Crime Time

This episode travels to Mexico, circa 2003. An unusual string of murders brings terror to Mexico City. We will delve into this investigation and the biases and discrimination involved.  Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/26/world/americas/woman-held-in-mexico-city-serial-killings.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/may/19/gender.mexico "The Little Old Lady Killer: Sensationalized Crimes of Mexico's First Female Serial Killer" by Susana Vargas Cervantes.

Stacey Castor was a seemingly normal woman who lived with her husband David and her two daughters, Ashley and Bree. That was until her husband mysteriously died. This case is super interesting and weird. Listen to learn the full story! Here's our list of sources: https://abcnews.go.com/US/timeline-black-widow-stacey-castors-shocking-crimes/story?id=60860538 https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jun/13/upstate-ny-woman-who-killed-husband-with-antifreez/?utm_source=GOOGLE&utm_medium=cpc&utm_id=chacka&utm_campaign=TWT+-+DSA&gclid=Cj0KCQiAhojzBRC3ARIsAGtNtHU08Li1FJyIAEk4f1MLszqD04HCtI4z1T28gkWyUoXhjR7InIXW17AaAuOIEALw_wcB https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2013/06/24/how-does-antifreeze-kill-how-quickly/28936635/ https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324807#symptoms

Opening up to turn of the twentieth century Italy, this story follows the very superstitious Leonarda Cianciulli. Balancing her love for her children, her mental illness, and her very spiritual mindset, Cianciulli killed three women of her neighborhood as human sacrifices. Here is our list of sources: http://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/cianciulli-leonarda.htm https://allthatsinteresting.com/leonarda-cianciulli https://sites.psu.edu/sierrasspace/2015/09/27/leonarda-cianciulli/ https://genius.com/Church-of-misery-confessions-of-an-embittered-soul-leonarda-cianciulli-lyrics

We set the stage for this episode in early Nineteenth-Century Britain, when poverty was at an extreme high and the Victorian Era had just begun.  Cases like this are much harder to talk about because there is a lack of record, but Amelia Dyer was a very well known killer.  Here is our list of sources: https://historycollection.co/eight-attempts-sabotage-tried-change-world-know/ https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/amelia-dyer/ http://thevictorianist.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-shall-have-to-answer-before-my-maker.html https://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/dyer-amelia.htm

The story of Aileen Wuornos begins in 1956, a troubling time. Listen to hear about the most famous woman serial killer in America, who killed seven men.  Here's our list of sources: https://www.biography.com/video/aileen-wuornos-full-episode-2103569732 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsgVFplffl0 https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/aileen-wuornos https://anchor.fm/serial-killing/episodes/Aileen-Wuornos-e3lc02