Wicked Women

Post-Civil War New Orleans was in the throes of change and fear. So when a little white baby goes missing, the city begins to spin all sorts of tales to explain the kidnapping. Was it voodoo? Was it political? Who took “Baby Digby?”

Rootin’ Tootin’ Belle was the Bandit Queen of the Wild West. Husbands, lovers, guns, and horses, she mastered them all. She was raised proper, but the wild rebel blood ran through her bones. This is the story of Belle Starr and her daughter, Pearl.

The daughter of a commoner who rose to royalty and preserved her island’s traditions, culture, and sovereignty. But was it really necessary to take 50,000 people on a buffalo hunt? If you’re Ranavalona I: The Female Caligula, then of course! Meet the Mad Queen of Madagascar!

Her husband’s family empire was her destiny, so her world collapsed when he decided to sell. But Patrizia believed his family name and fortune was her birthright. Lady Gucci was about to become a Black Widow - though she will always be “the most Gucci of them all.”

This pair of Swashbuckling Dames took to the high seas like Pirate Pros. These fiery cross-dressing women knew their way around a hull and let their Jolly Roger fly. Join us for an episode of Seadogs, Plunders, and Yo Ho Hos!

Should we be entertained by the lascivious actions of a woman who preyed on a child? Their forbidden love was on display, even while she served time for child rape. Prison was not a deterrent. They resumed their affair when she was released, both times. This is the uncomfortable story of Mary Kay Letourneau.

Rosaleen Norton, artist, occultist, and rebel. She pushed Australia’s Christian conservatives to the point of exhaustion with her dark art. They tried to burn this witch, but nothing could keep Roie from her sex magick and devotion to Pan. Meet the Witch of Kings of Cross and her “Coven From Down Under.”

Mary had a past full of missing husbands, a love of shoplifting, loads of secrets, and she was just getting started. But her criminal mind was taking her to a much darker place. What did Mary do with poor little Sonny? What was she capable of?

The legend of Madame Delphine Lalaurie has grown into a pop culture phenomenon. And like most things in pop culture, the line between fact and fiction is blurry. Who was the real Lalaurie? Is her story as dark and twisted as we are all inspired to believe?

Laura wore a black dress, a black hat, and a black veil the day she shot her lover in the chest. The courtroom drama sent the press into a frenzy. Who was the real victim in this sordid affair? All is fair in sex, lies, and murder.