BBC Sounds - Bad Women - Available Episodes

Shootout at the Dress Shop

Doris Staples doesn't want to see Private John Waters any more... but he has other ideas.

• 45 mins
• 29 Apr 2024

"The Lady" of Gosfield Street

Margaret Lowe tries stay out of trouble - but trouble is never far away.

• 48 mins
• 22 Apr 2024

'Men Dodge Bullets, Girls Dodge Men'

The Blackout Ripper wasn't the only serviceman attacking women in World War Two.

• 42 mins
• 15 Apr 2024

"Lita Ward" the Soho Girl

While working, Evelyn meets a sadistic killer and takes him back to her flat..

• 39 mins
• 08 Apr 2024

The Butchers of Germany

Evelyn ran off to London and found neither fame nor fortune there… only danger.

• 45 mins
• 01 Apr 2024

The Death of a Quiet Druggist

In 1942, Evelyn sets out on her long journey, just as the Blackout Ripper begins his hunt

• 60 mins
• 25 Mar 2024

Murders in a City Without Light

Join Hallie and Alice as they tell the stories of women targeted by the "Blackout Ripper"

• 45 mins
• 18 Mar 2024

Introducing... Bad Women: The Blackout Ripper

Bad Women series 2 will be available from Monday 18th March on BBC Sounds.

• 1 min
• 15 Mar 2024

The Madness of Jacob Levy

We hear from living relatives of victims and those accused of being the Ripper

• 38 mins
• 11 Mar 2024

The Monster Among Us

Jack the Ripper stalks our bookshops, podcasts and even our classrooms. Is that ok?

• 32 mins
• 04 Mar 2024

The Bones of Marie Jeanette

Mary's murder was cruel, but even in death she has not been allowed to rest in peace.

• 34 mins
• 26 Feb 2024

The Mystery of Mary Jane Kelly

Who was Mary Jane Kelly? Her upbringing and even her name are shrouded in doubt.

• 36 mins
• 19 Feb 2024

Chamber of Horrors

During a lull in the killings... some found ways to profit from the murders.

• 35 mins
• 12 Feb 2024

In a Dark, Dark Corner

Kate Eddowes was murdered in a dark square at night, but what had she been doing there?

• 32 mins
• 05 Feb 2024

The Ballad of Kate Eddowes

Kate Eddowes rejected the conventional working class life and left to roam the open road.

• 42 mins
• 29 Jan 2024

The Face of The Ripper

Elizabeth Stride was supposedly seen in her final hours. They also saw a man with her.

• 29 mins
• 22 Jan 2024

Public Woman 97

A pregnancy out of wedlock caused a myriad of physical and emotional humiliations.

• 38 mins
• 15 Jan 2024

The Gentlemen of the Press

Can we really believe those newspaper reports about Jack The Ripper?

• 31 mins
• 08 Jan 2024

Dark Annie and the Demon Drink

Society's disgust with women who drank pushed Annie closer and closer to her killer.

• 37 mins
• 03 Jan 2024

Polly the "Prostitute"

Why did the police wrongly state that the victims of the Ripper were killed selling sex?

• 35 mins
• 25 Dec 2023