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Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

He Sent His Mistress a Photo of His Dying Wife! | Dr. James Craig’s Trial Is Pure Insanity

Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

True Crime

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Police say a Colorado dentist... YES, a DENTIST... killed his wife by poisoning her protein shakes. And after he was arrested, he allegedly tried to commit a jailhouse murder-for-hire plot. It sounds like a Hollywood script, but the story of Dr. James Craig is real. He was the friendly neighborhood dentist, a father of six, and a Mormon, churchgoing husband, running a thriving dental practice in suburban Colorado.

So when his wife of 23 years, Angela Craig, landed in the hospital over and over again with a mysterious illness no one could diagnose, nobody suspected her husband. Not at first. But then Angela died, and the truth started oozing out of the woodwork. Now, Dr. James Craig is on trial, and this case is absolutely unhinged.

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, I'm Ashley Banfield, and this is Drop Dead Serious.

0:09.4

There is a crazy murder trial happening right now in Colorado, and we have got to talk about this.

0:17.9

Police say a dentist, yes, a dentist killed his wife by spiking her protein drinks

0:24.2

with poison and that when they closed in on him, he put out contracts on the investigator's lives.

0:31.7

It kind of sounds like a script right out of Hollywood, but it's not. The story of Dr. James Craig is true. He is the friendly neighborhood dentist,

0:41.1

everyone said. Father of six, count him, six kids. He was a Mormon churchgoing husband with a

0:48.9

thriving dental practice in suburban Colorado. So when Angela Craig, his wife of 23 years, ended up in the hospital

0:58.0

over and over and over again with a mysterious illness that nobody could diagnose, not one person

1:05.7

suspected that her husband, Dr. Craig, was to blame. Not at first.

1:11.8

Not at first.

1:13.4

But then, Angela died, and stories started oozing out of the woodwork.

1:20.2

Angela was just 43 years old, healthy, active, mom of six.

1:25.4

But suddenly she was just gone. Her body shut down and seemingly without any warning.

1:32.6

The doctors couldn't explain it. They had absolutely no idea what it was that killed her.

1:38.4

But the investigators say they know who killed her. They said it was Dr. Craig, her husband.

1:44.5

And when police arrested him, the community was floored.

1:49.9

One former patient posted on Facebook, quote,

1:53.0

hold up, my dentist I've seen for 18 years.

1:57.9

What in the world?

2:00.1

Another person wrote, quote, this is heartbreaking. I can't believe it.

2:05.6

He's a wonderful dentist, a wonderful human and person. And a third person wrote,

2:12.5

OMG, this is my dentist. But Angela's death didn't come out of nowhere.

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