EPISODE 38: The Black Widows of Liverpool
In this episode, Paul and Kate head to Liverpool in the late 1800s where guests at a boarding house are dying in suspiciously similar circumstances. Add in the element of life insurance and a case starts to form that makes for a very captivating journey.
Sources:
“The black widows of Liverpool : a chilling account of cold-blooded murder in Victorian Liverpool” by Angela Brabin (2009)
https://archive.org/details/blackwidowsofliv0000brab
“MURDEROUS WIDOWS” by Peter Dellius (Liverpool City Police)
https://www.liverpoolcitypolice.co.uk/murders/murderous-widows/
“THE BLACK WIDOWS OF LIVERPOOL” (Crime Museum)
https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/famous-murders/the-black-widows-of-liverpool/
“'Black Widows of Liverpool' who killed lovers and children” by Danny Rigg (Liverpool Echo) 2021.
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/black-widows-liverpool-who-killed-22248440
“What was a Burial Club” (History House)