Series 1

1. Murder at the Savoy Hotel

1980-07-20 · 60m

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

2. Not for the Nervous

1980-07-27 · 60m

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

3. Lucky, Lucky Thirteen!

1980-08-03 · 60m

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

4. Killing Mice

1980-08-10 · 60m

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

5. Don't Let Them Kill Me on Wednesday

1980-08-17 · 60m

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

6. Miss Madeleine Smith

1980-08-24 · 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".

7. Suffer Little Children

1980-08-31 · 60m

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