The Hi, welcome to Criminal Broads, a new true crime and history podcast about wild women on the wrong side of the law.

My name is Tori Telfer. I am the author of a book about female serial killers called Lady Killers, and because I wrote this book I have

sort of accidentally become the person that all my friends text if a woman does

something bad so to give you an example here's a text sent to me by my

childhood best friend who is now a mother of two. She said, browsing the news

this morning, there's a lady killer on the loose in Florida killed her husband and a

look-alike to take her identity. Now just to give you a little more context my

friend sent me this text literally seconds after sending me a photo of her newborn son announcing that she

had had the birth successfully.

And you know what I love it, I'm honored.

I'm truly honored to be that person.

So anyway, I'm here to tell you the stories of some of these women. The first three

episodes are a bit serial killer heavy, which I don't think if you're a true crime fan is a problem, but I would like to assure you that I will also be covering bandits and

cult leaders, fraudsters, pickpockets, anyone with an interesting story and of course a

pension for misbehaving.

Without further ado, let's time travel to Charleston, South Carolina in the early 1800s

where a place called the old city jail was packed full of dreadful criminals and one

criminal was more notable and more infamous than all the rest for the simple

reason that she was a woman. The people of Charleston, South Carolina love Lavinia Fisher.

If you grew up in Charleston, you definitely heard her story whispered around a campfire at some point.

And Charleston's tourists are obsessed with Lavinia too.

If you're visiting the city, it's hard to avoid taking a ghost tour.

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