Bad Women

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,·

Olga Hangs Up Her Whip

Doris had made her living as "Olga" - a dominatrix alter ego.

20 May 2024,·40 mins

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,·

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

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 Lady" of Gosfield Street

Margaret Lowe tries stay out of trouble - but trouble is never far away.

22 Apr 2024,·48 mins,·

'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,·

"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 Butchers of Germany

Evelyn ran off to London and found neither fame nor fortune there… only danger.

01 Apr 2024,·45 mins

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

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

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 Madness of Jacob Levy

We hear from living relatives of victims and those accused of being the Ripper

11 Mar 2024,·38 mins

The Monster Among Us

Jack the Ripper stalks our bookshops, podcasts and even our classrooms. Is that ok?

04 Mar 2024,·32 mins,·

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 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,·

Chamber of Horrors

During a lull in the killings... some found ways to profit from the murders.

12 Feb 2024,·35 mins

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 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 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,·

Public Woman 97

A pregnancy out of wedlock caused a myriad of physical and emotional humiliations.

15 Jan 2024,·38 mins,·

The Gentlemen of the Press

Can we really believe those newspaper reports about Jack The Ripper?

08 Jan 2024,·31 mins,·

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,·

Polly the "Prostitute"

Why did the police wrongly state that the victims of the Ripper were killed selling sex?

25 Dec 2023,·35 mins,·

Polly Walks Out

Polly had a husband, family and lived in a new home. Then she walked out. Why?

18 Dec 2023,·35 mins,·

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 Myth

The story we tell about Jack the Ripper and his victims is wrong...

04 Dec 2023,·30 mins,·