Taking a Look at Victorian Women's Crimes

This is lady killers from b b c radio four. Take a look at the wild and unthinkable crimes supposedly committed by different murderesses in victorian britain, north america and beyond. We want to use these stories to open up the experience of other women. You can find out what it was like to be desperate, to have no way of feeding your children or know that the law wasn't going to protect you. Join me lucy wersley, as we meet the lady killers, women who are very good at being very bad.