Season One - Lady Poisoners

Tillie Klimek: The 'Black Widow' of Chicago - August 18, 2020 • 39 min - https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-criminalia-69919305/episode/tillie-klimek-the-black-widow-of-70342955/

During the time that Chicago’s most visible criminal element was organized crime, Tillie Klimek was quietly becoming the city’s most prolific female serial killer. She allegedly killed between six and 20 people, all through arsenic poisoning.

Julia Agrippina: Mother to Nero and Ambitious Broad - August 25, 2020 • 33 min - https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-criminalia-69919305/episode/julia-agrippina-mother-to-nero-and-70549815/

Julia Agrippina was a power-hungry Roman empress – power-hungry even by Roman standards – who is said to have poisoned her husband (who also happened to be her uncle) to ensure her only son's succession to the throne.

Marie LaFarge: Pretty Little Poisoner - September 1, 2020 • 36 min - https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-criminalia-69919305/episode/marie-lafarge-pretty-little-poisoner-70887853/

Marie was convicted of murdering her husband by poisoning him with arsenic. But what's most notable about that in doing so, she became the first person ever to be convicted based on direct forensic toxicological evidence, like on Dexter or CSI.

Giulia Tofana: World's Most Dangerous Apothecary - September 8, 2020 • 33 min - https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-criminalia-69919305/episode/giulia-tofana-worlds-most-dangerous-apothecary-71159555/

Giulia Tofana was an Italian apothecary known for her beauty, her secrecy and her poisonous proclivities. If the numbers are all to be believed, she may be the most successful serial killer you’ve never heard of.