Female Criminals

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“The Cutting Society” Pt. 1: Valerie Solanas Nov 27, 2019

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A radical feminist writer who overcame a childhood of poverty and sexual abuse to put herself through college. Valerie Solanas became obsessed with overthrowing the patriarchy — by any means necessary. But an undiagnosed mental disorder inspired increasingly erratic behavior, which soon took a criminal turn.

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“Rabbit Births”: Mary Toft Nov 20, 2019

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In 1726, Mary Toft seemed to birth a series of strange creatures: rabbits, cats, and never-before-seen hybrid animals. She quickly became a national sensation. But how did an ordinary English wife and mother deceive the most accomplished doctors of the day?

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“The Tabloid Teacher” Pt. 2: Mary Kay Letourneau Nov 13, 2019

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By 1997, Mary Kay Letourneau's affair with her 13-year-old student seemed doomed to be exposed when she found herself pregnant with his baby. But even as she faced arrest and imprisonment, she continued to maintain that they were in love.

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“The Tabloid Teacher” Pt. 1: Mary Kay Letourneau Nov 06, 2019

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After a troubled childhood, Mary Kay Letourneau always thought she had to be perfect: the perfect daughter, the perfect wife, the perfect mother. But when she found herself falling for 13-year-old Vili Fualaau at her Washington elementary school, she was ready to throw everything away.

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Salem Witch Trials Pt. 2 Oct 30, 2019

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The trials continue: Tituba’s devilish confession sends chills through the town of Salem. And more men and women are tortured, imprisoned and executed as a result of the 1693 proceedings.

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Salem Witch Trials Pt. 1 Oct 23, 2019

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Massachusetts 1692-1693: Tituba, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne—the three women at the center of the Salem Witch Trials. Discover the three key factors that combined to create their witch hunt, as well as the months of moral panic and finger-pointing that followed.

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“The Black Widow of England” Pt. 2: Mary Ann Cotton Oct 16, 2019

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With a not-so-promising future in Victorian England, Mary Ann Cotton embarks on a journey of seducing, marrying, and killing her spouses and children to collect her insurance policies. Once she was caught in 1873, she learned just how unforgiving society could be to those who transgressed.

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“The Black Widow of England” Pt. 1: Mary Ann Cotton Oct 09, 2019

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A career gold-digger with a penchant for arsenic, and a trail of murders that would make headlines.

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“Queenie” Pt. 2 - Stephanie St. Clair Oct 02, 2019

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In 1920's New York City, policy bank queen Stephanie St. Clair was sitting on the top of the world. She had become one of the most successful policy bankers in her adopted home of Harlem, and had the cash to prove it. But as the Prohibition came to a close, Stephanie would be faced with a formidable new enemy - white mobsters encroaching on her turf.

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“Queenie” - Stephanie St. Clair Sep 25, 2019

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In 1911, 13-year-old Stephanie St. Clair left the Caribbean for America and never looked back. The scrappy teen lied about her age, and soon found herself on the streets of Harlem at the dawn of the Harlem Renaissance and the Prohibition Era - two moments in history that helped launch her career as the queenpin of a highly lucrative gambling ring. And ultimately, as New York City's first black woman gangster

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