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Episodes
01
Murder at the Savoy Hotel
Episode 120th July 1980
The story of Marie Marguerite Fahmy who shot dead her Egyptian husband in 1923 at London's Savoy Hotel.
02
Not for the Nervous
Episode 227th July 1980
The story of Kate Webster, a maid who killed her employer Julia Thomas in Richmond in 1879.
03
Lucky, Lucky Thirteen!
Episode 33rd August 1980
The story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain.
04
Killing Mice
Episode 410th August 1980
The story of Mary Pearcey, who murdered her employer and baby in 1890.
05
Don't Let Them Kill Me on Wednesday
Episode 517th August 1980
The case of Charlotte Bryant, who was hanged for poisoning her husband with weed-killer.
06
Miss Madeleine Smith
Episode 624th August 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".
07
Suffer Little Children
Episode 731st August 1980
The story of 'baby farmer' Amelia Dyer, convicted in 1896 of the murder of several children in her care.
Murder at the Savoy Hotel
Episode 120th July 1980
The story of Marie Marguerite Fahmy who shot dead her Egyptian husband in 1923 at London's Savoy Hotel.
02
Not for the Nervous
Episode 227th July 1980
The story of Kate Webster, a maid who killed her employer Julia Thomas in Richmond in 1879.
03
Lucky, Lucky Thirteen!
Episode 33rd August 1980
The story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain.
04
Killing Mice
Episode 410th August 1980
The story of Mary Pearcey, who murdered her employer and baby in 1890.
05
Don't Let Them Kill Me on Wednesday
Episode 517th August 1980
The case of Charlotte Bryant, who was hanged for poisoning her husband with weed-killer.
06
Miss Madeleine Smith
Episode 624th August 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".
07
Suffer Little Children
Episode 731st August 1980
The story of 'baby farmer' Amelia Dyer, convicted in 1896 of the murder of several children in her care.
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