Lady Killers (BBC Radio 4)
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The Lady Killers series by Dr Lucy Worsley was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 beginning in April 2022. The series aims to 'Investigate the crimes of Victorian women, from a contemporary, feminist perspective'.
At the time of writing all episodes can be streamed on BBC iPlayer HERE
| Episode number and description | Killer/ accused killer | Person(s) killed (where known/ identified) | Convicted? | Status of profiles on WikiTree |
| 1: Lucy Worsley investigates Florence Bravo, the focus of a sensational unsolved Victorian murder case, and asks whether she was a ruthless poisoner or an abused wife. | Florence (Campbell) Bravo (1845-1878) | Charles Delauney (Turner) Bravo (1846-1876) | No (insufficient evidence to bring any charges) | Profiles complete and connected. |
| 2: Lucy Worsley investigates how a young lady in high society Glasgow is accused of murdering her secret lover. | Madeleine Hamilton Smith (1835-1928) | Pierre Emile L'Angelier (-1857) | No (not guilty/ not proven) | Profiles complete and connected. |
| 3: Why was a New England Victorian lady immortalised as an axe murderer, and how did her trial hold a mirror to gender and social tensions of the era? | Lizzie Andrew Borden (1860-1927) | Andrew Jackson Borden (1822-1892) Abby Durfee (Gray) Borden (1827-1892) | No (acquitted, no other suspects were tried and the case remained unsolved) | Profiles complete and connected. |
| 4: Lucy Worsley investigates the case of the young female servant who runs away with a stable boy after the murders of her master and his housekeeper. Did she help kill them? | Grace Marks (abt.1828-aft.1873) | Thomas Kinnear (1802-1843) Nancy Montgomery | Grace and Thomas have existing profiles, to be reviewed and further info/ sources added if appropriate. Both unconnected currently. Need to check for profile for Nancy Montgomery. | |
| 5: Lucy Worsley and Dr Rosalind Crone look back at the first four episodes and ask, did they get away with murder? | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 6: Lucy Worsley and a former police detective investigate a baby farmer accused of killing hundreds of children entrusted to her care by desperate mothers in Victorian England. | Amelia Elizabeth (Hobley) Dyer (bef.1837-1896) | Thought to be 100s of victims, the specific infant she was tried for killing was Doris Marmon. | Yes | Profile complete and connected. |
| 7: Lucy Worsley investigates Britain’s first female serial killer, asking how she got away with it for so long. | Mary Ann (Robson) Cotton (1832-1873) | Suspected of killing multiple family members over a long period before eventual detection after killing stepson Charles Edward Cotton (1865-1872) | Yes | Profiles complete and connected. |
| 8: Lucy Worsley investigates Victorian murderess Esther Lack and asks whether she was a cold-blooded child killer, or a loving mother driven to desperation by poverty and ill health. | Esther (Hoare) Lack (abt.1823-1865) | Christopher Lack (1855-1865) Eliza Lack (1860-1865) Esther Lack (1863-1865) | No (not guilty on grounds of insanity) | Profiles complete and connected. |
| 9: Lucy Worsley investigates African-American woman Hannah Mary Tabbs, arrested after the discovery of a disembodied torso. Was she a murderer or just living life on her own terms? | Hannah Mary (Smith) Tabbs (abt.1850-) | Wakefield Gains | Yes | Profile created for Hannah, needs development and connecting. |
| 10: Lucy Worsley and Dr Rosalind Crone look back at the final four episodes and ask, what made these four women take such extraordinary actions to solve their problems? | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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