Greg Jenner

Join me and my all-female team of detectives as we revisit the audacious crimes of women trying to make it in a world made for men. These were women who traded in crime, but who were ahead of their time. History calls them criminals. Society calls them frauds. But here on Lady Swindlers, we call them ordinary women who lived extraordinary lives. And we're still talking about them today. MUSIC

Meet a swindler with ever so many names.

Meet a swindler with ever so many names.

But deep down, all she really wants is her dream home. And you don't have to just take our word for it.

But deep down, all she really wants is her dream home. And you don't have to just take our word for it.

This season, we're chasing fake mediums, a lady burglar and the infamous Yorkshire witch from England and Scotland to the US and beyond. Our Lady Swindlers are truly international. She moved from Scotland to England to Italy, later to New York to New Zealand and Australia. As always, we're travelling back in time with our in-house historian, Professor Rosalind Crone.

This season, we're chasing fake mediums, a lady burglar and the infamous Yorkshire witch from England and Scotland to the US and beyond. Our Lady Swindlers are truly international. She moved from Scotland to England to Italy, later to New York to New Zealand and Australia. As always, we're travelling back in time with our in-house historian, Professor Rosalind Crone.

And we even come up with our own criminal nicknames. Cunning Crone. Luce the Noose. Luta Lucy and Robber Roz.

And we even come up with our own criminal nicknames. Cunning Crone. Luce the Noose. Luta Lucy and Robber Roz.

Our guest detective team is expanding too. This season, we're joined by broadcasters, barristers, authors, activists, a psychologist and even an artist.

Our guest detective team is expanding too. This season, we're joined by broadcasters, barristers, authors, activists, a psychologist and even an artist.

We tried to understand these women.

We tried to understand these women.

We relate to them.

We relate to them.

Join me for the second season of Lady Swindlers, where true crime meets history with a twist. Available now. Listen on the BBC app or wherever you get your podcasts.

Join me for the second season of Lady Swindlers, where true crime meets history with a twist. Available now. Listen on the BBC app or wherever you get your podcasts.

Hello and welcome to You're Dead to Me, the Radio 4 comedy podcast that takes history seriously. My name is Greg Jenner. I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster. And today we're donning our kilts and daubing our faces blue to learn all about medieval Scottish king Robert Bruce. Robert the Bruce to some, but Robert Bruce to us. And to help us, we have two very special comrades in arms.

Hello and welcome to You're Dead to Me, the Radio 4 comedy podcast that takes history seriously. My name is Greg Jenner. I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster. And today we're donning our kilts and daubing our faces blue to learn all about medieval Scottish king Robert Bruce. Robert the Bruce to some, but Robert Bruce to us. And to help us, we have two very special comrades in arms.

In History Corner, he's a senior lecturer in the Centre for History at the University of the Highlands and Islands. He's an expert on medieval Scottish political and military history and the author of Scotland's Second War of Independence, 1332 to 1357. It's Dr Ian McInnes. Welcome, Ian. Thanks, Greg. Thanks for having me. Great to be here.