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