Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley

Lucy Worsley investigates the crimes of Victorian women from a contemporary, feminist perspective.

Radio 4,51 episodes

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Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 2
44. Celia Cooney - Bobbed Haired Bandit
Lucy Worsley explores the world of swindlers, conwomen and hustlers.
03 Jun 2025,29 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 2
43. Catharine Murphy - Money Maker
Lucy Worsley explores the world of swindlers, conwomen and hustlers.
27 May 2025,29 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 2
42. Annie Gordon Baillie - Serial Swindler
Lucy Worsley explores the world of swindlers, conwomen and hustlers.
20 May 2025,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 2
41. Mary Bateman - Yorkshire Witch
Lucy Worsley meets Mary Bateman, known as the Yorkshire Witch.
13 May 2025,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
Coming soon: Lady Swindlers Series 2
Lucy Worsley and team return for a second series on conwomen, thieves and swindlers.
07 May 2025,3 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
40. By Hook or by Crook
Lucy Worsley discusses Lady Swindlers who take matters into their own hands.
30 Sep 2024,27 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
39. Ann Mary Provis - Art Hoaxer
Lucy Worsley meets Ann Mary Provis, an audacious art hoaxer in Georgian London.
30 Sep 2024,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
38. Fanny Davies - Uncommon Thief
Lucy Worsley meets Fanny Davies, a common thief who leads a most uncommon life.
30 Sep 2024,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
37. Madame Rachel - Beauty Scammer
Lucy Worsley meets Madame Rachel, Victorian London’s most notorious beauty scammer.
30 Sep 2024,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
36. Sophie Lyons - Crime Doesn't Pay
Lucy Worsley meets Sophie Lyons, America’s Queen of the Underworld in the late 1800s.
30 Sep 2024,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
35. Women Who Dare
Lucy Worsley, Helen Lewis and historian Rosalind Crone discuss audacious Lady Swindlers.
30 Sep 2024,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
34. Violet Charlesworth - Fake Heiress
Lucy Worsley and team track down Violet Charlesworth, Edwardian heiress turned fugitive.
23 Sep 2024,27 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
33. Tilly Devine - Underworld Queen
Lucy Worsley meets Tilly Devine, queen of Sydney’s 1920s criminal underworld.
23 Sep 2024,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
32. Princess Caraboo - Fake Princess
An Indonesian princess holding court in Regency England? Lucy Worsley is on the case.
23 Sep 2024,28 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
31. Alice Diamond - Queen of 40 Thieves
Lucy Worsley meets Alice Diamond, London’s queen of shoplifting in the 1920s.
23 Sep 2024,29 mins
Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 1
Introducing Lady Swindlers
Lucy Worsley introduces a brand new series of Lady Killers.
23 Sep 2024,3 mins
Bonus Episode: Lady Swindlers
Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley is live from the Radio Theatre.
23 Sep 2024,46 mins
Series 3
30. Difficult Women
Lucy Worsley, Professor Rosalind Crone and Helen Lewis discuss the cases.
10 Jan 2024,28 mins
Series 3
29. Mary Ann Brough - Mother with Everything to Lose
Lucy Worsley investigates a mother who does the unthinkable to her children.
10 Jan 2024,28 mins
Series 3
28. Alice Mitchell - Forbidden Love
Lucy Worsley uncovers the story of a teenage love gone horribly wrong.
10 Jan 2024,28 mins
Series 3
27. Sarah Bird - Cruel Employer
Lucy Worsley investigates the death of a teenage girl on a remote Devon farm.
10 Jan 2024,28 mins
Series 3
26. Mary Surratt - Assassinating a President
Lucy Worsley tells the story of a woman accused of plotting to murder a president.
10 Jan 2024,27 mins
Series 3
25. Women on Trial
Lucy Worsley, Professor Rosalind Crone and Nneka Akudolu discuss the cases so far.
10 Jan 2024,28 mins
Series 3
24. Frances Kidder - Wicked Stepmother
Lucy Worsley uncovers the case of a stepmother accused of drowning her stepdaughter.
10 Jan 2024,28 mins
Series 3
23. Jane and Ann Boyd - Secret Baby
Lucy Worsley uncovers a case of infanticide in the north of Ireland in the 1860s.
10 Jan 2024,28 mins
Series 3
22. Marie Christensen - Murderous Matron
Lucy Worsley investigates a brutal crime committed in Australia by a Murderous Matron.
10 Jan 2024,28 mins
Series 3
21. Maria Manning - 'Lady Macbeth of Bermondsey'
Lucy Worsley meets the woman at the centre of a murderous Victorian love triangle.
10 Jan 2024,28 mins
Introducing Lady Killers Series 3
Introducing Season 3 of the smash hit series, Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley.
03 Jan 2024,3 mins
Series 2
20. Is the law gender blind?
Lucy Worsley, Professor Ros Crone and Sikisa Bostwick Barnes discuss the cases.
21 Mar 2023,28 mins
Series 2
19. Jane Toppan
Lucy Worsley investigates a nurse with a penchant for poisoning.
20 Mar 2023,28 mins