Criminal Broads
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Criminal Broads
Criminal Broads is a true crime + history podcast about wild women who’ve ended up on the wrong side of the law, whether for leading a cult, serially murdering their husbands, swindling billionaires, or faking ectoplasm. The podcast is hosted by Tori Telfer, author of “Lady Killers: Deadly Women Thr...
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141 episodes
Bad Cop: Antoinette Frank
Antoinette Frank always dreamed of being a police officer. She thought of herself as a real good cop. But then she started riding around with a myster...
The Angel Makers
In a small town in early 20th century Hungary, the women are desperate. Their husbands are PTSD-riddled WW1 vets. They have no money to feed their chi...
Poor Little Rich Gun Girl: Elvira Barney, Part Two
A lover's quarrel, the sound of a bang!—and suddenly our girl's in court. She tells the story one way. Her neighbors tell it another. And her expensiv...
Poor Little Rich Gun Girl: Elvira Barney, Part One
Elvira spent her days dining out, drinking champagne, and waving pistols around at the various men who hurt her feelings. And then she met a new lover...
The Opportunist: Dionne Baugh
Dionne Baugh had it all: money (from her millionaire boyfriend), nice clothes (from her millionaire boyfriend), a silver Mercedes-Benz (from her milli...
Skêrmoordenaar: Marlene Lehnberg
A teenage girl with daddy issues meets a dad with monogamy issues. There's a pair of sharp sewing scissors on the telephone table. Oh, and it's the Ap...
Crime-Fighting Broad: Rajani Pandit
As a kid, she investigated a neighbor's death. As a grown-up, she solves murders...and nastier cases. Meet India's very own Sherlock Holmes—Rajani, gi...
The Mad Scientist: Brigitte Boisselier
What has two PhDs, a huge smile, and an unshakeable belief in aliens? Brigitte Boisselier, who gave up a rather normal life in France to become the se...
Ms. Doctor Death: Lisa Tseng
There was something off about the little mom-and-pop doctor’s office in the Los Angeles strip mall. The wait was too long. The patients were too…antsy...
Desperate Bride: Toni Jo Henry
Life was hard for Toni Jo Henry in 1940s Louisiana. She was in the forced-to-grow-up-too-fast, creepy-men-all-around, dead mom, and alcoholic father c...
Queen of Kings: Cleopatra Part Two
Julius Caesar is dead, and Cleopatra has a new powerful man hanging around. When she and Mark Antony party a little too hard and public opinion begins...
Queen of Kings: Cleopatra, Part One
When a queen dabbles in both fratricide and sororicide, is she on the wrong side of the law? Or is she the law itself? When you’re Cleopatra, the rich...
Cowboy Bob: Peggy Jo
When bank after bank kept getting robbed in 1990s Dallas, the feds were convinced they had a male criminal on their hands. I mean, the guy wore a cowb...
Tiger Woman: Clara Phillips
What’s a young married showgirl to do in 1920s Los Angeles when her husband gets a wandering eye? Buy a hammer, of course. Criminal Broads kicks off a...
Criminal Broads Season Two Trailer
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Criminal Broads Teaser: Season Two
BREAKING NEWS: Women have simply not stopped finding themselves on the wrong side of the law. Whatever can we do about this?! Criminal Broads returns...
Violette Szabo, Secret Agent
The ugly: Nazis. The bad: a husband killed in battle. The good: one spunky, silly, kinda-loopy, very brave young woman. Meet Violette Szabo, the secre...
Crime-Fighting Broad 009: Violette Szabo, Secret Agent
The ugly: Nazis. The bad: a husband killed in battle. The good: one spunky, silly, kinda-loopy, very brave young woman. Meet Violette Szabo, the secre...
Juvenile for Life: Sharon Wiggins
Sharon Wiggins killed a man in a bank robbery gone wrong when she was seventeen. Her state locked her up for life, no chance of parole. Then the Supre...
