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Female Killers Episodes

May 11, 2024

S8: Best of Once Upon a Crime: Betty Broderick

In the final series for season eight of Once Upon A Crime, we provide a retrospective look at the most compelling episodes from the show's archive, particularly highlighting those that newer listeners might have missed. This ...

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April 16, 2024

S8 Ep318: Manipulated to Murder: Hilma Marie Witte

In this month’s series, we’ll look at people who were manipulated into committing murder. First up, we’ll take a look at a case where a mother pressures her child to kill his father. That fact alone would make this story …

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Oct. 17, 2023

S8 Ep299: A Family Affair: Diane and Rachel Staudte

This week I’m continuing the series “A Family Affair,” detailing cases of a parent involving their children in murder plots. This time a mother and daughter team up to murder family members for financial profit and to rid th...

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Aug. 1, 2023

S8 Ep291: Love Triangles: Sheila Davalloo - Fatal Attraction

Sheila Davalloo made it a habit of looking outside her relationships for passion and sex. But she soon turned cold toward her secret lovers once these relationships became routine. That is until she met a man who rejected h...

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July 25, 2023

S8 Ep290: Love Triangles: A Deadly Affair - Candy Montgomery

In this week’s episode, Lorena joins me to discuss another true crime that resulted from a love triangle. Betty Gore was brutally murdered with an axe in the summer of 1980 in her small town of Wylie, Texas. The community …

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July 11, 2023

S8 Ep289: Love Triangles: The Case of the Killer Clown

In this episode, two people in committed relationships become infatuated with one another. When one of their spouses is murdered, investigators quickly zero in on the star-crossed lovers. However, investigators will find it...

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May 29, 2023

S7 Ep285: Dead Woman Walking: Shawna Forde

In this series, I share true crime cases that resulted in women being sentenced to Death Row. In 2009, a woman victimized by a childhood of abuse and violence becomes immersed in anti-immigrant vigilante groups. Her zeal an...

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May 22, 2023

S7 Ep284: Deadly Devotion: Motherhood and Mayhem, Part 2

This Mother’s Day, join Shane Waters on a chilling adventure featuring 14 podcasters (including Once Upon A Crime) as they share sinister stories of motherhood. Mother’s Day is typically a time to honor the love and sacrific...

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May 22, 2023

S7 Ep283: Deadly Devotion: Motherhood and Mayhem, Part 1

This Mother’s Day, join Shane Waters on a chilling adventure featuring 14 podcasters (including Once Upon A Crime) as they share sinister stories of motherhood. Mother’s Day is typically a time to honor the love and sacrific...

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May 1, 2023

S7 Ep281: Dead Woman Walking: Christa Pike

In 1995, a troubled young woman, jealous of one of her peers, enlists the help of two others to eliminate her enemy. But when the full and horrifying details of the plan emerge, the public is aghast at how a …

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Jan. 16, 2023

S6 Ep269: “Bad Behind Bars: Jodi Arias w/Special Guest Donavan Bering

In 2008, Travis Alexander was brutally murdered in his home in Mesa, Arizona. His ex-girlfriend, Jodi Arias, was convicted of the slaying and was later sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A new Lif...

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