The Hello hello hello and welcome to criminal

broads a true crime podcast about wild women who somehow ended up on the wrong side of the law. I am your faithful

correspondent Tori Telfer and I am here today to present you with two very

famous people. Actually no I should say one very famous person and one very infamous person.

My interview guest today needs no introduction.

All right, so my first question for you, well I guess I should say, maybe I should say hi.

Hi, Harold Schechter, True Crime Maestro.

What are your lord? Yeah, dark lord. Myster was good. Myestro. All right. I'm sure everyone

listening to this has heard of you slash read your work you've written about all the big heavy hitters right?

Yes, yeah most of them running out of subjects. Yes, which I guess is good for the world but that for you. Yes, Harold Schechter is a true crime writer who has

written a bookshelf's worth of books on serial, including pretty much every big name serial killer of the past two centuries.

Some of his most famous books are depraved, the shocking true story of America's first serial killer, which is about

H.H. Holmes, my hometown boy. He's also written

Deranged the shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish

killer, which is about the grossest man to ever walk this earth, Albert Fish, and Deviant, the shocking true story of the original psycho, which is the story of Ed Gein, who was one of the killers who inspired Psycho and the Texas

Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs.

But Harold Schechter doesn't just cover male serial killers.

He is more than willing to delve into the dark history of female serial killers, like in his book Fatal, the poisonous life of a female serial killer, which is the story of 19th century murderous Jane Toppen.

The infamous person I mentioned on today's podcast, that's a Belginis, one of the most brutal

female serial killers on record,

who also happens to be the subject of Schechter's new book,

which just came out in April.

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