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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"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
231
“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
240
“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
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“The Queen of Mean” Pt. 2 - Leona Helmsley
She climbed to the top of New York City’s real estate scene by bullying and blackmailing, earning her the moniker "The Queen of Mean."
38 min
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“The Queen of Mean” - Leona Helmsley
Born in 1920 to poor, Jewish immigrants, Leona Helsley spent the first 30 years of her life doing whatever it took to rise above her humble origins.
38 min
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“Tokyo Rose” Pt. 2 - Iva Toguri
She was out of options and desperately searching for a way back to her home to America.
40 min
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“Tokyo Rose” - Iva Toguri
A Japanese American found herself stranded in Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, unable to return to the United States.
39 min
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“Princess Die” Pt. 2 - Diane Downs
In 1983, she was accused of shooting her three children in a twisted attempt to prove her love to her boyfriend.
43 min