Female Criminals
Female Criminals investigates the shocking cases of women who made headlines and uncovers the dark motives, hidden psychology, and jaw-dropping twists behind their crimes. Join Law&Crime's Elizabeth Millner in reexamining the complex and often misunderstood world of Female Criminals. Watch free, only on Spotify.
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“The Black Widow of England” Pt. 1: Mary Ann Co...
A career gold-digger with a penchant for arsenic, and a trail of murders that would make headlines.
38 min
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“Queenie” Pt. 2 - Stephanie St. Clair
In 1920's New York City, policy bank queen Stephanie St. Clair was sitting on the top of the world.
44 min
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“Queenie” - Stephanie St. Clair
In 1911, 13-year-old Stephanie St. Clair left the Caribbean for America and never looked back.
41 min
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“Revolutionary Assassin” Pt. 2 - Marie Sukloff
On Easter Sunday, 1903, Marie Sukloff awoke in her Russian prison cell to the sounds of a massacre.
52 min
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“Revolutionary Assassin” - Marie Sukloff
As the grip of Tsar Nicholas II loosened at the turn of the 20th century and the wave of Communism started to rise in Russia, a young girl named Marie Sukloff dutifully took her place in the revolution.
46 min
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"Lesbian Vampire Killer" - Tracey Wigginton
It was called “one of the most brutal and bizarre crimes Australia has ever seen.”
41 min
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"Black Sheep" Pt. 2 - Marjorie Congdon
After heiress Marjorie Congdon was aquitted of her mother's 1977 murder, she remarried and began to build a new life.
37 min
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"Black Sheep" - Marjorie Congdon
When Marjorie Congdon was adopted at three months old, she became the doted up daughter of an heiress.
39 min
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"The Hyena of Auschwitz" Pt. 2 - Irma Grese
Irma Grese quickly proved herself as one of the most vicious guards at Ravensbruck concentration camp.
38 min
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"The Hyena of Auschwitz" - Irma Grese
As Irma Grese grew up in rural Germany, she watched Adolf Hitler rise to power.
36 min
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“The Manson Girls” Pt. 2 - The Women of the Man...
As the Manson Family turned onto Cielo Drive, time slowed to a crawl. In a few minutes, they would commit five murders that became the most infamous slayings in American history.
42 min
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“The Manson Girls” - The Women of the Manson Fa...
By July, 1969, the "Manson Girls” saw Charlie as more than a leader, he was the second coming of Christ.
45 min
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“Deadly Dalliance" - Brittany Holberg
When 23-year-old Brittany Holberg found herself homeless in Texas, performing sex work, and addicted to cocaine, she didn't think her life would get any worse.
41 min
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“The Smotherer” Pt. 2 - Waneta Hoyt
After an off-handed comment about a serial killer on the loose, Syracuse DA William Fitzpatrick was determined to find out who the "H" family was in Dr. Alfred Steinschnieder's SIDS research.
48 min
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“The Smotherer” - Waneta Hoyt
In 1964, 18-year-old Waneta Hoyt gave birth to a beautiful, perfect baby boy.
47 min
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“The Everleigh Club” Pt. 2 - Ada and Minna Simms
In the early 1900s Ada and Minna Everleigh found their luxurious gentlemen's club in the midst of a moral war with Chicago's more rigid citizens.
52 min
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“The Everleigh Club” - Ada and Minna Simms
When sisters Ada and Minna Everleigh opened a brothel in early 1900, citizens were shocked to find that countless potential clients were bluntly turned away at the door.
46 min
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“Deadly Delusions" Pt. 2 - Susan Polk
In 2005, Dr. Felix Polk of San Francisco, was found stabbed to death by his 15-year-old son, Gabriel.
43 min
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“Deadly Delusions" - Susan Polk
In 2002, after twenty years of marriage, 44-year-old Susan Polk called it quits with her husband, 70-year-old Felix Polk.
46 min
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“The Queen of Rum Row” Pt. 2 - Gertrude Lythgoe
Stories of her exploits on Rum Row in the early 1920s made Gertrude Lythgoe a tabloid darling.
45 min
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“The Queen of Rum Row” - Gertrude Lythgoe
During the early days of Prohibition in the 1920s, while most young women were focused on getting married and having a family, Gertrude Lythgoe was busy running her wholesale liquor empire in the Bahamas.
42 min
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“I Don’t Like Mondays” Pt. 2 - Brenda Spencer
On Monday, January 29th, 1979, 16-year-old Brenda Spencer shot 350 rounds at a San Diego Elementary School from her front window.
47 min
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“I Don’t Like Mondays” - Brenda Spencer
Before Parkland, before Sandy Hook, was the 1979 mass shooting at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego.
33 min
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“Symbionese Liberation Army” Pt. 2 - Patricia H...
After two months in captivity, Patricia Hearst sided with her kidnappers, the Symbionese Liberation Army.
42 min
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“Symbionese Liberation Army” - Patricia Hearst
In February of 1974, 19-year-old Patricia Hearst was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
36 min