. Just four years later, Jason was found beaten to death on the floor of the marital bedroom. The only others in the house were Jason's children, his wife and his parents-in-law. In a stunning twist, Molly and her father Tom, a former senior FBI agent, admitted to killing Jason but claimed self-defence, saying he had a record of domestic abuse.A Deadly Marriage is the shattering story of how a wealthy and well-connected American family framed the victim of an horrific killing as the aggressor, destroyed his name and served minimal jail time. Full of fresh on-the-ground reporting by journalist Brian Carroll, who has spent months in North Carolina, it is the definitive account of an extraordinary case.

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Brian Carroll is an Irish journalist and documentary filmmaker. He has covered the trials of Tom and Molly Martens extensively for the Irish Times (in print and on podcast) and is co-producer of a feature-length Netflix documentary on the story that will be broadcast in spring 2025.