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Nannie Doss (born Nancy Hazel, November 4, 1905 – June 2, 1965) was an American serial killer responsible for the deaths of 11 people between 1927 and 1954. [1] Doss was also referred to as the Giggling Granny , the Lonely Hearts Killer , the Black Widow , and Lady Blue Beard .
Nannie Doss confessed to killing four of her husbands, her mother, sister, two of her children, two of her grandsons, and a mother-in-law over a 27-year killing spree
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 March 2025. A serial killer is typically a person who kills three or more people, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines serial murder as "a series of two or more murders, committed ...
Bertha Alice Williams Graham Gifford (October 30, 1871 – August 20, 1951) [1] was a farmwife in rural Catawissa, Missouri during the early 1900s who was accused of murdering three members of the local community and suspected in 15 additional deaths. [2]
Nannie Doss – Female serial killer who died of Leukemia while incarcerated in the Penitentiary. Karl Myers – Murderer and suspected serial killer who was given two death sentences for the sexually-motivated murders of two women killed in 1993 and 1996. Died on December 28, 2012, from natural causes.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Jeffrey Dahmer was an American serial killer born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on May 21, ... childhood abuse might have been a factor into why he later became an abuser and a sexual predator.
The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8160-6987-3. Rosewood, Jack; Lo, Rebecca (19 June 2017). The Big Book of Serial Killers: 150 Serial Killer Files of the World's Worst Murderers. LAK Publishing. ISBN 978-1-64845-040-2. Schechter, Harold; Everitt, David (4 July 2006). The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers ...