This episode covers three disparate murderesses: black widow Judy Buenoano; Angel of Death Genene Jones; and Eugenia Falleni. Judy Buenoano has been the subject of at least one other documentary, which is hardly surprising as she was about as evil as any woman could be. She was also the last woman to die in Florida's electric chair.
Genene Jones has been back in the news recently as there is talk of her being paroled. In fact, as these word are written, she has been denied parole until February 2018. Although the former nurse was convicted only of one murder, she is believed to have committed many more. UK crime buffs who study her case in depth will see more than a passing resemblance to Beverley Allitt, who murdered babies in Grantham and Kesteven Hospital. The truly shocking thing about Jones is not the nature of her crimes but the fact that those working alongside and in charge of her appeared to suspect what was happening but closed their eyes to it for fear of bad publicity.
The case of Eugenia Falleni was the second discussed here, and is the odd one out in more ways than one. Falleni was born in Italy and emigrated to Australia where she was known as Harry Crawford. Somehow she managed to dupe another woman into marrying her – her first and only victim, who died a horrible death in 1917. Two years after murdering Annie Burkitt, she married for a second time. When Falleni was finally unmasked, her case naturally received massive publicity. She was sentenced to death but reprieved. She died a free woman, well, free.
This episode of "Deadly Women" contains reconstructions, and a fair amount of psychobabble which as usual is best ignored. There is also some legal commentary from people involved with the cases, though not of course from that of Falleni.