“Queenie” - Stephanie St. Clair
Female Criminals25 Sep 2019

“Queenie” - Stephanie St. Clair

In 1911, 13-year-old Stephanie St. Clair left the Caribbean for America and never looked back. The scrappy teen lied about her age, and soon found herself on the streets of Harlem at the dawn of the Harlem Renaissance and the Prohibition Era - two moments in history that helped launch her career as the queenpin of a highly lucrative gambling ring. And ultimately, as New York City's first black woman gangster Sponsors! Best Fiends - Download FREE the 5-star rated mobile puzzle game Best Fiends on the Apple App Store and Google Play. Literati Books - Go to LITERATIBOOKS.COM and use promo code CRIMINALS for $20 OFF your FIRST BOX. Plus, kids THREE and up get a special blacklight pen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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“Deadly Dalliance" - Brittany Holberg

“Deadly Dalliance" - Brittany Holberg

When 23-year-old Brittany Holberg found herself homeless in Texas, performing sex work, and addicted to cocaine, she didn't think her life would get any worse.  But then a botched robbery became a mur...

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“The Smotherer” Pt. 2 - Waneta Hoyt

“The Smotherer” Pt. 2 - Waneta Hoyt

After an off-handed comment about a serial killer on the loose, Syracuse DA William Fitzpatrick was determined to find out who the "H" family was in Dr. Alfred Steinschnieder's SIDS research. He was c...

10 Juli 201952min

“The Smotherer” - Waneta Hoyt

“The Smotherer” - Waneta Hoyt

For two decades, Waneta Hoyt was seen as the unluckiest mother in the world. But when new evidence emerged, police wondered if she wasn't a grieving mother, but in fact a serial killer.  Parcasters - ...

3 Juli 201951min

“The Everleigh Club” Pt. 2 - Ada and Minna Simms

“The Everleigh Club” Pt. 2 - Ada and Minna Simms

In the early 1900s Ada and Minna Everleigh found their luxurious gentlemen's club in the midst of a moral war with Chicago's more rigid citizens. What these zealots didn't realize, is that the Everlei...

26 Juni 201956min

“The Everleigh Club” - Ada and Minna Simms

“The Everleigh Club” - Ada and Minna Simms

When sisters Ada and Minna Everleigh opened a brothel in early 1900, citizens were shocked to find that countless potential clients were bluntly turned away at the door. They weren’t suitable, they we...

19 Juni 201950min

“Deadly Delusions" Pt. 2 - Susan Polk

“Deadly Delusions" Pt. 2 - Susan Polk

In 2005, Dr. Felix Polk of San Francisco, was found stabbed to death by his 15-year-old son, Gabriel. But he believed his mother, Susan, was responsible for the death, after years of threatening viole...

12 Juni 201947min

“Deadly Delusions" - Susan Polk

“Deadly Delusions" - Susan Polk

In 2002, after twenty years of marriage, 44-year-old Susan Polk of San Francisco, called it quits with her husband, 70-year-old Felix Polk. Susan's reasons for divorce were simple: she believed her hu...

5 Juni 201950min

“The Queen of Rum Row” Pt. 2 - Gertrude Lythgoe

“The Queen of Rum Row” Pt. 2 - Gertrude Lythgoe

Stories of her exploits on Rum Row in the early 1920s made Gertrude Lythgoe a tabloid darling. As books and article series were published, America was captivated by the Queen of the Bootleggers. Unfor...

29 Maj 201949min

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