2. Murder in Peachland: When do women kill?

Bad People

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4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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A high school house party is in full swing in the quiet town of Peachland, Canada. Suddenly, hysterical screams are heard. 16-year-old Ashlee Hyatt has been stabbed to death in the middle of the driveway. Piece by piece we learn about the girl who is ultimately convicted of manslaughter, relating it to the story of the Canadian “Barbie” serial killer, Karla Homolka and notorious Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory. Murder is a typically committed by men, and the victims are mostly other men. Globally, women represent less than 5 percent of perpetrators. On this episode of Bad People, presenters Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen discuss when and how women kill. Warning: This episode contains strong language and references to sexual violence and murder. Archive credits: This episode includes audio from SkyTV, Castanet News and National Geographic. CREDITS: Presenters: Dr. Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen Producer: Louisa Field Assistant Producer: Simona Rata Music: Matt Chandler Series Editor: Rami Tzabar Commissioning Producer: Hannah Rose Commissioning Executive: Dylan Haskins Commissioning Editor: Jason Phipps Bad People is a BBC Audio Science Production for BBC Sounds #BadPeople_BBC

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0:47.0	Welcome to bad people from BBC Sounds.
0:51.0	This is the podcast that explores humanity's dark side. I am
0:55.0	criminal psychologist Dr Julia Shaw. And I'm Sophie Hagen. I'm a stand-up
0:59.0	comedian. In each episode Julia is going to tell us about a real criminal case and then we are going to use criminal psychology to make sense of it.
1:08.0	Yes, we will explore this thing we call evil, not just by looking at other people's bad behavior but also our own.
1:14.7	Yeah we will be bringing in original footage and documents whenever we can but first
1:20.8	Julia like I've been in therapy for 16 years, yet I do not know the difference between a therapist, a psychologist, like what do you do? You're a psychologist, right? Yeah, so I'm a psychological scientist actually is one of the terms that we like to use which means that I don't do therapy but I do work on issues related to the mind.
1:44.0	So in particular for me, forensic psychology,
1:46.6	and why we do bad things.
1:48.6	So why are humans capable of harm?
1:51.1	It's not to say I don't like therapists. I wanted to be a therapist at one point.
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