The Conspirators Podcast

One of the most terrifying Russian and Slavic legends is that of the Baba Yaga, an evil witch who lures in unsuspecting victims before murdering them. But back in 2015, St. Petersburg police arrested a very real serial killer, who a lot of people compared to the legend of the Baba Yaga. This was a 68 year old woman named Tamara Samsonova, who claimed to have murdered and eaten as many as 13 people. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://snowwhitewrites.com/baba-yaga/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Baba-Yaga https://ces.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/162/Baba-Yaga-informational-material.pdf https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221118-baba-yaga-the-greatest-wicked-witch-of-all https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Samsonova https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/07/world/russia-granny-ripper-cannibalism https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/world-news/granny-ripper-who-beheaded-neighbour-32989038 https://www.utterlyinteresting.com/post/the-chilling-case-of-tamara-samsonova-russia-s-granny-ripper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back in 14th century there lived a woman named Alice Kyteler who would become the first person ever tried for witchcraft in Ireland. The thing about Alice though, is that although she almost certainly was not a witch, she may have been one of Ireland's first serial killers. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast/ Notes: https://www.historickilkenny.com/alice-kyteler https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/law/lady-alice-kyteler-found-guilty-witchcraft/ https://www.kytelersinn.com/dame-alice-kyteler/ https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/21127378-dame-alice-kyteler-the-sorceress-of-kilkenny-a-d-1324 https://www.kilkennycastle.ie/event/alice-kyteler-witch-victim-or-feminist-icon/ https://www.historyhit.com/the-infamous-witch-case-of-alice-kyteler/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx241e9d222o Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the late 19th century there lived a nurse whose cheery personality earned her the nickname Jolly Jane Toppan. But Jolly Jane had a secret dark side. In reality she was one of America's first female serial killers, and its believed that she may have murdered more than one hundred people. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/theconspiratorspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast/videos Notes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0671014501?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback https://books.google.com/books?id=ZIFjCgAAQBAJ&q=to+have+killed+more+people—helpless+people—than+any+other+man+or+woman+who+ever+lived#v=snippet&q=to%20have%20killed%20more%20people—helpless%20people—than%20any%20other%20man%20or%20woman%20who%20ever%20lived&f=false https://www.academia.edu/15686136/Jane_Toppan_A_Greed_Power_and_Lust_Serial_Killer https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=IJ19020625.1.5 https://books.google.com/books?id=i3zgDwAAQBAJ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices