Lady Killers

Series 1

7 episodes · premiered Jul 19, 1980

Where to watch Lady Killers

  1. E1 Murder at the Savoy Hotel

    Jul 20, 1980 · 1h

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

  2. E2 Not for the Nervous

    Jul 27, 1980 · 1h

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

  3. E3 Lucky, Lucky Thirteen!

    Aug 3, 1980 · 1h

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

  4. E4 Killing Mice

    Aug 10, 1980 · 1h

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

  5. E5 Don't Let Them Kill Me on Wednesday

    Aug 17, 1980 · 1h

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

  6. E6 Miss Madeleine Smith

    Aug 24, 1980 · 1h

    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. E7 Suffer Little Children

    Aug 31, 1980 · 1h

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