Lady Killers
Episode Summary
Trigger Warning – This episode covers the topic of child murders.
In Scotland, from 2016 to 2021, females accounted for 9% of homicide accusations. In this episode we tell you about two women, who, in different times and for very different reasons, harmed and murdered very young children; Jean Barclay Waddell in 1961 and Mary Ann Anderson in 1891.
When five children were thrown from a Glasgow flat window | Glasgow Times
Old Glasgow Murders: Toryglen Street, Oatlands, March 28th 1961
Two Hurt | Liverpool Echo | Monday 08 May 1961 | British Newspaper Archive
Window: Spinster Accused | Daily Mirror | Wednesday 29 March 1961 | British Newspaper Archive
The Spinster’s Murder Party | Daily Mirror | Tuesday 09 May 1961 | British Newspaper Archive
Lord Amory’s View | Birmingham Daily Post | Wednesday 29 March 1961 | British Newspaper Archive
No Regularity | Birmingham Daily Post | Tuesday 09 May 1961 | British Newspaper Archive
Inside Carstairs: Shocking secrets of notorious psychiatric hospital – The Sunday Post
Old Glasgow Murders: August 1891 – Body of a Child Found in a Box Left in Queen Street Station
The Dundee Courier | Dundee Courier | Thursday 27 August 1891 | British Newspaper Archive
Notes and Comments. | Glasgow Evening Post | Wednesday 26 August 1891 | British Newspaper Archive
Death Of Mr. Raike3. | Renfrewshire Independent | Friday 28 August 1891 | British Newspaper Archive
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