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The Many Crimes of Marcel Petiot - Serial Killer 

News of the Times Episode 358 | 1946 

It is 1944 France, and a house in a better quarter of Paris has been chugging out a black acrid smoke with a terrible stench for days. Finally, neighbours go to the door to complain, only to find a note on the door stating that the owner of the house is away.  Neighbours phone the police. With the owner not arriving, the police contact the fire department who break in through a second floor window.  Making their way down, they are greeted by a horror array of bodies and body parts on every floor.  One of the firemen rushes out, vomiting. So unfolds the story of one of France’s recognised worst serial killers, Dr Marcel Petiot. We take a look at the history, the crimes, the capture and the execution of Marcel Petiot and his many crimes in today’s episode of Wicked Wednesdays. 

The Victorian Borgia- Lydia Sherman, Serial Killer 

News of the Times Episode 353 | 1872 

In today’s episode it is 1872 New haven Connecticut, and concerns have been raised from the neighbours regarding the tragic quick death of Lydia’s third husband.  The body is duly exhumed and found to be riddled with arsenic. 

It occurs to authorities that all of Lydia’s husbands had died unexpectedly.  And all of her children.  And several stepchildren. A series of exhumations and post mortems takes place -all reaching the same conclusion.   

We take a look at the serial killer the press dubbed the Modern Borgia – her background, the crimes, the outcome and the postscript.  The fascinating Victorian Borgia serial killer of her day, Lydia Sherman, is today’s episode of Wicked Wednesdays. 

The Croydon Killer  - Sinister Saturdays N

ews of the Times Episode 287 | 1907 

It is 1907 Croydon, South London and wealthy widow Mrs Blume has unexpectedly died a few weeks after taking in her new lodger.  Even more surprisingly, she has left her considerable estate to the same new lodger.  

The daughter, who has been utterly cut out of her mother’s will and had seen her four days before her death, is suspicious and contests the will. And from here, a tragic tale of more deaths unfolds as the lodger scrambles to cover his tracks. Poisoned stout, wrong victims and masonic pleas for help are all part of the dark tableau of the Croydon Killer in today’s episode of Sinister Saturdays. 

The Village of Assassins - Death count 50+

News of the Times Episode 53 | 1840 

 It is 1929 in a small village in Hungary – a village which over several years is going against the growth rate taking place in the surrounding villages.  What is odder still, the incredible death rate seems to be striking the predominantly middle to older male population. 

The village statistics in terms of percentage of land holding women is also strangely higher than the average. What unfolds is a web of treachery and murder involving a group of women with one deadly female as the mastermind supplying the poison and teaching the others how to use the poison to avoid detection.  

Murderess Martha Marek  - Serial Killer Saturdays 

News of the Times Episode 270 | 1938 

In today’s episode it is 1937 Austria and Martha Marek, a supposed feeble, nearly sightless woman has reported thefts from her house - luckily, she is insured. From this attempted insurance fraud, the reported stolen items found in a warehouse she is renting, unravels activity dating back to her first known insurance fraud that made the international news– hacking off her husband’s leg for an insurance payout – to a series of murders that take place, always to the benefit of Marth Marek. We take a look at the fascinating tale of Murderess Martha Marek – her life and crimes – in today’s episode of Serial Killer Saturdays. 

Serial Killer Bela Kiss: Death Count 30+

News of the Times Episode 266 | 1912 - 1929? 

From 1912 Hungary, one of the worst serial killers, enticing women around the world with promises of marriage, began his horrific spree.  Bela Kiss, popular with neighbours and always with plenty of money to spend, killed woman after woman, girl after girl, and then pickled them n alcohol or buried them around his house.   

Bodies were found in his hen house, shed, garden, and the surrounding woods as well as in the ominous caskets found in his cellar.  When he was not fully killing women, he would entice women, knock them out and take their possessions, leaving them in the street. We take a look at the life and crimes of Bela Kiss in today’s episode of Serial Killer Saturdays. 

The 10 Fold Bolton Murderess - Serial Killer Saturdays 

News of the Times Episode 261 | 1842 1842 

Little Bolton, and there have been two unexpected successive deaths in the Eccles household.  As Mrs Eccles goes to the factory to collect on the insurance policy of one of the dead, questions are asked.   

What unfolds is a stream of deaths dating back years to people within her immediate household.  What was particularly interesting was that in most of the cases, no discernible motive could be found – the paltry insurance to be collected was far smaller than the regular wages that had been handed over to her by the victim. Betty Eccles seemed to be under the illusion that she could talk her way out of the mountain of proof set against her.  

It was said between 20,000 and 30,000 attended her execution. We investigate the case of the ten-fold plus murderess from Bolton in today’s episode of Serial Killer Saturdays.