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.”
51
The Women of Jack the Ripper, Part 2: THE VICTIMS
You know them by their autopsy photos. But who were they in real life?
60 min
52
The Women of Jack the Ripper, Part 1: JILL
When we talk about Jack the Ripper, we talk about a dangerous, mysterious man. But what if we’ve been looking at the wrong person all along?
49 min
53
Dark Angel in the House: Adelaide Bartlett
Victorian women were expected to be wives and mothers—not killers. Enter Adelaide Bartlett.
34 min
54
Crime-Fighting Broad 002: Eunice Hunton Carter,...
In 1930s New York, a single man ruled the entire city with extortion, racketeering, and a healthy dose of murder. Nobody could take him down—until a black girl from Atlanta decided to try her hand at it.
47 min
55
Lonely Baby: Blanche Barrow
You know her brother-in-law: Clyde Barrow. You know her brother-in-law’s girlfriend: Bonnie Parker. But do you know anything about her?
53 min
56
Mama: Anne Hamilton-Byrne
Anne Hamilton-Byrne wanted to be an actress and a mother, but ended up playing God on a purple throne, ruining the life of every child she touched.
63 min
57
The Godmother: Griselda Blanco
Cash, cocaine, and Colombian cartels? All of that was a man’s world—until Griselda Blanco stepped up to the plate.
50 min
58
Crime-Fighting Broad 001: Lois Gibson, Forensic...
This is the story of Lois Gibson, the world’s most successful forensic artist.
51 min
59
The Redheaded Hellcat Who Wasn’t: Rhonda Belle ...
Beneath the soft green grass of the Last Supper cemetery, most regular, God-fearing residents of Mobile, Alabama had one family member resting. Maybe two. Rhonda Belle Martin had eight.
37 min
60
Teenager in Love: Falicia Blakely
A teenage girl kills three grown men in one night. She’s got a gun in one hand and a phone in the other. On the other end of the phone? Her lover—her pimp—is urging her to shoot.
42 min
61
Jim Jones’ Right-Hand Woman: Carolyn Layton (fe...
While many remember the 1978 Jonestown massacre as a dark monument to the power of a single man’s paranoia and fanaticism, the tale of Jim Jones’ lover, Carolyn Layton, reveals a more complicated narrative—and a more frightening truth.
35 min
62
Bloodsucking Broads! A Very Gory Halloween Spec...
Is the vampire scene a total boys’ club? Or have women left their mark on it, too? Join me as we travel through the world of real-life lady vampires, moving from 1600s Hungary to 1890s Rhode Island to 1990s Australia. There will be blood.
47 min
63
Vice Queens of Sydney: Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh
In 1930s Sydney, there was only room for one fabulous, flashy, fearless, diamond-obsessed, Pomeranian-owning female crime boss. Unfortunately, there were two.
28 min
64
Rebel of the Ravines: Phoolan Devi
Phoolan Devi, born to a lower caste in Northern India, seemed destined to endure horrific abuse from rich men until the end of time…until she picked up a rifle.
44 min
65
Lizzie Borden, LLC
We all know the story: Lizzie Borden may or may not have taken an ax (okay, a hatchet) and given her mother (okay, stepmother) forty whacks (okay, nineteen). But something sprung to life the day of that brutal double Borden murders: the Lizzie Borden industry.
45 min
66
Queen of Pirates: Cheng I Sao
Meet Madame Cheng, a pirate who controlled more ships than Blackbeard, commanded more men than Calico Jack, and terrified more government officials than Henry Morgan.
29 min
67
The Mad Dog Killer's Girlfriend: Caril Ann Fugate
He said she was the "most trigger happy person" he had ever met. She said she’d never killed anyone.
35 min
68
Hell’s Princess: Belle Gunness, feat. Harold Sc...
Harold Schechter joins us to tell the story of Belle Gunness—a great cook, a passionate writer of love letters, a ruthless butcher of men.
37 min
69
The Commander: Beatrice Munyenyezi
Beatrice Munyenyezi had neighbors on two continents. Her New Hampshire neighbors knew her as a hardworking, quiet mother of three. Her Rwandan neighbors knew her as a woman without mercy.
25 min
70
Sister Amy’s Murder Factory: Amy Archer Gilliga...
Amy Archer Gilligan’s convalescent home was designed for people nearing the end of their lives. Unfortunately, the end came far sooner than anyone could have predicted.
31 min
71
Dangerous Lady of Light: Jasmuheen
In the 90s, a guru rose out of Australia. She preached one simple thing: stop eating. Forever.
31 min
72
Horror Ranch: The Gonzalez Valenzuela Sisters, ...
The sisters that slay together go to jail together.
23 min
73
Pretty Little Kansas Girl: Kate Bender
A beautiful woman walks into Kansas in the 1870s. When she walks out, she leaves death behind.
29 min
74
The Devil’s Bride: Lavinia Fisher
They say Lavinia Fisher was America’s first serial killer—but then where are the bodies?
27 min