It takes a certain type of evil to poison a person, but a far greater kind to do it repeatedly, and to one's own wife nonetheless. It wasn't that Dr. Pritchard loathed the woman he married. She simply stood in the way of the inheritance he was after… and the maid he'd taken as his consort.
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Nov 2022
Thanksgiving Special: Just Add Arsenic
Over the ages, arsenic has had many lives — beauty fad, household product, medical prescription… and weapon of choice wielded by killers everywhere from Alabama to ancient Rome. Brine your turkey, knead your dough, and listen to our Thanksgiving Special on the regime-changing, as ... Show More
42m 41s
Sep 2022
Nannie Doss: The Giggling Granny
Nannie Doss looked like a harmless old lady that you'd gladly invite over for tea. But the woman who would become known as The Lonely Hearts Killer, the Jolly Black Widow, and Lady Bluebeard, shamelessly killed the people she was supposed to love - or at least care for - simply b ... Show More
37m 54s
Oct 2022
The Butcher Baker: Alaska’s Most Dangerous Game
Outside of Alaska, not a lot of people have heard of Robert Hansen, the Butcher Baker. He was a special kind of sick bastard - a pathetic "man-child" who took all his insecurities out on the women he killed. As part of his plea deal, he asked that the details of his crimes should ... Show More
59m 38s
May 2023
Dr. Harold Shipman - Part 5
The death of Mrs Lyons echoes in many ways the death of Shipman’s mother, Vera, twelve years earlier, a death he re-enacted many times over the ensuing years. He now had the blueprint for successful, undetected murder, and he would follow it closely for the next twenty-three year ... Show More
25m 56s