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Hello, my friends, and welcome to Criminal Broads, a true crime podcast about wild women on the wrong side of the law.

It's June, the lovely month of June, and you guys, we have a theme this month. This is Sisters Month. Every week,

we're going to meet back here and talk about another case involving sisters. Sisters who

work together, played together, made bombs together, spoke a secret language together, and died together.

There is something about the bond between sisters that everyone who has a sister knows

is special. I have a sister. Love you, Anna. But there's something about that bond that when it

goes wrong or becomes extreme or becomes twisted makes for bizarre and very compelling

stories that really baffle the mind. In my experience researching these

cases, the cases that involve sisters leave people's headspinnings, basically. Kind of like,

what, what? She worked with her sister? She did this with her sister? Sisters could do this?

So we're going to get into all of that this month. We're going to start

with the case of the Popin sisters, one of France's most gruesome crimes and a favorite of

academics everywhere. Academics love interpreting this crime. There is so much there that you can

interpret or try to interpret or feel like you're interpreting. This case was requested by

beloved listener Michelle W. So thank you, Michelle, for sending me down this gruesome rabbit hole.

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