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 Mercedes Killer" Pt. 1: Clara Harris
After pursuing a career that launched her from Colombia to America, Clara Harris met the man who would turn her world upside down.
37 min
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"The Hippie Skyjacker" Pt. 2: Cathy Kerkow
On June 2, 1972, 20-year old Cathy Kerkow drove to the airport with her boyfriend on a mission to hijack a plane.
41 min
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"The Hippie Skyjacker" Pt. 1: Cathy Kerkow
Before she hijacked a plane in 1972, Cathy Kerkow was simply a young woman from Oregon with a penchant for risk and scandal.
37 min
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“The Yoga Store Slaying” Pt. 2: Brittany Norwood
When Brittany Norwood’s Lululemon coworker was found dead on March 12, 2011, police initially thought Brittany was a victim, too—of a store robbery gone wrong.
38 min
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“The Yoga Store Slaying” Pt. 1: Brittany Norwood
Underneath her bubbly exterior, 28-year-old Brittany Norwood lived a secret life that involved thievery, deception, and sugar daddies.
35 min
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“The Cold Case Cover-Up” Pt. 2: Stephanie Lazarus
In February 1986, Stephanie Lazarus’ strange visits to her ex-lover’s new wife turned to deadly assault.
41 min
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“The Cold Case Cover-Up” Pt. 1: Stephanie Lazarus
She spent the duration of her college years nurturing feelings for a man named John Ruetten.
36 min
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“The Hollywood Madam” Pt. 2: Heidi Fleiss
In the early 1990s, after her mentor, Madam Alex, was thrown in jail, 26-year-old Heidi Fleiss had a decision to make: stay loyal to her former boss, or steal Madam Alex's client list and mount a career of her own.
39 min
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“The Hollywood Madam” Pt. 1: Heidi Fleiss
After a disastrous break-up with a rich older man in 1989, 22-year-old Heidi Fleiss wasn’t ready to give up the luxuries she's grown accustomed to.
37 min
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Black Widows Series: Belle Gunness
Today, we’re discussing Belle Gunness, who murdered husbands, suitors, and even children for financial gain...
12 min
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Black Widows Series: Blanche Taylor Moore
Today, we’ll meet Blanche Taylor Moore, the middle-aged churchgoer convicted of poisoning her boyfriend in 1986...
7 min
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Black Widows Series: Uloma Curry-Walker
Today, we’re discussing Uloma Curry-Walker, a woman from Cleveland, Ohio who hired hitmen to kill her firefighter husband.
7 min
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Black Widows Series: Lynn Turner
Today, we’re discussing Lynn Turner. She lost both her husbands to a mysterious, debilitating sickness...
8 min
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Black Widows Series: Martha Needle
Today, we’re discussing Martha Needle, who discovered early on in life that an arsenic product called “Rough on Rats!” also had a deadly effect on people...
9 min
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Black Widows Series: Susan Lee Russo
Today, we’re discussing Susan Lee Russo.
7 min
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“The Excedrin Killer” Pt. 2: Stella Nickell
After murdering her husband, 42-year-old Stella Nickell tried to cover her tracks by poisoning more Excedrin pills.
38 min
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Black Widows Series: Tillie Klimek
Today, we’re discussing Tillie Klimek.
9 min
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Black Widows Series: Margaret Rudin
Today, we’ll meet Margaret Rudin, the antiques dealer accused of shooting and killing her husband in December 1994...
9 min
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Black Widows Series: Sharon Nelson
Today, we’re discussing Sharon Nelson, a former pastor’s wife who raked in $400,000 in life insurance payments after the deaths of her second and third husbands...
7 min
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Black Widows Series: Louisa Collins
Today, we’re discussing Louisa Collins. In 1888, Collins was found guilty of murdering her second husband with rat poison. She’d previously stood trial for murder three times...
8 min
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Black Widows Series: Betty Neumar
Today, we’re discussing Betty Neumar. While she was never officially convicted of any murders, the marital mayhem that followed her for fifty years has led some to call her the Black Widow Granny...
9 min
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Black Widows Series: Catherine and Margaret Fla...
Today, we’ll meet the “Black Widows of Liverpool,” a pair of sisters who poisoned lodgers and family members to collect insurance money...
8 min
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“The Excedrin Killer” Pt. 1: Stella Nickell
By 1986, 42-year-old Stella Nickell was over her marriage to Bruce.
41 min
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Black Widows Series: Denise William
Today, we’ll meet Denise Williams—a Florida wife turned murder conspirator.
7 min
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Black Widows Series: Nannie Doss
Today, we’re discussing Nannie Doss. Dubbed the “Giggling Granny” or the “Lonely Hearts Killer,” Nannie was a jovial Southern grandmother who’d been widowed four times over.
9 min