Hello, I'm Frank Turner.

Welcome to Tales from No Man's Land, a podcast that accompanies my album, No Man's Land.

It's about 13 women from history who you probably haven't heard of, but definitely should have.

Their stories are fascinating, moving, funny,

and most importantly, worth celebrating and sharing.

Welcome back to Tales from No Man's Land.

If you are coming back, thank you so much for doing so,

and if this is the first episode that you're listening to,

you can take the time to go back and listen to the episodes and the women whose stories I've told so far. The series is nearly drawing to a close, which is a great sadness. I hope

you've enjoyed it as much as I've enjoyed making it. This penultimate episode is about a woman

known as the Giggling Granny. Her real name was Nanny Dos, and it's a foray into the world of true crime.

She's not as innocent as her name suggests. In fact, she admitted to killing four of her five husbands, some of whom she found in the lonely hearts columns of magazines.

She's also suspected to have killed her mother, some of her sisters, her mother-in-law and a grandson. She was known as the giggling granny in the press

because she showed no remorse at the trial for her crimes,

or the ones she admitted,

and simply commented that she hadn't yet met her perfect mate.

It's a difficult topic to discuss with appropriate sensitivity,

and I've been fortunate enough to be joined for this episode

by the True Crime writer and podcast host, Tori Telfer.

Thank you. this episode by the True Crime writer and podcast host, Tori Telfer. Today I am in my favorite London basement for recording podcasts in, but on the telephone

all the way from New York City, I have Tori Telfer on the line. Hi, Tori. Hi, Frank. How's

your day today? It's going well. Just getting started over here. Hi, Tori. Hi, Frank. How's your day today?

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