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Serial Killers & Murderous Minds

The Black Widow of Idaho Pt. 2

Serial Killers & Murderous Minds

Crime House

True Crime

4.5713 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Serial Killers and Murderous Minds, Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels continue the chilling story of Lyda Southard as her confidence grows and her crimes escalate. With multiple husbands dead and suspicion quietly mounting, Lyda refines her methods while authorities begin connecting the dots. This episode follows her final murders, her attempt to flee justice, and the forensic breakthroughs that exposed her crimes. Through psychological analysis and historical context, the episode examines how greed, manipulation, and a desire for control transformed Lyda into the woman history would remember as “Lady Bluebeard.”

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0:00.0

Hi, it's Vanessa.

0:02.0

If you're drawn to true crime stories about disappearances, there's a new crime house original you should check out.

0:08.0

It's called The Final Hours, hosted by Sarah Turney and Courtney Nicole.

0:13.0

Sarah's an advocate for missing and murdered victims whose own sister disappeared in 2001.

0:19.0

And Courtney is a true crime storyteller who's seen firsthand how

0:23.0

crime can change a family forever.

0:26.0

Together they bring lived experience to every case, examining the moments just before a person

0:31.0

disappears, the routines, the timelines, the small details that often get overlooked, because

0:37.0

every disappearance has a moment where everything still feels normal until it doesn't.

0:43.0

Listen to and follow the final hours on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:50.3

New episodes drop every Monday.

1:04.0

Thank you. New episodes drop every Monday. This is Crime House.

1:07.0

They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

1:13.6

Maybe you've found this to be true in your life.

1:15.6

Sometimes it's easy to develop tunnel vision and become blind to the loop you're stuck in.

1:21.6

For Lida Southerd, repeatedly getting married and killing her husbands was the only way she knew how to make a life for herself.

1:30.3

And for a while, she got away with it.

1:33.3

But even after Lida got caught and was put behind bars, she just couldn't put her criminal life behind her.

1:40.3

In the end, Lida's killer instinct drove her to do the impossible, and earned her the title of Idaho's first-ever serial killer.

1:52.0

The Human Monarch The human mind is powerful.

2:05.9

It shapes how we think, feel, love, and hate.

2:10.5

But sometimes it drives people to commit the unthinkable.

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