Series 1

E1. Murder at the Savoy Hotel

Jul 20, 1980 · 60m

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

E2. Not for the Nervous

Jul 27, 1980 · 60m

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

E3. Lucky, Lucky Thirteen!

Aug 3, 1980 · 60m

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

E4. Killing Mice

Aug 10, 1980 · 60m

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

E5. Don't Let Them Kill Me on Wednesday

Aug 17, 1980 · 60m

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

E6. Miss Madeleine Smith

Aug 24, 1980 · 60m

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".

E7. Suffer Little Children

Aug 31, 1980 · 60m

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