25. Women on Trial

Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley

BBC

Personal Journals, True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.7 • 908 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Lucy Worsley, Professor Rosalind Crone and barrister Nneka Akudolu KC take a look behind the scenes of Lady Killers.

They shine a light on the detective work required to build the cases of these infamous murderesses, how evidence is pieced together, and how we can hear what these Victorian women are really trying to tell us about their lives.

Nneka shares insights into her work specialising in complex crimes: murder, drug trafficking and serious sexual offences, and how she uses evidence to build a case in the courtroom.

Produced in partnership with the Open University.

Producer: Emily Hughes Sound design: Chris Maclean Series Producer: Julia Hayball.

A StoryHunter production for BBC Radio 4

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0:44.0	Welcome to Lady Killers with me Lucy Worsley from BBC Radio 4. Join me and an all female team of detectives
1:00.0	as we travel back in time
1:02.0	and revisit the unthinkable qu crimes of some of the most
1:05.2	notorious murderers of the 19th and 20th centuries from the UK, the USA and Australia.
1:11.9	We beat him dreadfully upon the floor. the USA and Australia.
1:13.0	We beat him dreadfully upon the floor.
1:16.3	We washed our hands in his crimson gore.
1:20.7	She told me, I wish to get rid of the child before I get home. I hate the very sight of her and there will be no peace all the time that she is alive.
1:31.0	The female prisoner Manning premeditated, planned and concocted the
1:36.4	murder and she made her husband her jup and instrument for that purpose. I saw a
1:42.3	use a small switch on the child and I for that
1:45.0	I saw her use a small switch on the child and I saw her kick in the child and she hit her as far as the swing.
1:49.0	I took the party of the baby out of the hall in the garden.
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