Martina Cole's Lady Killers

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Contains details of historical child murders with one dramatic reconstruction scene of hanging. Turn on Parental controls

5. Mary Ann Cotton - The story of Victorian killer Mary Ann Cotton, who may have been responsible for the deaths of up to 21 members of her own family.

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Series 1

1. Myra Hindley

Martina Cole explores the lives of six female serial killers, starting with Myra Hindley, who along with Ian Brady, carried out a spate of child murders in the 1960s.

2. Amelia Dyer

Martina Cole explores the lives of six female serial killers. Today she focuses on Amelia Dyer, who is thought to have killed more than 400 babies over 30 years.

3. Beverly Allitt

Martina Cole examines the crimes of Beverley Allitt, who killed four children and attempted to murder a further nine while working at a small hospital in Grantham.

4. Rose West

A focus on Rosemary West who, alongside her husband Fred, brutalised and murdered at least ten young women over two decades, including two of their own daughters.

5. Mary Ann Cotton

The story of Victorian killer Mary Ann Cotton, who may have been responsible for the deaths of up to 21 members of her own family.

6. Elizabeth Bathory

Martina Cole fact from fiction in the tale of Hungarian noblewoman Elizabeth Bathory, who is thought to have murdered over six hundred of her own maids.