Donna explores the life of Southern writer Elizabeth Jane Croom Bellamy, whose work reflected the grief and moral struggles of post–Civil War America. Her story reveals a woman navigating loss, legacy, and the expectations of her time.

Kerri covers Ilse Koch, the infamous “Witch of Buchenwald,” whose brutality toward concentration camp prisoners became a symbol of human cruelty. Her case exposed the terrifying depths of power and corruption during the Nazi regime.

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