Director: Jessica Burgess, Jenny Popplewell
Cast: Jason Corbett, Sarah Corbett Lynch, Jack Corbett Lynch, Tom Martens, Molly Martens Corbett
A Deadly American Marriage is a 2025 British true-crime documentary directed by Jessica Burgess and Jenny Popplewell, examining the violent death of Irish immigrant Jason Corbett in North Carolina and the deeply contested legal battles that followed, drawing on testimony from both his Irish family and his in-laws.
What is A Deadly American Marriage about?
In the early hours of August 2, 2015, emergency services responded to a home in Wallburg, North Carolina, where Jason Corbett lay dead. His father-in-law Tom Martens and wife Molly Martens Corbett claimed self-defence; Jason's Irish family, led by his sister Sarah Corbett Lynch and brother Jack, told a starkly different story. The documentary reconstructs the events leading to that night — an Irish widower who moved to the United States for love, a blended family under mounting tension, and a legal system forced to decide whose account of the marriage, and its end, to believe. Testimonies from close relatives, neighbours, and legal figures piece together a portrait of a man caught between two worlds.
Cast & crew
The film is directed by Jessica Burgess and Jenny Popplewell, the British documentary team behind several high-profile true-crime productions. On-screen voices include Jason's siblings Sarah Corbett Lynch and Jack Corbett Lynch, his father-in-law Tom Martens, his wife Molly Martens Corbett, and family friend David Lynch alongside Jason's sister Tracey Lynch and legal figure Jay Vannoy — all speaking directly to camera.
Context & significance
True-crime documentaries centred on immigrant families navigating foreign legal systems resonate strongly with diaspora audiences everywhere, including Persian-speaking viewers who know first-hand what it means to build a life in an adopted country far from home. A Deadly American Marriage raises universal questions about justice, cultural disconnection, and what gets lost in translation when courts adjudicate intimate relationships across national lines. The film is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing AND Persian subtitles, making it fully accessible whether you prefer to hear the story in your own language or follow along in the original English with Farsi text on screen.
Where & how to watch
A Deadly American Marriage is available now on K-Time in Persian dub and Persian subtitles. Watch on the web browser, your TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Start a subscription and cancel anytime.