When a queen dabbles in both fratricide and sororicide, is she on the wrong side of the law? Or is she the law itself? When you’re Cleopatra, the richest woman in the entire world, the legality of your actions is…irrelevant. More pressing matters include keeping your subjects happy, seducing Rome’s most powerful married men, and appearing in clouds of incense to keep your mystique going. Bloodshed? That comes with the territory, of course, but who’s going to stop you?

<p>When a queen dabbles in both fratricide and sororicide, is she on the wrong side of the law? Or is she the law itself? When you&rsquo;re Cleopatra, the richest woman in the entire world, the legality of your actions is&hellip;irrelevant. More pressing matters include keeping your subjects happy, seducing Rome&rsquo;s most powerful married men, and appearing in clouds of incense to keep your mystique going. Bloodshed? That comes with the territory, of course, but who&rsquo;s going to stop you?</p>

Criminal Broads is a true crime + history podcast about wild women who’ve ended up on the wrong side of the law, whether for leading a cult, serially murdering their husbands, swindling billionaires, or faking ectoplasm. The podcast is hosted by Tori Telfer, author of “Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History.”

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Queen of Kings: Cleopatra, Part One

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