What is the bad Bridget podcast about?
The five-part Bad Bridget podcast explores different aspects of life for Irish women who emigrated to North America more than 100 years ago. The Bad Bridget podcast offers a compelling view into criminal Irish women in North America. PhD Cartoon
Will there be a new “bad Bridget music” album?
The two women intend to re-visit all the musical materials produced (some going back to September 2020),and there may be an entirely stand-alone “Bad Bridget Music” album emerging from the inspiration provided by the incredible stories narrated by Dr Elaine Farrell and Dr Leanne McCormick! Watch this space!
What is'bad Bridget'?
The "Bad Bridget" podcast series tells the largely untold story of thousands of Irish women in the United States and Canada who were incarcerated for offenses ranging from pick-pocketing to murder during an 80-year period in the 19th and 20th centuries.
What is the Irish women's podcast?
The new podcast from Queen's University Belfast & University of Ulster telling the untold stories of generations of Irish women who saw their American Dream become a nightmare. Released December 2020.
Who is the lead author of the project "The Bad Mother"?
About the project. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, this project led by Leanne McCormick (Ulster University) and Elaine Farrell (Queen’s University Belfast) focuses on the sexually deviant woman, the bad mother and the criminal Irish woman in Boston, New York and Toronto. The project seeks to explore how ...
Who is the music producer for the podcast?
Original Music for the podcast was composed, performed and produced by Dr Franziska Schroeder and Music MA student Ms Catriona Gribben. Dr Schroeder is a Reader in Music at the School of Arts English and Languages where she teaches music performance and music improvisation.
ABOUT THIS PODCAST
The new podcast from Queen's University Belfast & University of Ulster telling the untold stories of generations of Irish women who saw their American Dream become a nightmare.
LATEST EPISODE
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 electr…
PREVIOUS EPISODES
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…
