Lady Killers
Season 1
Overview
Dramatic reconstructions of some of Britain's most infamous murder trials involving women.
Episodes
1. Murder at the Savoy Hotel
The story of Marie Marguerite Fahmy who shot dead her Egyptian husband in 1923 at London's Savoy Hotel.
2. Not for the Nervous
The story of Kate Webster, a maid who killed her employer Julia Thomas in Richmond in 1879.
3. Lucky, Lucky Thirteen!
The story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain.
4. Killing Mice
The story of Mary Pearcey, who murdered her employer and baby in 1890.
5. Don't Let Them Kill Me on Wednesday
The case of Charlotte Bryant, who was hanged for poisoning her husband with weed-killer.
6. Miss Madeleine Smith
The story of Madeleine Smith, a respectable spinster who was accused of killing her lover in 19th-century Edinburgh. The case was famously found to be "not proven".
7. Suffer Little Children
The story of 'baby farmer' Amelia Dyer, convicted in 1896 of the murder of several children in her care.
