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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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
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Black Widows Series: Griselda Blanco
Today, we’re discussing Griselda Blanco, the “Black Widow of Columbia.” Though you might know her under a different moniker: The Cocaine Godmother...
7 min
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Black Widows Series: Patricia Dagorn
Today, we’re discussing Patricia Dagorn. Known as the “Black Widow of the Riviera,” Dagorn targeted older men through manipulation and sexual favors, creeping her way into their lives, and often, their wills...
9 min
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Black Widows Series: Lyda Southard
Today, we’re discussing Lyda Southard, also known as Lyda Trueblood, a serial widow who used illness to disguise her crimes...
8 min
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Black Widows Series: Stacey Castor
Today, we’re discussing Stacey Castor. She appeared to be a resilient single mother, grieving the death of not one but two husbands.
7 min
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“The Bermondsey Horror” Pt. 2: Marie Manning
After murdering Patrick O'Connor in 1849, Marie and Frederick Manning split up so they could more effectively evade the authorities.
40 min
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Black Widows Series: Elfriede Blauensteiner
Today, we’re discussing Elfriede Blauensteiner. Dubbed “Austria’s Black Widow,” Blauensteiner is believed to have killed over ten people with poison...
6 min
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Black Widows Series: Mary Ann Cotton
Today, we’re discussing Mary Ann Cotton, who repeatedly married and then killed her family, collecting their insurance money...
7 min
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Black Widows Series: Betty Lou Beets
Today, we’re discussing Betty Lou Beets. Betty was dubbed a “Black Widow” when police uncovered her fourth and fifth husbands’ dead bodies buried side by side...
7 min
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Black Widows Series: Melissa Ann Shepard
Today, we’re discussing Melissa Ann Shepard, otherwise known as the “Internet Black Widow.”
7 min
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Black Widows Series: Judy Buenoano
Today, we’re discussing Judy Buenoano. She earned the nickname the “Black Widow” after murdering a number of boyfriends and close family members to cash in on their life insurance...
9 min
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Black Widows Series: Chisako Kakehi
Today, we’re discussing Chisako Kakehi, also known as “The Poison Lady.” For at least 10 years, Kakehi targeted wealthy older men.
7 min
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“The Bermondsey Horror” Pt. 1: Marie Manning
In the summer of 1849, 28-year-old Marie Manning invited her boyfriend, Patrick O'Connor, over for dinner.
36 min
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Black Widows Series: Narcy Novack
Today, we’re discussing Narcy Novack. In 2009, her marriage to Florida millionaire Ben Novack Jr. ended in what most people would label a tragedy…
8 min
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Black Widows Series: Mary Elizabeth Wilson
Today, we’re discussing Mary Elizabeth Wilson. Dubbed the “Merry Widow of Windy Nook,” Mary’s lovers had a strange habit of suddenly dropping dead...
8 min