Ep. 124 - The Worst Woman on Earth

The Conspirators Podcast

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In this episode, I tell you the story of long-forgotten serial killer Lizzie Halliday. During the late 19th century, she became well-known for murdering several of her husbands, among others. There were even those who claimed she might have been the most famous serial killer of all, Jack the Ripper. Notes: https://newyorkhistoryblog.org/2014/08/a-short-history-of-serial-killer-lizzie-brown-halliday/https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/the-horrifying-story-of-the-worst-woman-in-the-worldhttp://www.murderbygaslight.com/2014/12/the-worst-woman-on-earth.html Music: Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, "Soul Breaker" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Impromptu No 1", "Impromptu No 2", "Impromptu No 3" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Show The old is always is 18 and 5 years old
0:15.0	30 years old, lost to men and culture in happen and
0:19.0	be right for a hair house for the wrongs.
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0:23.0	Nuegir I, then we've got the next
0:25.0	of Lufthans group ponged careers.
0:31.0	She was born Elizabeth Mary Jane Cochran in the town of Cochran's Mills, Pennsylvania back in
0:35.8	1864.
0:38.7	The fact that her last name was the same as the town she was born in was more than just a simple coincidence. the son of Irish immigrants
0:43.0	just a simple coincidence.
0:46.0	Her father and Michael Cochran just so happened to be the wealthiest landowner in the
0:49.8	area.
0:52.2	The son of Irish immigrants, Michael started out as a laborer and mill worker before he bought the mill and most of the land surrounding his family's farmhouse.
1:01.0	From there he went on to become a merchant, postmaster, and later the town judge.
1:07.9	Michael married twice during his life. He had 10 children with his first wife, Catherine Mary, and five more with his second wife, Mary
1:16.1	Jane Kennedy.
1:18.0	That second time around included Elizabeth.
1:21.7	When Elizabeth was six,
1:23.0	when Michael Cochran died.
1:25.0	Unable to maintain the land or the house, Elizabeth's family moved away from Cochran's
1:29.1	mills.
1:30.8	When Elizabeth Cochran reached her teens, she added an E to the end of her last name because she felt it had a more sophisticated look to it.
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