Wicked Women

When a husband vanishes, the wife is always suspect. But what if he wanted to disappear? Is she just a scapegoat? Mystery and crazy make a good story.

In Episode Six: You Axed - Clementine Continued, we walk down a macabre path into the mysterious Louisiana Voodoo Axe Murders, looking for answers, only to find more victims. And more questions. Was Clementine a murderer guided by dark forces? Or was there a copy cat killer crossing state lines?

She slaughters animals for a living, covets her knife collection, and is an aspiring chef. Meet Katherine Knight, Australia’s first woman to be sentenced to life without parole.

“The duchess's well-known ambition and fascination with necromancy and witchcraft” got her in all sorts of trouble. Meet Margery Jourdemayne and Eleanor Cobham.

In a neighborhood in Brno, Czech Republic, atrocities so shocking were taking place that the Czech people fear they will never recover from the horrors. This is the Kuřim Case.

In 19th Century Britain, a lot of people were dying. And death was a big business. Meet the Black Widows of Liverpool. Card-carrying members of Burial Clubs.

Before the New Orleans Axeman, there was another slayer brutally tormenting the Bayou: Clementine Barnabet.  Guided by supernatural powers, she was on a mission to shed blood. Armed with Louisiana voodoo and her insatiable appetite for human sacrifices, she ripped through rural Southeast Louisiana, leaving bodies in her wake.

Take a walk on the Wicked side. When it comes to true crime, men tend to get all of the glory. But there are some truly Wicked Women out there, and they have earned their place in history's deep pocket of notorious criminals: Voodoo Queens, black widows, DIY chemists, accused necromancers, and witches. Listen weekly to the stories of these Wicked Women.