Greg Jenner talks to Lucy Worsley about Lady Killers

You're Dead to Me

BBC

Comedy, History

4.7 • 10.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Greg Jenner and fellow historian Lucy Worsley discuss Lucy’s Radio 4 podcast, Lady Killers, which is about Victorian murderesses. Lucy explains why she wanted to examine these historical cases and what these women's stories tell us about life and society in 19th-century Britain. The pair also discuss some of the fascinating and extraordinary murder cases which are investigated in the podcast. You can listen to Lady Killers on BBC Sounds.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:06.4	Hello, Greg here.
0:07.4	Hope you're enjoying Series 5 of your Dead To Me.
0:09.8	This little episode is something extra, a little bit different,
0:13.2	which I hope you're going to enjoy just as much.
0:15.2	I have had the pleasure of chatting to fellow historian Lucy Wurzley,
0:19.0	and we talked about her fantastic podcast series, Lady Killers,
0:22.3	or rather Lady Killers,
0:24.3	as well as our shared love of telling surprising, exciting,
0:27.3	amazing stories from history.
0:29.4	You can find Lady Killers on BBC Sounds,
0:32.2	but first, here's some of our conversation.
0:36.3	So, Lucy Wurzley, you have made a fascinating podcast,
0:40.4	which is sort of new territory for you, I think, maybe.
0:42.4	I think if you were a television presenter and an author and a curator,
0:46.1	so do you want to tell us a bit about Lady Killers?
0:50.2	And why it was such an interesting project for you?
0:53.3	Well, I did it, Greg, to be more like you.
0:55.9	You are my role model going ahead of me here.
0:59.4	Making podcasts.
1:01.4	I had had a long interest in detective fiction.
1:05.1	Actually, I love detective fiction.
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