The Jaw-Dropping True Story Behind Netflix's Should I Marry a Murderer?
Should I Marry a Murderer? is a Netflix docuseries that tells the true story of forensic pathologist Dr. Caroline Muirhead, who discovered her fiancé Alexander 'Sandy' McKellar had committed a murder years earlier. After a five-week romance, McKellar confessed to Muirhead that he was involved in a homicide and had buried the victim's body. The documentary explores Muirhead's emotional dilemma: whether to protect her fiancé or report him to authorities.
- ▪Dr. Caroline Muirhead met Alexander 'Sandy' McKellar on Tinder during the 2020 pandemic and entered a whirlwind romance.
- ▪McKellar confessed to Muirhead that he was involved in a 2017 homicide and showed her where the body was buried.
- ▪Muirhead faced the decision of either marrying McKellar and keeping his secret or turning him in to the police.
- ▪The documentary, directed by Josh Allott, challenges viewers to consider what they would do in Muirhead's position.
- ▪The crime in question occurred on September 29, 2017, involving McKellar and his twin brother, Rob.
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Would you ever ask your partner, "What's the worst thing you've ever done?" Such is the starting point for not one but two new projects out this month. The first was A24's buzzy marital dramedy The Drama. The second is Netflix’s docuseries Should I Marry a Murderer?, a three-part documentary directed by Josh Allott and streaming April 29, in which a woman recounts the horrors of learning about the murderous past of a man she nearly married. Should I Marry a Murderer? centers on forensic pathologist Dr. Caroline Muirhead, who discovered that her fiancé, Alexander "Sandy" McKellar, took another man's life only a few years before meeting her.
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