Naomi Clifford: Women and the Gallows
Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson
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🗓️ 4 May 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Throughout history, women have been convicted of crime, sometimes violent crimes, we know that. But most were not sent to the gallows. Historian Naomi Clifford decided to tell the story of the time period in England, 40 years beginning in the late 1700s, and the women who were given the death penalty. She tells me about their crimes, their defense…and their lives before their deaths. Her book is called: Women and the Gallows.
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| 0:47.4 | discretion is advised. I should say the seriousness, the shock and awe of a public execution was definitely a message, |
| 1:03.0 | and it could be a message particularly to women. |
| 1:10.5 | I'm Kate Winkler Dawson, a nonfiction author and journalism professor in Austin, Texas. |
| 1:16.1 | I'm also the co-host of the podcast Buried Bones on Exactly Right. |
| 1:20.2 | And throughout my career, research for my many audio and book projects has taken me around the world. |
| 1:27.0 | On Wicked Words, I sit down with the people I've met along the way, |
| 1:30.9 | amazing writers, journalists, filmmakers, and podcasters |
| 1:34.4 | who have investigated and reported on notorious true crime cases. |
| 1:39.1 | This is about the choices writers make, both good and bad, |
| 1:43.0 | and it's a deep dive into the unpublished details behind their stories. |
| 1:49.0 | Throughout history, women have been convicted of crime, sometimes violent crime. We know that. |
| 1:54.2 | But most were not sent to the gallows. Historian Naomi Clifford decided to tell the story of a 40-year time period in England, starting in the late |
| 2:02.8 | 1700s, and the women who were given the death penalty. She tells me about their crimes, |
| 2:08.3 | their defense, and their lives before their deaths. Her book is called Women and the Gallows. |
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