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Episode 4: The Demon Drink!

10 December 2020 - 22 mins
Podcast Series Bad Bridget

The Irish have a long association with alcohol and in this podcast we look at what happened to those Irish women who got into trouble with alcohol abroad. Those who drank to drown their sorrows, the mothers who neglected their children, and groups of women whose drinking on the streets brought them to court.

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22 mins

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Episode 5: The Murderers

Episode 5: The Murderers

We’ve saved our most sensational cases to the end! Hear about the woman who murdered her neighbour and put her in a trunk to steal her house, the wife who suspected her husband of having an affair, and the Irish serial killer who was the first women in America to be sentenced to death by the electric chair. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

25 mins

11 December 2020 Finished

Bad Bridget - Episode 5 - The Murderers

Bad Bridget - Episode 5 - The Murderers

We’ve saved our most sensational cases to the end! Hear about the woman who murdered her neighbour and put her in a trunk to steal her house, the wife who suspected her husband of having an affair, and the Irish serial killer who was the first women in America to be sentenced to death by the electric chair.

25 mins

11 December 2020 Finished

Episode 3: The Unmarried Mothers.

Episode 3: The Unmarried Mothers.

Listen to the stories of girls and women who left Ireland pregnant or became pregnant in North America outside marriage. Some who migrated from Ireland believed their partners would follow them, only to find themselves alone and thousands of miles from home. Hear how for some women having a baby out of wedlock had tragic consequences. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

23 mins

10 December 2020 Finished

Episode 3: The Unmarried Mothers.

Episode 3: The Unmarried Mothers.

Listen to the stories of girls and women who left Ireland pregnant or became pregnant in North America outside marriage. Some who migrated from Ireland believed their partners would follow them, only to find themselves alone and thousands of miles from home. Hear how for some women having a baby out of wedlock had tragic consequences.

23 mins

10 December 2020 Finished

Episode 4: The Demon Drink!

Episode 4: The Demon Drink!

The Irish have a long association with alcohol and in this podcast we look at what happened to those Irish women who got into trouble with alcohol abroad. Those who drank to drown their sorrows, the mothers who neglected their children, and groups of women whose drinking on the streets brought them to court.

22 mins

9 December 2020 Finished

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