There is a well-known saying which is especially suitable for some crime documentaries: you couldn't make it up. The story of killer couple Bittaker & Norris or the unbelievable tale of Karla Homolka and her serial rapist husband fit into that category. So too does the story of false rape accuser Elise Makdessi and her double crossing partner-in-crime, Eddie.
In May 1996, US Navy worker and air traffic controller Elise made a tape in which she accused several of her male colleagues of sexually harassing and even raping her. On this tape she claimed she had reported these infractions and assaults, but said the Navy had covered them up and tried to silence her. Then she and husband Eddie invited her co-worker Quincy Brown over to their place for a bondage session with Elise. The reason Eddie was so cool with another man having sex with his wife was that he was setting him up as a murder suspect. After shooting Quincy dead as planned, Eddie stabbed Elise (as planned only by him), then called the police. Then he pocketed the insurance and compensation on his dead wife, around seven hundred grand.
He might have got away with it, but tiny cracks emerged, and he was eventually brought to justice. This short but powerful documentary includes archive footage of the dead woman, and interviews with some of the major players, including the journalist who persuaded Eddie Makdessi to return from Russia and try to bluff his way out of it.