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July 20, 1980

Season 1

Dramatic reconstructions of some of Britain's most infamous murder trials involving women.

01. Murder at the Savoy Hotel

The story of Marie Marguerite Fahmy who shot dead her Egyptian husband in 1923 at London's Savoy Hotel.

1h 0min
July 20, 1980

02. Not for the Nervous

The story of Kate Webster, a maid who killed her employer Julia Thomas in Richmond in 1879.

1h 0min
July 27, 1980

03. Lucky, Lucky Thirteen!

The story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain.

1h 0min
August 3, 1980

04. Killing Mice

The story of Mary Pearcey, who murdered her employer and baby in 1890.

1h 0min
August 10, 1980

05. Don't Let Them Kill Me on Wednesday

The case of Charlotte Bryant, who was hanged for poisoning her husband with weed-killer.

1h 0min
August 17, 1980

06. 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".

1h 0min
August 24, 1980

07. Suffer Little Children

The story of 'baby farmer' Amelia Dyer, convicted in 1896 of the murder of several children in her care.

1h 0min
August 31, 1980