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06/19/19 • 49 min
History remembers them as beautiful booze-hounds. Hollywood turned them into fame-hungry starlets. But who were these murderesses, really? With Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, author of UGLY PREY: An Innocent Woman and the Death Sentence That Scandalized Jazz Age Chicago, we dive into the stories of Belva Gaertner and Beulah Annan, the most infamous lady killers of 1920s Chicago. What did the press get wrong about them? What do we get wrong about them today? WHY WERE THEIR JURIES SO UTTERLY MAD? And honestly, was the whole thing just a gin-soaked joke, or were real crimes committed? Find Emilie on her website and Instagram. Buy her books here. And become a Patreon supporter for rewards and bonus content! Sources: Interview withEmilie Le Beau Lucchesi, 6/14/19UGLY PREY: An Innocent Woman and the Death Sentence That Scandalized Jazz Age Chicago, by Emilie Le Beau LucchesiThe Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago, by Douglas PerryLady Killers, by Tori Telfer Music: “Guilty” by Richard A. Whiting, Harry Akst, and Gus Kahn, sung by Anna Telfer“Shake It and Break It” by Lanin's Southern Serenaders, licensed under a Public Domain / Sound Recording Common Law Protection License“One Night Alone With You” via archive.orgBrief clips played for educational purposes: “Cell Block Tango” from Chicago and “Hula Lou” by Danny Kaye
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Rebel of the Ravines: Phoolan Devi
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10/03/18 • 48 min
How much abuse can a woman endure before she breaks? That seemed to be the horrible challenge that the wealthy men who abused Phoolan Devi had set for themselves. It was as though they were mad scientists, experimenting on the human spirit. But their experiment failed. No matter how many times they assaulted her, sent her to prison, shamed her, and beat her family, Phoolan refused to remain silent. And when, as a teenager, she was swept up into the wild world of Northern Indian bandits, called dacoits, it was time for those wealthy abusers to fear for their lives, as Phoolan grew into an expert in the vicious art of vengeance.
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UPDATE
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04/21/20 • 15 min
A quick state of the Criminal Broads union. This is not goodbye forever, but it is goodbye for now. PLUS, some fun (basic? obvious?) quarantine escapism suggestions. And a bit of rambling. LOVE YOU ALLLLLLLLLL.
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Sister Month 02: The Mirabal Sisters
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06/09/21 • 41 min
Welcome to week two of SISTER MONTH. Today we’re traveling to the midcentury Dominican Republic, where three of the four Mirabal sisters are facing off against notorious dictator Rafael Trujillo. Who wins? That depends on whether or not you take the long view.
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Music: Stereodog Productions (Dan Pierson & Peter Manheim). Intro and conclusion: “Guilty” by Richard A. Whiting, Harry Akst, and Gus Kahn, sung by Anna Telfer. Ad break: “The Great One Step” by Victor Dance Orchestra, via Free Music Archive, licensed under Public Domain Mark 1.0.
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Crime-Fighting Broad 009: Violette Szabo, Secret Agent
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09/01/21 • 72 min
The ugly: Nazis. The bad: a husband killed in battle. The good: one spunky, silly, kinda-loopy, very brave young woman. Meet Violette Szabo, the secret agent who packed a machine gun...just in case she ran into any Nazis on her mission.
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Music: Matthew Noble and Stereodog Productions (Dan Pierson & Peter Manheim). Intro and conclusion: “Guilty” by Richard A. Whiting, Harry Akst, and Gus Kahn, sung by Anna Telfer. Ad break: “The Great One Step” by Victor Dance Orchestra, via Free Music Archive, licensed under Public Domain Mark 1.0.
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Queen of Pirates: Cheng I Sao
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09/04/18 • 33 min
As the 19th century loomed, China experienced a huge boom in piracy—and the largest, most terrifyingly organized fleet that menaced the South China Sea was led by...a woman. Madame Cheng (remembered as Cheng I Sao or Ching Shih) had a meteoric rise from impoverished sex worker to climb to arguably the most successful and influential pirate of all time. Should we cheer her on—or remember her as a criminal?
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Vice Queens of Sydney: Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh
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10/17/18 • 32 min
If you were looking for vice, Sydney in the 1920s-1940s was the place to be. Duck into the back alleys of Surry Hills and Woolloomooloo and you’d find all the cocaine, “sly grog” (booze!), brawling, and brothels your dark little heart desired, all of it presided over by not one but two larger-than-life crime queens: Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh. The women’s’ rivalry was bloody, colorful, absurd, and stretched on for decades. They raged at each other in the press and in the streets; they insulted each other’s dogs (GASP!); they tried to outdo each other with glamorous photoshoots. Polish your diamonds and hike up your garters, listeners, because we’re diving into their story.
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Lonely Baby: Blanche Barrow
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02/27/19 • 56 min
Once upon a time, in 1930s Texas, a girl named Blanche fell desperately in love with a boy named Buck. She thought they had a shot at a good life together, but everything went off the rails one night when Buck’s brother and his brother’s girlfriend—Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker—showed up drunk at their door. Before long, Blanche was swept up in the on-the-run world of Bonnie and Clyde, terrified that their outlaw lifestyle would take her love away from her.
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Bloodsucking Broads! A Very Gory Halloween Special, Feat. Elizabeth Bathory, Mercy Brown, and Female Vampires Galore!
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10/31/18 • 51 min
Do female vampires exist? Are they bloodier than their male counterparts? And if the answer to those first two questions is yes: should we race to the grocery store RIGHT NOW to stock up on garlic?! Join me as we travel through the long, dark, decomposition-ridden history of female vampires, from ancient Assyrian myths to New England vampire panics to Hungarian countesses with bad reputations. We’ll talk about lady vamps in legend, in pop culture, and—eek!—in real life. Happy Halloween!
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Shooter: Amy Bishop
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02/10/21 • 41 min
Amy Bishop was obsessed with her Harvard degree, but the rest of the world failed to bow down to her, and she couldn’t take it. “These people are against me,” she ranted to a coworker. So she decided to take matters into her own hands.
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Sources:
“A Loaded Gun,” by Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 4 Feb 2013
“What Made This University Researcher Snap?” by Amy Wallace, Wired, 28 Feb 2011
“For Professor, Fury Just Beneath the Surface,” New York Times, 20 Feb 2010
“Ambition fueled a smoldering rage,” Boston Globe, 21 Feb 2010
Mother Jones mass shootings database
“UAH shooter Amy Bishop pleads guilty to capital murder, avoids death penalty,” al.com, 11 Sept 2012
“UAH shooting victim speaks out following shooter's prison apology,” Waff48, 20 Oct 2015
“Amy Bishop claimed she was victim in 2002 IHOP assault,” al.com, 18 Feb 2010
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Jennifer Longworth of Bourbon Barrel Podcasting, editor
Music: Stereodog Productions (Dan Pierson & Peter Manheim). Intro and conclusion: “Guilty” by Richard A. Whiting, Harry Akst, and Gus Kahn, sung by Anna Telfer.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Criminal Broads have?
Criminal Broads currently has 110 episodes available.
What topics does Criminal Broads cover?
The podcast is about True Crime, History and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on Criminal Broads?
The episode title 'UPDATE' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Criminal Broads?
The average episode length on Criminal Broads is 46 minutes.
How often are episodes of Criminal Broads released?
Episodes of Criminal Broads are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Criminal Broads?
The first episode of Criminal Broads was released on May 1, 2018.
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