Female Criminals

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Female Criminals Podcast

From callous killers to evil entrepreneurs, explore the psychology, motivations, and atrocities of female criminals. A Spotify Original from Parcast.

  1. Thanksgiving Special: Just Add Arsenic

    22/11/2022

    Thanksgiving Special: Just Add Arsenic

    Over the ages, arsenic has had many lives — beauty fad, household product, medical prescription… and weapon of choice wielded by killers everywhere from Alabama to ancient Rome. Brine your turkey, knead your dough, and listen to our Thanksgiving Special on the regime-changing, assassination-aiding King of Poisons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    43 min

  2. 09/11/2022

    Helen Golay & Olga Rutterschmidt Pt. 2: Killer Grannies

    Their sinister life insurance scheme had worked once — now, 74-year-old Helen and 72-year-old Olga were ready to strike again. But their “perfect murder” had a hitch: an insurance investigator who took a look at their policies, and found red flags all over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    45 min

  3. 02/11/2022

    Helen Golay & Olga Rutterschmidt Pt. 1: Friends Who Fraud

    Their upbringings couldn’t have been more different, but by the time they meet, Helen and Olga have one important thing in common: They’re schemers, willing to bend the world to their will if it means making a quick buck. In the 1990s, they hatch a plot more devious than all the rest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    39 min
  4. Lavinia Fisher, the Innkeeper from Hell

    26/10/2022

    Lavinia Fisher, the Innkeeper from Hell

    In South Carolina, legend tells of a woman who lured weary travelers to their deaths — turning her inn into a murder house. But there’s more to Lavinia Fisher’s story than bodies beneath floorboards. Was she really America’s first female serial killer? Or was she really only guilty of raising a little hell? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    38 min
  5. Sarah Winchester, Mistress of the Mystery House

    19/10/2022

    Sarah Winchester, Mistress of the Mystery House

    After marrying the heir to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1862, Sarah Winchester was seemingly set for life. But while her finances never despaired, Sarah did — experiencing a string of tragedies that would haunt her. She built a strange and sweeping mansion to try and escape her ghosts, but in the process, built an even bigger legend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    41 min
  6. Mary Ellen Pleasant, the Millionaire Murderess

    12/10/2022

    Mary Ellen Pleasant, the Millionaire Murderess

    She was a singular woman in Gold Rush-era San Francisco: an entrepreneur, an abolitionist, and extraordinarily wealthy. But Mary Ellen Pleasant’s mere presence was enough to rattle her neighbors, and the accusations levied against her were enough to shock: she practiced black magic; she murdered a business associate; she cursed a family. Now she’s rumored to haunt a park in the very city that helped her swim, then watched her sink. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    40 min
  7. Goody Cole, the Gruff Witch of New Hampshire

    05/10/2022

    Goody Cole, the Gruff Witch of New Hampshire

    In the 17th century, a middle-aged woman remakes her life in New England. But her fresh start turns sour after her neighbors decide she’s a witch. Jailed several times over, Goody Cole is never quite able to reclaim her reputation... so a new crop of townspeople do it for her, hundreds of years later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    38 min

  8. 28/09/2022

    Cordelia Botkin Pt. 2

    Listeners, we’re back with the finale of The Candy Box Killings from Solved Murders: 44-year-old Cordelia Botkin was the sole suspect in a murder-by-mail case that killed two sisters and involved two jurisdictions on two different coasts. Authorities knew she had an affair with the husband of one of the victims. But could they find enough evidence to prove it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    38 min
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