The Worst Episodes of Lady Killers

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   5.4/10(20 votes)

   #1 - Miss Madeleine Smith

   S1:E68/24/1980

   The story of Madeleine Smith, a respectable spinster who was accused of killing her lover in 19th-century Edinburgh. The case was famously found to be "not proven".

   Director:Joan Kemp-Welch

   Writer:Susan Pleat

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   Director:Joan Kemp-Welch

   Writer:Susan Pleat
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   5.9/10(18 votes)

   #2 - Miss Elmore

   S2:E17/10/1981

   The story of Dr. Crippen, who killed his nymphomaniac wife Belle Elmore for the love of a young woman named Ethel Le Neve.

   Director:Nicholas Ferguson

   Writer:Edwin Pearce

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   Director:Nicholas Ferguson

   Writer:Edwin Pearce
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   6.1/10(21 votes)

   #3 - Killing Mice

   S1:E48/10/1980

   The story of Mary Pearcey, who murdered her employer and baby in 1890.

   Director:Nicholas Ferguson

   Writer:Edwin Pearce

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   Director:Nicholas Ferguson

   Writer:Edwin Pearce
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   6.5/10(25 votes)

   #4 - Murder at the Savoy Hotel

   S1:E17/20/1980

   The story of Marie Marguerite Fahmy who shot dead her Egyptian husband in 1923 at London's Savoy Hotel.

   Director:Philip Draycott

   Writer:Helena Osborne

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   Director:Philip Draycott

   Writer:Helena Osborne
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   6.8/10(15 votes)

   #5 - A Smile is Sometimes Worth a Million Dollars

   S2:E47/31/1981

   The story of Ronald True, convicted of the murder of a prostitute in 1922.

   Director:joan kemp-w

   Writer:Trevor Cooper

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   Director:joan kemp-w

   Writer:Trevor Cooper
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   7.1/10(15 votes)

   #6 - Root of All Evil

   S2:E27/17/1981

   The trial of Frederick Seddon for the murder of his lodger Eliza Barrow by poison gained from soaking fly papers.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Sue Lake

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   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Sue Lake
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   7.2/10(14 votes)

   #7 - My Perfect Husband

   S2:E37/24/1981

   The story of George Joseph Smith, the "brides in the bath" murderer.

   Director:Kenny McBain

   Writer:Nemone Lethbridge

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   Director:Kenny McBain

   Writer:Nemone Lethbridge
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   7.2/10(19 votes)

   #8 - The Darlingest Boy

   S2:E58/7/1981

   The true tale of Edith Thompson, a love triangle that ended in death for all three people involved.

   Director:Brian Mills

   Writer:Michael Baker

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   Director:Brian Mills

   Writer:Michael Baker
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   7.2/10(14 votes)

   #9 - A Boy's Best Friend

   S2:E78/21/1981

   The story of Sidney Harry Fox, accused of murdering his mother in 1929.

   Director:Peter Moffatt

   Writer:Frances Galleymore

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   Director:Peter Moffatt

   Writer:Frances Galleymore
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    7.3/10(14 votes)

    #10 - Make it a Double

    S2:E68/14/1981

    The notorious case of Neville Heath, the handsome charmer who brutally murdered two women in 1946.

    Director:Nicholas Ferguson

    Writer:K.W. Ross

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    Director:Nicholas Ferguson

    Writer:K.W. Ross
11. 

    7.4/10(22 votes)

    #11 - Don't Let Them Kill Me on Wednesday

    S1:E58/17/1980

    The case of Charlotte Bryant, who was hanged for poisoning her husband with weed-killer.

    Director:Valerie Hanson

    Writer:Jeremy Sandford

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    Director:Valerie Hanson

    Writer:Jeremy Sandford
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    7.5/10(30 votes)

    #12 - Lucky, Lucky Thirteen!

    S1:E38/3/1980

    The story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain.

    Director:Nicholas Ferguson

    Writer:Frances Galleymore

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    Director:Nicholas Ferguson

    Writer:Frances Galleymore
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    7.5/10(14 votes)

    #13 - Suffer Little Children

    S1:E78/31/1980

    The story of 'baby farmer' Amelia Dyer, convicted in 1896 of the murder of several children in her care.

    Director:Nicholas Ferguson

    Writer:Nemone Lethbridge

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    Director:Nicholas Ferguson

    Writer:Nemone Lethbridge
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    7.9/10(28 votes)

    #14 - Not for the Nervous

    S1:E27/27/1980

    The story of Kate Webster, a maid who killed her employer Julia Thomas in Richmond in 1879.

    Director:Valerie Hanson

    Writer:Arden Winch

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    Director:Valerie Hanson

    Writer:Arden Winch