Criminal Broads
Criminal Broads is a true crime + history podcast about wild women who’ve ended up on the wrong side of the law, whether for leading a cult, serially murdering their husbands, swindling billionaires, or faking ectoplasm. The podcast is hosted by Tori Telfer, author of “Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History.”
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A Woman Detained
On January 17, 2014, Sister Eli decided not to go to a party because she was too pregnant. Three years later, she was taking a plea deal for something she hadn't done that night.
56 min
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The Half-Life of Casey Anthony
Meet the woman whose face launched a thousand death threats.
54 min
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The Death of Sister Abhaya
In 1992, the body of a young nun named Sister Abhaya was pulled from a well with fingernail marks on her neck. Why did it take thirty years for anyone to be charged for her murder?
28 min
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Crime-Obsessed Broad 002: Rebekah Sebastian
Rebekah Sebastian has interviewed pretty much everyone in the true crime universe on her podcast Die-Alogue. Now I’m interviewing HER!
56 min
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The Soothsayer: Rose Marks
The story of a fortune teller, a romance novelist, and millions and millions of missing dollars.
36 min
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Shooter: Amy Bishop
Amy Bishop was obsessed with her Harvard degree, but the rest of the world failed to bow down to her, and she couldn’t take it.
37 min
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The Girl From the Talk Shows: Jennifer Mee
In 2007, Jennifer Mee got her fifteen minutes of fame when she couldn’t stop hiccuping. In 2016, she was once again on TV—this time on a show called “Killer Women.” Fame is a curse, and it had cursed her.
27 min
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Most Wanted: Marie Dean Arrington
Marie Dean Arrington looked out her window, saw a car parked outside, and knew it was the FBI.
34 min
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Crime-Fighting Broad 006: Jessie Levy, Defense ...
Defending murderers and professional jail-breakers isn't for the faint of heart, but thankfully, 1930s defense lawyer Jessie Levy was anything but fainthearted.
63 min
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The Nightmare: Lisa Montgomery
Bobbie Jo Stinnett was about to live a nightmare. But the nightmare was already with Lisa Montgomery, turning her into the sort of person that would knock on Bobbie Jo’s door with a knife beneath her jacket.
41 min
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Silent Lady: Juana Barraza
Meet Juana Barraza, who loved wrestling and her children, who hated elderly women and her mother.
40 min
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UPDATE
A quick state of the Criminal Broads union.
12 min
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The Jolly One: Jane Toppan
Midnight. A hospital ward. A young woman writhes in her bed in pain. But wait—here comes the night nurse, Jane Toppan, with a cool glass of water, promising to make it all…go…away…
53 min
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Evil Blonde: Suzane Von Richthofen
On Halloween night, a young woman sneaks her boyfriend into her house…to kill her parents. Meet Suzane Von Richthofen, Brazil’s biggest teen girl psychopath.
36 min
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The Cause Célèbre: Joan Little
The prosecution said she was a vicious seductress. The defense said she was an innocent angel. Who in the world was Joan Little?
35 min
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Crime-Obsessed Broads: An Interview With Rachel...
Why do women love true crime? Why do people love true crime? Author Rachel Monroe comes on the podcast to deconstruct our appetite for horrifying true stories.
57 min
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Crime-Fighting Broad 005: Kathy Kleiner, Who Su...
On the night of January 15, 1978, Kathy Kleiner opened her eyes to see the serial killer Ted Bundy standing over her bed. This is her story, in her own words.
51 min
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Charlie’s Angel: Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme
Fifty years ago, a wild-eyed maniac named Charles Manson sent a gaggle of his girls into the night to murder seven people. This is the story of the girl who stayed home.
45 min
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The Betrayer: Tanya Nelson
Tanya Nelson believed everything her fortuneteller told her—until her fortuneteller’s predictions stopped coming true, and Tanya decided to take fate into her own hands.
38 min
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Crime-Fighting Broads 004: The Nazi-Killers
The true stories of five women who fought—and killed—the Nazis.
59 min
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Hyena of Auschwitz: Irma Grese
They called her the Hyena of Auschwitz, the Beast of Belsen. In the midst of Hitler’s concentration camps, prisoners learned to spot her blonde head and translucent whip coming from a mile away—and hide.
41 min
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Making a Murderess: Belva Gaertner and Beulah A...
History remembers them as beautiful booze-hounds. Hollywood turned them into fame-hungry starlets. But who were Belva Gaertner and Beulah Annan, really?
45 min
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Crime-Fighting Broad 003: Isabella Goodwin, Det...
Isabella Goodwin thought she’d be a humble police matron forever…until one day, her boss asked if she’d like to take a crack at going undercover.
45 min
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The Duchess: Juanita Spinelli
In the spring of 1941, California had never executed a woman. By the fall of 1941, all that had changed.
44 min
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Woman of Seven Faces: Kazuko Fukuda
She strangled her coworker, changed her name, and went on the run—for fifteen years.
36 min