“The Brides in the Bath Killer” George Joseph Smith

Serial Killers

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True Crime, History, Education

4.6 • 30.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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George Joseph Smith, the “London Bluebeard,” was said to have hypnotizing eyes that lured women into marriage – and on to their untimely deaths. But it was his strange method of killing them that would eventually lead to his downfall…after his third wife died in the bathtub during their honeymoon. Keep up with us on Instagram @serialkillerspodcast! Have a story to share? Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Due to the graphic nature of this case, listener discretion is advised.
0:06.0	This episode includes discussions of domestic violence, sexual violence, and murder.
0:11.0	Consider this when deciding how and when you'll listen. To get help
0:15.1	on domestic violence and sexual violence visit Spotify.com slash
0:20.0	resources.
0:33.0	In June of 1915, crowds packed into England's old Bailey courthouse. They'd come to see the man the papers described as having
0:36.2	hypnotic eyes that had seemingly given him some kind of power
0:40.4	over his female victims.
0:42.1	He was George Joseph Smith. power over his female victims.
0:42.6	He was George Joseph Smith, the man they were calling the London Bluebeard.
0:49.3	In this instance, Bluebeard referred to a person who wooed women into marriage only to kill them.
0:56.0	Essentially the male form of the Black Widow killer.
0:59.6	It was a term borrowed from a 17th century French fairy tale, but not all fairy tales have happy
1:07.2	endings.
1:09.2	I'm Vanessa Richardson and this is Serial Killers, a Spotify podcast. You can find us here every Monday.
1:16.0	Be sure to check us out on Instagram at Serial Killers Podcast.
1:20.0	And we'd love to hear from you. so if you're listening on the Spotify app,
1:23.5	swipe up and give us your thoughts. Today's episode details the crimes of Bluebeard serial
1:30.1	killer George
1:35.2	repeatedly married women and stole everything they had.
1:39.1	Eventually he found a faster way to make larger sums of money,
1:44.0	by drowning his wives and making their deaths
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