Lawless Women of History

Season 1, Episode 13: Mary Kay Letourneau - Only One Crime, Love

Summary: Love. It’s a powerful emotion that can cause those under its spell to do things that they normally wouldn’t do. But, how far is too far? In episode 13 of Lawless we discuss one of the most sensational cases of the 90s, the case of Mary Kay Letourneau, a teacher who’s love for her student turned from gentle guidance to flirtation to sexual abuse.

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Research Sources:

• Investigation Discovery’s American Scandal Season 1 Episode 8: Mary Kay Letourneau, Forbidden Love
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mowKsGWuW4&ab_channel=7NEWSSpotlight
• https://www.biography.com/personality/mary-kay-letourneau
• https://people.com/crime/mary-kay-letourneau-deep-remorse-sexually-abusing-vili-fualaau/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kay_Letourneau
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/02/07/parole-revoked-ex-teacher-sent-to-prison-in-teen-sex-case/ed36067d-b2b7-49f6-962e-241b15ff579b/
• https://www.biography.com/news/mary-kay-letourneau-vili-fualaau-wedding-anniversary-scandal

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Intro/Outro: Possessed Doll - Purple Planet Music https://www.purple-planet.com/

Background/Sound Effects: Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/

You’re killing it: First off we would like to thank our significant others, parents, and friends for letting us bring this baby to fruition - crazy stress, and all! We also would like to thank specifically Miranda, Caitlin, Paul, Zach, and our friend we are most indebted to, Tyler. We couldn’t have done this without you! And thank you, listener! We know there are a plethora of other true crime podcasts out there, but by some cosmic phenomenon you chose us. We love that you are here so much, it should be illegal!

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Season 1, Episode 12: Guilty by Association

Summary: They say that legends never die, but what happens when the stories that fuel the myth are speculative at best? For Episode 12 of Lawless, we venture back in time to the Wild West, exploring the legendary mythos of Belle Starr, the “Bandit Queen.” While this woman did live a life of questionable morals, how much of her story is truth and how much is folk tale?

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Research Sources:

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-bellestarr/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Belle-Starr

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/belle-starr-murdered-in-oklahoma

https://www.biography.com/personality/belle-starr

https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=ST018

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/belle-starr-2406/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-feb-17-me-then17-story.html --

https://www.geni.com/people/John-Judge-Shirley/6000000009586820832

https://missouriencyclopedia.org/events/missouri-kansas-border-war

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Intro/Outro: Possessed Doll - Purple Planet Music https://www.purple-planet.com/

Background/Sound Effects: Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/

You’re killing it: First off we would like to thank our significant others, parents, and friends for letting us bring this baby to fruition - crazy stress, and all! We also would like to thank specifically Miranda, Caitlin, Paul, Zach, and our friend we are most indebted to, Tyler. We couldn’t have done this without you! And thank you, listener! We know there are a plethora of other true crime podcasts out there, but by some cosmic phenomenon you chose us. We love that you are here so much, it should be illegal!

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Season 1, Episode 10: Point Blank Prostitute

Summary: Welcome to episode 10 of Lawless where crime knows no gender. Today Alisha and I will be covering one of the most well-known female criminals in modern history, Aileen Wuornos.

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Research Sources:

• https://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/wuornos-aileen.htm
• https://capitalpunishmentincontext.org/cases/wuornos
• https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/aileen-wuornos
• https://www.wfla.com/news/crime/this-day-in-history-serial-killer-aileen-wuornos-kills-first-victim-a-clearwater-man/
• https://sites.google.com/site/theaileenwuornostrial/the-team
• http://aileenwuornoscasefiles.blogspot.com/p/victims-richard-mallory-of-course-i.html
• https://capitalpunishmentincontext.org/node/77455
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_f6m41UVIE
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yi2dbaQ3mM

Audio Credits:

Intro/Outro: Possessed Doll - Purple Planet Music https://www.purple-planet.com/

Background/Sound Effects: Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/

You’re killing it: First off we would like to thank our significant others, parents, and friends for letting us bring this baby to fruition - crazy stress, and all! We also would like to thank specifically Miranda, Caitlin, Paul, our beloved research helper Zach and our friend we are most indebted to, Tyler. We couldn’t have done this without you! And thank you, listener! We know there are a plethora of other true crime podcasts out there, but by some cosmic phenomenon you chose us. We love that you are here so much, it should be illegal.

