British crime writer, Martina Cole, examines the life and times of six of the most notorious female serial killers across history and asks: why do women kill and why are we surprised when they do? Each programme tells the story of an individual killer with expert analysis and dramatic reconstruction.
Episode 1 - Myra Hindley: Intercut with interviews with experts Martina Cole tells the story of Myra Hindley,dubbed 'the most evil woman in Britain' by the tabloid press,who, in company with the petty criminal Ian Brady,with whom she was besotted, killed five children in the 1960s, burying their bodies on moorland. Despite her claims that she had reformed whilst in prison,Hindley was always to be denied a release and died in jail aged sixty. The point is made that her crimes appear the more heinous because of her sex.