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Bad Women

The extraordinary stories of the victims of wartime London's Blackout Ripper

Sounds,27 episodes

Episodes

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The Blackout Ripper
The Killers and The Hangman
Marjorie Cummins is certain that her husband is innocent, but will the jury believe her?
27 May 2024,30 mins,
The Blackout Ripper
Olga Hangs Up Her Whip
Doris had made her living as "Olga" - a dominatrix alter ego.
20 May 2024,40 mins
The Blackout Ripper
The Blackout Ripper on the Run
The police are now closing in - can they catch him before he can claim more victims?
13 May 2024,40 mins,
The Blackout Ripper
Madam Nerva Sees Death
The spirts tell Rachel not to go near her husband... but will she heed their warnings?
06 May 2024,50 mins
The Blackout Ripper
Shootout at the Dress Shop
Doris Staples doesn't want to see Private John Waters any more... but he has other ideas.
29 Apr 2024,45 mins
The Blackout Ripper
"The Lady" of Gosfield Street
Margaret Lowe tries stay out of trouble - but trouble is never far away.
22 Apr 2024,48 mins,
The Blackout Ripper
'Men Dodge Bullets, Girls Dodge Men'
The Blackout Ripper wasn't the only serviceman attacking women in World War Two.
15 Apr 2024,42 mins,
The Blackout Ripper
"Lita Ward" the Soho Girl
While working, Evelyn meets a sadistic killer and takes him back to her flat..
08 Apr 2024,39 mins
The Blackout Ripper
The Butchers of Germany
Evelyn ran off to London and found neither fame nor fortune there… only danger.
01 Apr 2024,45 mins
The Blackout Ripper
The Death of a Quiet Druggist
In 1942, Evelyn sets out on her long journey, just as the Blackout Ripper begins his hunt
25 Mar 2024,60 mins
The Blackout Ripper
Murders in a City Without Light
Join Hallie and Alice as they tell the stories of women targeted by the "Blackout Ripper"
18 Mar 2024,45 mins
The Blackout Ripper
Introducing... Bad Women: The Blackout Ripper
Bad Women series 2 will be available from Monday 18th March on BBC Sounds.
15 Mar 2024,1 min
The Ripper Retold
The Madness of Jacob Levy
We hear from living relatives of victims and those accused of being the Ripper
11 Mar 2024,38 mins
The Ripper Retold
The Monster Among Us
Jack the Ripper stalks our bookshops, podcasts and even our classrooms. Is that ok?
04 Mar 2024,32 mins,
The Ripper Retold
The Bones of Marie Jeanette
Mary's murder was cruel, but even in death she has not been allowed to rest in peace.
26 Feb 2024,34 mins,
The Ripper Retold
The Mystery of Mary Jane Kelly
Who was Mary Jane Kelly? Her upbringing and even her name are shrouded in doubt.
19 Feb 2024,36 mins,
The Ripper Retold
Chamber of Horrors
During a lull in the killings... some found ways to profit from the murders.
12 Feb 2024,35 mins
The Ripper Retold
In a Dark, Dark Corner
Kate Eddowes was murdered in a dark square at night, but what had she been doing there?
05 Feb 2024,32 mins
The Ripper Retold
The Ballad of Kate Eddowes
Kate Eddowes rejected the conventional working class life and left to roam the open road.
29 Jan 2024,42 mins,
The Ripper Retold
The Face of The Ripper
Elizabeth Stride was supposedly seen in her final hours. They also saw a man with her.
22 Jan 2024,29 mins,
The Ripper Retold
Public Woman 97
A pregnancy out of wedlock caused a myriad of physical and emotional humiliations.
15 Jan 2024,38 mins,
The Ripper Retold
The Gentlemen of the Press
Can we really believe those newspaper reports about Jack The Ripper?
08 Jan 2024,31 mins,
The Ripper Retold
Dark Annie and the Demon Drink
Society's disgust with women who drank pushed Annie closer and closer to her killer.
03 Jan 2024,37 mins,
The Ripper Retold
Polly the "Prostitute"
Why did the police wrongly state that the victims of the Ripper were killed selling sex?
25 Dec 2023,35 mins,
The Ripper Retold
Polly Walks Out
Polly had a husband, family and lived in a new home. Then she walked out. Why?
18 Dec 2023,35 mins,
The Ripper Retold
Welcome to Whitechapel
It's August 1888. Tour the London streets that became the killing ground of the Ripper.
12 Dec 2023,33 mins,
The Ripper Retold
The Ripper Myth
The story we tell about Jack the Ripper and his victims is wrong...
04 Dec 2023,30 mins,