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The Scissor Sisters: A Crime of Trauma

Summary: The Republic of Ireland was rocked to the core when two sisters were convicted of the brutal murder and dismemberment of their mother’s boyfriend. Sounds like an open and shut case, right? However, investigators would come to find a tangled web of abuse, fear and trauma – a web so complex that it's hard to determine who the real villain is here. Join me, Annie, along with our special guest host, Miranda, as we unfold the tragic story of the Scissor Sisters – the victims who became murderers.

Research Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters_(convicted_killers)
• https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/crime/scissor-sisters-murder-look-back-23420269
• https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/pictured-for-first-time-after-release-the-scissor-sister-who-cut-up-her-mothers-lover-37070861.html
• https://evoke.ie/2020/04/06/entertainment/tv/who-were-the-scissor-sisters-the-crime-that-shook-ireland-in-the-2000s
• https://extra.ie/2019/01/04/news/irish-news/scissor-sister-charlotte-mulhall-caught-having-sex-with-jail-worker-in-cell
• https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/scissor-sister-killer-charlotte-mulhall-20460841
• https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/youve-done-your-time-daughter-14129014
• https://www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/television/5287083/scissor-sisters-decapitiating-farah-swaleh-noor-penis-signal-power/
• https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtandcrime/arid-40048649.html
• https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/scissor-sister-charlotte-mulhall-gets-26156041
• https://archive.org/details/csicrimesceneire0000foyk/page/112/mode/1up?q=charlotte+mulhall+&view=theater – CSI: Crime Scene Ireland – Ken Foy
• https://www.irishtimes.com/news/trial-starts-of-sisters-accused-of-killing-african-man-1.797895
• https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30294213.html

Audio Credits:

Intro/Outro: Possessed Doll - Purple Planet Music https://www.purple-planet.com/

Background/Sound Effects: Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/

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Audio Credits:

Intro/Outro: Possessed Doll - Purple Planet Music https://www.purple-planet.com/

Background/Sound Effects: Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/

Hello Lawless Listeners! Welcome to Framing the Narrative, a Lawless subseries devoted to exploring the historical backdrop for our curvaceous criminals.

This week we’ll be learning about India’s drug trade in the 80’s and 90’s, so throw away your D.A.R.E. shirts and say YES to... knowledge?

Mephedrone, often known as Meow Meow or White Magic, is a synthetically created amphetamine stimulant that has effects comparable to MDMA and cocaine. For those of you who don’t know about cocaine, it was suuuper big back in the day – just watch American Psycho and you’ll get it. ANYWAY, It has significant emotional and social consequences. MCAT, drone, party drug, and other names have been given to the meow-meow drug. It seems to be a very fine white powder, off-white, or yellowish in appearance (don’t snort the yellow coke). It has a metallic, unpleasant flavor, likened to exhaust fumes by some people (if getting high required me to place my mouth on an exhaust pipe, I def wouldn’t do it). The substance can be swallowed, injected, or snorted and comes in the shape of tablets, capsules, or a white powder. Most people prefer to take their medication via snorting them fine lines.

Other famed party drugs from India’s trade include brown sugar – a low-grade form of synthetic heroin that comes from the morphine found in poppy seeds – and Hashish, also known a marijuana. These three heavy hitters dominated India’s drug trade for over three decades – Can you guess the name of our next curvaceous criminal? Join us next time when we uncover the full story!

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