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Murder at the Savoy Hotel

Murder at the Savoy Hotel

Episode number: 1

Overview: The story of Marie Marguerite Fahmy who shot dead her Egyptian husband in 1923 at London's Savoy Hotel.

Not for the Nervous

Not for the Nervous

Episode number: 2

Overview: The story of Kate Webster, a maid who killed her employer Julia Thomas in Richmond in 1879.

Lucky, Lucky Thirteen!

Lucky, Lucky Thirteen!

Episode number: 3

Overview: The story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain.

Killing Mice

Killing Mice

Episode number: 4

Overview: The story of Mary Pearcey, who murdered her employer and baby in 1890.

Don't Let Them Kill Me on Wednesday

Don't Let Them Kill Me on Wednesday

Episode number: 5

Overview: The case of Charlotte Bryant, who was hanged for poisoning her husband with weed-killer.

Miss Madeleine Smith

Miss Madeleine Smith

Episode number: 6

Overview: 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".

Suffer Little Children

Suffer Little Children

Episode number: 7

Overview: The story of 'baby farmer' Amelia Dyer, convicted in 1896 of the murder of several children in her care.