Juvenile for Life: Sharon Wiggins
Sharon Wiggins killed a man in a bank robbery gone wrong when she was seventeen. Her state locked her up for life, no chance of parole. Then the Supre...
Mary Vincent and the Survivor Narrative
In 1978, a man left Mary Vincent for dead. Ten years later, she told a journalist she’d never get over it. This is a story about surviving and about t...
Crime-Fighting Broad 008: Mary Vincent and the Survivor Narrative
In 1978, a man left Mary Vincent for dead. Ten years later, she told a journalist she’d never get over it. This is a story about surviving and about t...
The Parker-Hulme Murder Case
In the 1950s, two lonely, imaginative teenage girls became best friends. Before long they had convinced themselves that they were the most mad, genius...
The Parker-Hulme Murder Case
In the 1950s, two lonely, imaginative teenage girls became best friends. Before long they had convinced themselves that they were the most mad, genius...
American Juvenile: Cyntoia Brown
“Imagine at the age of 16 being sex-trafficked by a pimp named Kutthroat.” That was how the meme about Cyntoia Brown started. Cyntoia herself couldn’t...
American Juvenile: Cyntoia Brown
“Imagine at the age of 16 being sex-trafficked by a pimp named Kutthroat.” That was how the meme about Cyntoia Brown started. Cyntoia herself couldn’t...
The Massie Affair
One night in September, a white lady in a long green dress reported that she’d been the victim of a horrific crime. Her story transformed Hawaii—some...
The Massie Affair
One night in September, a white lady in a long green dress reported that she’d been the victim of a horrific crime. Her story transformed Hawaii—some...
Mother of Six: Hannah Overton
Hannah Overton loved kids. Everyone who knew her thought she was a wonderful mother. But then she found herself in court, with the media calling her a...
Mother of Six: Hannah Overton
Hannah Overton loved kids. Everyone who knew her thought she was a wonderful mother. But then she found herself in court, with the media calling her a...
No Drama Pam: Pamela Hupp
Poor Pam Hupp and her bad luck. First her best friend Betsy gets stabbed 55 times. Then her mother falls off a balcony. Then she gets KIDNAPPED. And n...
No Drama Pam: Pamela Hupp
Poor Pam Hupp and her bad luck. First her best friend Betsy gets stabbed 55 times. Then her mother falls off a balcony. Then she gets KIDNAPPED. And n...
The Quietest Girlfriend: Catherine PiIeggi
Catherine Pileggi went from a flight attendant to a multimillionaire’s girlfriend. But after eighteen years, her relationship was on the rocks. Then o...
The Quietest Girlfriend: Catherine PiIeggi
Catherine Pileggi went from a flight attendant to a multimillionaire’s girlfriend. But after eighteen years, her relationship was on the rocks. Then o...
The Hitwoman Who Wasn’t: Blanche Wright
When Blanche Wright was captured in 1980, police said they’d found a vicious killer. And for decades, no one dug any further to find out who the real...
The Hitwoman Who Wasn’t: Blanche Wright
When Blanche Wright was captured in 1980, police said they’d found a vicious killer. And for decades, no one dug any further to find out who the real...
Bonus Episode: An Interview With My Own Sister
Faithful friends, how could I conclude sister month without interviewing MY OWN SISTER? Enjoy this mini just-for-fun interview with the iconic Anna Te...
Bonus Episode: An Interview With My Own Sister
Faithful friends, how could I conclude sister month without interviewing MY OWN SISTER? Enjoy this mini just-for-fun interview with the iconic Anna Te...
The Gibbons Twins
June and Jennifer Gibbons made a pact with each other when they were eight: they weren’t going to speak to anyone but each other. Decades later, they...
Sister Month 04: The Gibbons Twins
June and Jennifer Gibbons made a pact with each other when they were eight: they weren’t going to speak to anyone but each other. Decades later, they...