Black Widows Series: Martha Needle

A New Year’s Eve at a quiet Florida retirement community ended in horror when Darryl and Sharon Getman were found dead inside their Mount Dora home. Their garage sat empty, and their car was gone. Residents had been talking for days about a stranger wandering the grounds of Water ...  Show more

A year-long neighborhood feud in Florida reached its breaking point on a June night in 2023, when the sound of children playing outside turned into gunfire through a locked front door. Susan Lorincz spent months complaining about the kids next door, calling police again and again ...  Show more

This month, we’re featuring mini episodes from the Female Criminals special series, “Black Widows.” Every day in June, Female Criminals is taking a closer look at the web of lies, deceit, and murder spun by some of history’s most deadly women: First up, we’re discussing Mary Eliz ...  Show more

On Criminalia, hosts Holly Frey and Maria Trimarchi explroe the intersection of history and true crime. This season is all about lady poisoners. During the time that Chicago’s most visible criminal element was organized crime, Tillie Klimek was quietly becoming the city’s most ...

On the conclusion to our Black Widow series, we cover Queen of Poisoners Marie Besnard, who took down family members and acquaintances with poison desserts, the deadly senior citizen duo of Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt, and Stella Nickell, copycat to the Tylenol Murders. ...

Hey, Piketon Massacre listeners, check out this iHeartRadio & Shondaland Audio podcast – Criminalia. On Criminalia, hosts Holly Frey and Maria Trimarchi explroe the intersection of history and true crime. This season is all about lady poisoners. During the time that Chicago’s mos ...  Show more