Black Widows: Black Widow Sisters

Once Upon A Crime | True Crime

Esther Ludlow

True Crime, Society & Culture, Crime, Truecrime, Criminology, History, Criminals

4.6 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

A rare form of serial killer are Black Widows - women who kill their spouses and other family members - usually for financial gain. Even more rare are Black Widow Sisters. This week I'll share two stories of sisters who set up murder syndicates for profit.

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Resources:
Angela Brabin, The Black Widows of Liverpool: A Chilling Account of Cold-Blooded Murder in Victorian Liverpool. Lancaster:Palatine Books, 2003.

Marcos Aleman, Chicago Tribune, "He pays to get married and emigrate to the US, then they kill him to collect the insurance," March 31, 2017.

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0:00.0	This podcast details true crime cases.
0:03.1	It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.
0:06.8	It is not intended for children.
0:08.9	Listener discretion is advised.
0:15.2	Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.
0:19.2	We're in the series Black Widows,
0:21.4	where I detail crimes of women serial killers
0:23.8	who target not strangers,
0:26.3	but those with which they have an intimate or close relationship,
0:29.6	most often a spouse.
0:31.4	Black Widow cases are so fascinating
0:33.5	because these women are a rare form of serial killer.
0:37.0	To give a definition, I'll refer to
0:39.0	Kalaher's book on female serial killers. A black widow is a, quote, woman who systematically
0:44.8	murders multiple spouses, partners, other family members, or individuals outside of the family,
0:51.2	with whom she has developed a personal relationship, unquote. The blackow killer tends to get away with their crimes for a longer period of time,
1:00.0	owing to the fact that most don't suspect them at first.
1:03.0	Because of this, the body count can be high.
1:06.0	On average, a Black Widow will claim between six and 13 victims before she is caught
1:11.4	or otherwise ends her active killing period.
1:15.2	Their murder method is overwhelmingly by the use of poison, and the motivation is almost
1:19.9	always profit.
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