Murderous Women is a glimpse into the dark acts of some of Australia's most violent women.

Thrill killings, sexually-motivated homicides and rage-fuelled murders are rarely committed by women. When they are, society is always left stunned.

It's almost more horrifying to think that some women are just as capable, as so many men are, of committing murder simply because they want to.

True crime writers Ruth Wykes and Lindy Cameron examine over a dozen cases from Australia and New Zealand where women have brutally ended the lives of others, either strangers or loved-ones, simply because they could.