Finally, after weeks of promising, it's here! The Radium Girls! Hear all about the corporate greed that led to the dissolving of the jaws of women working with radium in the 1920s. Are we any better off now? Let us know!

This week we're talking about Belle Gunness, Midwestern murderess, also known as Hell's Belle. Belle Gunness lured suitors with promises of love and farmland… only for them tovanish without a trace. Was she a grieving widow, a savvy businesswoman—or something far more sinister?

Sources

Belle Gunness: The disturbing life of the lady Bluebeard

Belle Gunness: The Untold Story of America’s Most Notorious Female Serial Killer – True Crime Archives

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Gunness

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/belle-gunness/

Join us this week as we talk about one of the bravest and most influential women to come out of India. Hear about her time as a bandit and gang leader and her lasting impact on Indian culture. Trigger warning: sexual and physical violence against women.

Sources:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-35650616

https://www.theatlantic.com/past/issues/96nov/bandit/bandit.htm

https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2017/indias-bandit-queen/

https://blog.bham.ac.uk/historybham/women-in-history-phoolan-devi/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_India

https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/asequals/india-rape-crisis-justice-failures-as-equals-intl-cmd/

This week we're getting into our time machines and heading back to turn of the century New York City where typhoid is tearing through wealthy families and a disappearing chef named Mary Mallon is in the cross-hairs of the authorities!

Sources:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52291327

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3959940/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/typhoid/mary.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon

Assume Nothing: The Hunt for Typhoid Mary – BBC Radio Ulster

Typhoid Mary— Women’s Museum of Ireland

https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collections-Research/Folklife-Collections/Folklife-Collections-List-(1)/Other/The-Times-Rural-Ireland,-1850-1950/The-Times-exhibition-Timeline-of-events

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z99m2v4/revision/5

Join us for episode 101 where we're talking about POWERHOUSE woman, the founder of investigative journalism and worldwide adventurer, Miss Nellie Bly.

Join Emma and Steph for the 100th episode of I don't beerlieve it podcast where we're be talking about some of the world's dumbest criminals!

We're back with the third and final part of the capture of the Golden State Killer series. Hear about some more of the investigation, some of the amazing people who helped bring him to justice and finally, let's get some retribution!

Sources:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/jane-doe-child-case-uncovered-serial-killer-identified/story?id=69648434

Golden State Killer: Main Suspect - Prime Video

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_James_DeAngelo

I’ll Be Gone in The Dark, Michelle McNamara

Unmasked: Crime Scenes, Cold Cases and My Hunt for the Golden State Killer

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5715955/4-murder-counts-filed-California-serial-killing-case.html

https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/i/cbslocal/wp-content/uploads/sites/15116056/2020/08/Exh-5-VIS_6.pdf

https://lamag.com/news/in-the-footsteps-of-a-killer-the-writers-cut

https://www.biography.com/crime/michelle-mcnamara-golden-state-killerhttps://santapaulatimes.com/news/archivestory.php/aid/1627/Lyman___Charlene_Smith_murder_revealed_to_be_work_of_serial_killer.html)

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article209834384.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/15/golden-state-killer-investigation-carol-daly-detective

https://abcnews.go.com/US/inside-timeline-crimes-golden-state-killer/story?id=54744307

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53226327

https://www.police1.com/legal/articles/golden-state-killer-sentenced-to-life-for-26-rapes-slayings-QV7ezQlhXLeECgyv/