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Female Killers

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Killer Maids: The Brutal & Tragic Case of Christine & Léa Papin

Killer Maids: The Brutal & Tragic Case of Christine & Léa Papin

The case of the Papin Sisters is one that is still infamous in France to this day. The treatment they received from their employers, coupled with mental illnesses, had the community sympathize with the duo.

Omaima Nelson, An Egyptian Bride Turned Cannibal.

Omaima Nelson, An Egyptian Bride Turned Cannibal.

Omaima Nelson was a young, Egyptian woman who survived by robbing her many boyfriends. Her greatest crime was the murder and possible cannibalism of her husband, Bill Nelson, in 1991.

Leonarda Cianciulli; Prolific Italian Serial Killer.

Leonarda Cianciulli; Prolific Italian Serial Killer.

Leonarda Cianciulli was an Italian woman who committed a series of murders in 1940, and used parts of her victims to make soaps and tea cakes.

Mary Bell

Murderers always make headlines in the media, but child murderers? They are almost always unheard of. Meet Mary Bell, a child who became known internationally after murdering two young children.

Francine Hughes

Francine Hughes

Meet Francine Hughes, a woman who became the face of battered and abused women in the United States. She fought her way out of her abusive relationship, and did so with murder.

Olga Hepnarova

Meet Olga Hepnarova, a serial killer who was also the last woman executed in Czechoslovakia.

Nannie Doss, the Grandmother who had a taste for killing her own Family Members.

Nannie Doss, the Grandmother who had a taste for killing her own Family Members.

Early Life Nannie Doss was born as Nancy Hazel on November 4th, 1905, in Blue Mountain, Alabama to Louisa and James Hazel. She had one brother and three sisters. Doss’s father would force her and her siblings to work on the family farm instead of sending them to school,

Jane Toppan

Meet Jane Toppan, also known as Jolly Jane, who was said to have committed 31 murders using her profession as a nurse.

Female Serial Killers

Sophie Ursinus

Sophie Ursinus was a German serial killer who killed using poison. Her trial was significant because it resulted in creating a method of identifying arsenic poisoning.

Eva Dugan

Eva Dugan's name is etched in history as the last woman to be hanged in Arizona, due to the accidental decapitation that took place during her execution.

Madame Delphine LaLaurie, A 19th Century Socialite with a taste for Torture and Murder.

Madame Delphine LaLaurie, A 19th Century Socialite with a taste for Torture and Murder.

LaLaurie's story is etched in Louisiana's history as a gruesome and tragic one. She was a socialite remembered for torturing and murdering her own slaves in the early 1800's.

OTTILLIE “TILLIE” KLIMEK

OTTILLIE “TILLIE” KLIMEK

Tillie Klimek tried to show the world that she had the ability to see into the future and predict the deaths of others, but in reality she was just a cold, calculating killer.