Angeline Dilworth (Monk)

**Angeline Dilworth** (Claire Rankin) is the main villainess from "Mr. Monk and the Voodoo Curse," episode 8.07 of *Monk* (airdate September 25, 2009).

## Introduction

Angeline Dilworth is a paramedic and the niece of Robert Byrd, who owned a cell phone company. In the episode, Robert was the victim of a perceived voodoo-related death, as various good luck charms are found all over the house. During the investigation, Angeline claimed that she was alone in the house when her uncle suddenly passed, and her encounter with Adrian Monk saw Angeline claim that Robert was superstitious; hence the good luck charms. Monk notices that the horseshoe was upside down, with Angeline later commenting that it was why the charm didn't work.

Robert Byrd's death coincided with the deaths of Martha Moxley and Ralph Ferris, as voodoo dolls were in the homes of both previous victims. The deaths spooked Natalie Teeger, as she was a staunch believer in voodoo after a claimed priestess predicted the death of her husband, Mitch Teeger. After receiving a doll herself, Natalie's fears increase, and later in the episode, Reverend Hadley Jurgensen (who owned a shop that contained the dolls) was called to perform an exorcism, only to for the ritual to end with Natalie becoming ill after drinking a potion that she was only supposed to place on her skin.

## Reveal

After 911 is called, Monk is stunned to see that one of the paramedics is Angeline, who commented that it was a "small world." While riding with Hadley, Monk thought about Angeline's comment, and realized that she was also on the call on the previous deaths, while Hadley revealed that he not only knew Angeline, she was a customer at his shop; having purchased a number of the voodoo dolls. Hadley's statements led Monk to realize that Angeline was behind everything, with Robert being her one true victim in an elaborate plot.

At some point, Angeline turned heel and planned to kill Robert for his wealth, with her plan actually including purchasing voodoo dolls and mailing empty packages to herself to get them postmarked. Afterwards, the villainess waited for the right accidents to occur, and her first chance came when Martha Moxley was killed by a fly ball during a baseball game. Angeline went on the call and stole Martha's key before entering her house and placing the doll inside, and she did the same regarding Ralph Ferris (who was killed by a lightning strike). Regarding her uncle, the evil Angeline used an untraceable poison to kill Robert, and she later placed the charms around the house to continue the ruse. She acted mournful towards during the investigation, but once Monk noticed the horseshoe, Angeline sent the doll to Natalie to distract him.

While in the ambulance, Natalie figures out that Angeline sent the doll, when she sees that the name "Teeger" is misspelled, just like on the package. At that moment, Angeline attacked Natalie and attempted to strangle her to death, only for Hadley (under Monk's order upon seeing the scuffle) to ram the ambulance and send it grinding to a halt. Natalie ended up rescued from Angeline, who was arrested for her murderous plot.

## Trivia

* Claire Rankin also appeared as the evil Kathleen Wolverton in *Diagnosis Murder*, as well as villainous businesswoman Elaine Goodwin on *Republic of Doyle*.

## Gallery

The evil Angeline poisoning her uncleAngeline's sinister expression