Lady Killers - Season 1

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Murder at the Savoy Hotel

1 - Murder at the Savoy Hotel

Air Date: July 20, 1980

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

Not for the Nervous

2 - Not for the Nervous

Air Date: July 27, 1980

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

Lucky, Lucky Thirteen!

3 - Lucky, Lucky Thirteen!

Air Date: August 3, 1980

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

Killing Mice

4 - Killing Mice

Air Date: August 10, 1980

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

Don't Let Them Kill Me on Wednesday

5 - Don't Let Them Kill Me on Wednesday

Air Date: August 17, 1980

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

Miss Madeleine Smith

6 - Miss Madeleine Smith

Air Date: August 24, 1980

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".

Suffer Little Children

7 - Suffer Little Children

Air Date: August 31, 1980

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