Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley Podcast
Lucy Worsley investigates the crimes of Victorian women from a contemporary, feminist perspective.
Episodes to download
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37. Madame Rachel - Beauty Scammer—Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley
Tue 1 Oct 2024
Lucy Worsley meets Madame Rachel, Victorian London鈥檚 most notorious beauty scammer.
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38. Fanny Davies - Uncommon Thief—Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley
Mon 30 Sep 2024
Lucy Worsley meets Fanny Davies, a common thief who leads a most uncommon life.
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36. Sophie Lyons - Crime Doesn't Pay—Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley
Mon 30 Sep 2024
Lucy Worsley meets Sophie Lyons, America鈥檚 Queen of the Underworld in the late 1800s.
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35. Women Who Dare—Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley
Mon 30 Sep 2024
Lucy Worsley, Helen Lewis and historian Rosalind Crone discuss audacious Lady Swindlers.
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34. Violet Charlesworth - Fake Heiress—Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley
Mon 23 Sep 2024
Lucy Worsley and team track down Violet Charlesworth, Edwardian heiress turned fugitive.
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33. Tilly Devine - Underworld Queen—Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley
Mon 23 Sep 2024
Lucy Worsley meets Tilly Devine, queen of Sydney鈥檚 1920s criminal underworld.
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32. Princess Caraboo - Fake Princess—Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley
Mon 23 Sep 2024
An Indonesian princess holding court in Regency England? Lucy Worsley is on the case.
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31. Alice Diamond - Queen of 40 Thieves—Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley
Mon 23 Sep 2024
Lucy Worsley meets Alice Diamond, London鈥檚 queen of shoplifting in the 1920s.
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Introducing Lady Swindlers—Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley
Mon 23 Sep 2024
Lucy Worsley introduces a brand new series of Lady Killers.
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Bonus Episode: Lady Swindlers
Mon 23 Sep 2024
Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley is live from the Radio Theatre.
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30. Difficult Women
Wed 13 Mar 2024
Lucy Worsley, Professor Rosalind Crone and Helen Lewis discuss the cases.
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29. Mary Ann Brough - Mother with Everything to Lose
Thu 11 Jan 2024
Lucy Worsley investigates a mother who does the unthinkable to her children.
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28. Alice Mitchell - Forbidden Love
Wed 10 Jan 2024
Lucy Worsley uncovers the story of a teenage love gone horribly wrong.
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27. Sarah Bird - Cruel Employer
Wed 10 Jan 2024
Lucy Worsley investigates the death of a teenage girl on a remote Devon farm.
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26. Mary Surratt - Assassinating a President
Wed 10 Jan 2024
Lucy Worsley tells the story of a woman accused of plotting to murder a president.
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25. Women on Trial
Wed 10 Jan 2024
Lucy Worsley, Professor Rosalind Crone and Nneka Akudolu discuss the cases so far.
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24. Frances Kidder - Wicked Stepmother
Tue 9 Jan 2024
Lucy Worsley uncovers the case of a stepmother accused of drowning her stepdaughter.
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23. Jane and Ann Boyd - Secret Baby
Mon 8 Jan 2024
Lucy Worsley uncovers a case of infanticide in the north of Ireland in the 1860s.
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22. Marie Christensen - Murderous Matron
Sun 7 Jan 2024
Lucy Worsley investigates a brutal crime committed in Australia by a Murderous Matron.
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21. Maria Manning - 'Lady Macbeth of Bermondsey'
Sat 6 Jan 2024
Lucy Worsley meets the woman at the centre of a murderous Victorian love triangle.
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Introducing Lady Killers Series 3
Wed 3 Jan 2024
Introducing Season 3 of the smash hit series, Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley.
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20. Is the law gender blind?
Tue 21 Mar 2023
Lucy Worsley, Professor Ros Crone and Sikisa Bostwick Barnes discuss the cases.
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19. Jane Toppan - Serial Killer Nurse
Mon 20 Mar 2023
Lucy Worsley investigates a nurse with a penchant for poisoning.
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18. Catherine Flannagan & Margaret Higgins
Mon 20 Mar 2023
Lucy Worsley investigates two sisters with a taste for arsenic.
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17. Marguerite Fahmy - Self-confessed Killer
Mon 20 Mar 2023
Lucy Worsley investigates a sensational shooting at London鈥檚 Savoy Hotel in 1923.
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16. Edith Thompson - Modern Woman on Trial
Mon 20 Mar 2023
Lucy Worsley investigates the infamous 1922 Ilford Murder.
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15. Women's Bodies. Women's Rights
Mon 20 Mar 2023
Lucy Worsley, Professor Rosalind Crone and Ayesha Hazarika discuss the cases so far.
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14. Mary McKinnon - Prejudice Against Sex Workers
Mon 20 Mar 2023
Lucy Worsley looks at the case of a tavern owner accused of murdering a customer.
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13. Elizabeth Taylor - Serial Abortionist
Sun 19 Mar 2023
Lucy Worsley looks into a backstreet abortionist in 19th-century Melbourne.
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12. Margaret Garner - Icon of Tragedy & Resistance
Sat 18 Mar 2023
Lucy Worsley explores the drastic choice made by an enslaved mother in 1850s America.
Lucy Worsley's Crime Collection
Hand-picked programmes on the themes of 19th-century murder and mores.
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A behind the scenes look at the making of the series.
