Jane Toppan

In the 1970s and 1980s, Rosemary and Fred West committed some of the most heinous sex crimes in British history. These depraved individuals, raped, tortured and murdered young women, including their own daughter. Luckily, Fred is dead, baby, while Rosemary rots in a prison in England. Join me on for this terrible story. Music:https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B07LCB5P2D?ref=sr_1_1&keywords=byron+Alexander+square+one&crid=1EU9STVE8XX97&sprefix=byron+alexander+square+one%2Caps%2C143&qid=1656604119&sr=8-1 Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/rosemary-west, https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Fred_and_Rosemary_West, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_West, https://www.city-journal.org/html/horror-story-12312.html, https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/rosemary-west, https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/04/europe/fred-rosemary-west-murders-gbr-cmd-intl/index.html

I'm back!!! It's been way too long, but I am back unveiling one of the most famous spies, Mata Hari. Was she a willing spy or naïve and punished for being a sexually bold woman in a time of deep repression. Listen to find out. Music by Byron Alexander: https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B07LCB5P2D?ref=sr_1_1&keywords=byron+alexander+square+one&crid=1YFY1GQBGX0CP&sprefix=byron+alexander+square+one%2Caps%2C146&qid=1654187898&sr=8-1 Sources:  Femme Fatale: Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari by Pat Shipman. Harper Perennial, 2007. wikipedia.org Biography.com

On June 20, 2001, Andrea Yates drowned her 5 children in the family bathtub. She was diagnosed with Postpartum Psychosis and found not guilty by reason of insanity. Join me in learning about mental health issues, Postpartum Psychosis, and how a family failed both a mother and her children. Sources: Wikipedia, CNN.Com, ABC13.com, Houstonchronicle.com, Oprah.com, history.com, time.com, mayoclinic.org, rehabcenter.com, postpartum.net, parnhamandassociates.com, fca.org, law.cornell.edu, https://murderpedia.org/female.Y/images/yates_andrea/report-dr-park-dietz.pdf Resources: · National Postpartum Depression Warmline: 1-800-PPD-MOMS, 2020mom.org, Postpartum.net where you can find local help https://postpartumprogress.com/postpartum-depression-support-organizations-in-the-us-canada-uk-south-africa-australia-new-zealand, · National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255, Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-SUICIDE, PSI helpline at 800-944-4773 Byron Alexander's Album: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07LCB5P2D/ref=sr_1_4?crid=29X0S6CSR24QM&keywords=byron+alexander&qid=1644281951&sprefix=bryan+alexander%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-4

Women Committing Crimes is back!! And I am hitting the ground running! Join me as I talk about this months WCC, Karla Homolka, the Barbie of the Ken and Barbie of Murderous Mayhem. They committed heinous sex crimes and murder on underage girls. Disclaimer: disturbing subject matter. Seriously.  Link to Byron Alexander's amazing album, Square One:  https://www.amazon.com/Square-One-Byron-Alexander/dp/B07LCB5P2D/ref=sr_1_4?crid=153NL4VY2JF32&keywords=byron+alexander&qid=1641264806&sprefix=bryan+alexander%2Caps%2C78&sr=8-4 Sources: Invisible Darkness: The Strange Case of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka by Stephen Williams, 1996. newsweek.com, National Center for Biotechnology Information DSM-5 American Psychological Association Wikipedia.com investigationdiscovery.com

Sex, drugs, and the elderly. Yeah, you read it right.

This is a special episode of Women Committing Crimes! Byron Alexander joins me as a special guest for this fabulous episode about M Diddy, Martha Stewart! We had an amazing time recording this episode and hope you are ready for a lot of laughs and a lot of information. https://www.amazon.com/Square-One-Byron-Alexander/dp/B07LCB5P2D/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Byron+Alexander&qid=1632870289&s=dmusic&search-type=ss&sr=1-3 www.womencommittingcrimes.com

Mary Reed and Anne Bonney both dressed as men to become pirates, but "plead the belly" in the end.

She's the last female to swing for murder in Scotland, all for a drop of ale. 

A victim of domestic abuse takes revenge on the one thing men value the most. 

Sister Ping, the mother of all Snakeheads. Was she a benevolent woman helping people from her village or a human smuggler making a fortune off of other peoples' misery?