This podcast details true crime cases. It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.

It is not intended for children. Listener discretion is advised. Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.

In this series, Wild Women, we're stepping back in history to learn about some of the earliest female criminals on record.

In this week's episode, I'll cover the case of Lavinia Fisher,

who legend tells us was one of the first female serial killers. Along with her

husband John, she was accused of luring unsuspecting travelers to her roadside

inn where they were drugged, robbed, and murdered. Not until Kate Bender and her family,

aka the Bloody Bender were accused of similar crimes 50 years later,

was another woman suspected of involvement in serial murder in the United States.

But was Lavinia Fisher really a serial killer?

Are the stories that describe her as a

cold-blooded murderer historically accurate or simply tall tales. In researching

this story I dug a little deeper to try and separate fact for fiction as much as possible.

What I found is that sometimes facts that have been obscured by time

can take the story to a new and even more fascinating conclusion.

Join me on a trip back to the early 1800s

to discover the true story of Lavinia Fisher

and the six mile way fairer house.

The story goes like this. and the

first-mile wayfarer house. The story goes like this. One frigid night in 1819, a fur trader

named John Peoples stopped at a roadside inn outside of Charleston, South Carolina.

Charleston was an important destination. outside of Charleston, South Carolina.

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