Murder Maps - Mary Pearcey

Until its closure in 2016, Madame Tussauds’ Chamber of Horrors was one of the museum's oldest and most popular attractions. And for decades, staring out at visitors was the waxwork of a notorious Victorian double killer, the murderer of a young mother and baby - a woman named Mary Pearcey. In this episode, we reveal how the troubled Pearcey began an affair with her victim’s husband. How she inserted herself into the family’s life. How she lured her rival to her death. And how she got Madame Tussauds to pay for her defense.