Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley

Lucy Worsley investigates the crimes of Victorian women from a contemporary, feminist perspective.

Radio 4,46 episodes

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Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley
40. By Hook or by Crook
Lucy Worsley discusses Lady Swindlers who take matters into their own hands.
30 Sep 2024,27 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley
39. Ann Mary Provis - Art Hoaxer
Lucy Worsley meets Ann Mary Provis, an audacious art hoaxer in Georgian London.
30 Sep 2024,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley
38. Fanny Davies - Uncommon Thief
Lucy Worsley meets Fanny Davies, a common thief who leads a most uncommon life.
30 Sep 2024,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley
37. Madame Rachel - Beauty Scammer
Lucy Worsley meets Madame Rachel, Victorian London’s most notorious beauty scammer.
30 Sep 2024,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley
36. Sophie Lyons - Crime Doesn't Pay
Lucy Worsley meets Sophie Lyons, America’s Queen of the Underworld in the late 1800s.
30 Sep 2024,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley
35. Women Who Dare
Lucy Worsley, Helen Lewis and historian Rosalind Crone discuss audacious Lady Swindlers.
30 Sep 2024,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley
34. Violet Charlesworth - Fake Heiress
Lucy Worsley and team track down Violet Charlesworth, Edwardian heiress turned fugitive.
23 Sep 2024,27 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley
33. Tilly Devine - Underworld Queen
Lucy Worsley meets Tilly Devine, queen of Sydney’s 1920s criminal underworld.
23 Sep 2024,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley
32. Princess Caraboo - Fake Princess
An Indonesian princess holding court in Regency England? Lucy Worsley is on the case.
23 Sep 2024,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley
31. Alice Diamond - Queen of 40 Thieves
Lucy Worsley meets Alice Diamond, London’s queen of shoplifting in the 1920s.
23 Sep 2024,29 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley
Introducing Lady Swindlers
Lucy Worsley introduces a brand new series of Lady Killers.
23 Sep 2024,3 mins
Bonus Episode: Lady Swindlers
Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley is live from the Radio Theatre.
23 Sep 2024,46 mins
30. Difficult Women
Lucy Worsley, Professor Rosalind Crone and Helen Lewis discuss the cases.
13 Mar 2024,28 mins
29. Mary Ann Brough - Mother with Everything to Lose
Lucy Worsley investigates a mother who does the unthinkable to her children.
11 Jan 2024,28 mins
28. Alice Mitchell - Forbidden Love
Lucy Worsley uncovers the story of a teenage love gone horribly wrong.
10 Jan 2024,28 mins
27. Sarah Bird - Cruel Employer
Lucy Worsley investigates the death of a teenage girl on a remote Devon farm.
10 Jan 2024,28 mins
26. Mary Surratt - Assassinating a President
Lucy Worsley tells the story of a woman accused of plotting to murder a president.
10 Jan 2024,28 mins
25. Women on Trial
Lucy Worsley, Professor Rosalind Crone and Nneka Akudolu discuss the cases so far.
10 Jan 2024,28 mins
24. Frances Kidder - Wicked Stepmother
Lucy Worsley uncovers the case of a stepmother accused of drowning her stepdaughter.
09 Jan 2024,28 mins
23. Jane and Ann Boyd - Secret Baby
Lucy Worsley uncovers a case of infanticide in the north of Ireland in the 1860s.
08 Jan 2024,28 mins
22. Marie Christensen - Murderous Matron
Lucy Worsley investigates a brutal crime committed in Australia by a Murderous Matron.
07 Jan 2024,28 mins
21. Maria Manning - 'Lady Macbeth of Bermondsey'
Lucy Worsley meets the woman at the centre of a murderous Victorian love triangle.
06 Jan 2024,28 mins
Introducing Lady Killers Series 3
Introducing Season 3 of the smash hit series, Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley.
03 Jan 2024,3 mins
20. Is the law gender blind?
Lucy Worsley, Professor Ros Crone and Sikisa Bostwick Barnes discuss the cases.
21 Mar 2023,28 mins
19. Jane Toppan - Serial Killer Nurse
Lucy Worsley investigates a nurse with a penchant for poisoning.
20 Mar 2023,28 mins
18. Catherine Flannagan & Margaret Higgins
Lucy Worsley investigates two sisters with a taste for arsenic.
20 Mar 2023,28 mins
17. Marguerite Fahmy - Self-confessed Killer
Lucy Worsley investigates a sensational shooting at London’s Savoy Hotel in 1923.
20 Mar 2023,28 mins
16. Edith Thompson - Modern Woman on Trial
Lucy Worsley investigates the infamous 1922 Ilford Murder.
20 Mar 2023,28 mins
15. Women's Bodies. Women's Rights
Lucy Worsley, Professor Rosalind Crone and Ayesha Hazarika discuss the cases so far.
20 Mar 2023,28 mins
14. Mary McKinnon - Prejudice Against Sex Workers
Lucy Worsley looks at the case of a tavern owner accused of murdering a customer.
20 Mar 2023,28 mins