Bad Bridget: S2E5 - The Revengers (live from Electric Picnic)

About this episode

This live episode from Electric Picnic explores the theme of revenge through the stories of women who held grudges and faced tragic consequences.

Join us live from Electric Picnic, Ireland’s largest music and arts festival, for this live episode on all things revenge. Hear about the women who held a grudge, who fell out with each other (sometimes with tragic consequences), or who sought to retaliate when relationships went wrong. These are women you do not want to cross! Written and presented by Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick. Producer: John D’Arcy. Actor: Siobhán McSweeney. Music: Franziska Schroeder and Catriona Gribben. Artwork: Fiona McDonnell. Podcast funded by Ulster University Impact Accelerator Fund, AHRC. The Bad Bridget project was funded by AHRC with University Ulster & Queen’s University Belfast. More Bad Bridget online: - The Book: Bad Bridget: Crime, mayhem and the lives of Irish emigrant women https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/446640/bad-bridget-by-mccormick-elaine-farrell-and-leanne/9780241994320 - The Exhibition: Bad Bridget Exhibition: Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh, Co. Tyrone https://www.ulsteramericanfolkpark.org/whats-on/bad-bridget - The Instagram: badbridgetbook https://www.instagram.com/badbridgetbook - The Project homepage https://badbridget.wordpress.com/

People in this episode

Hosts: Elaine Farrell, Leanne McCormick

Topics covered

• revenge
• women's stories
• Irish emigrant women
• grudges
• relationships
• live podcast

Keywords

• revenge
• women
• grudges
• relationships
• live podcast
• Electric Picnic
• Irish emigrant women

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ulster University Impact Accelerator Fund, AHRC, University Ulster, Queen’s University Belfast

Books & works: Bad Bridget: Crime, mayhem and the lives of Irish emigrant women

Places: Electric Picnic, Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh, Co. Tyrone

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