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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
Nannie disapproved of him, and while Melvina was visiting her father after a particularly nasty fight with her mother, her son Robert died mysteriously under Nannie's care on July 7, 1945. The death was diagnosed as asphyxia from unknown causes, and two months later Nannie collected the $500 life insurance she had taken out on Robert.
Avoiding the death penalty because of her gender, she was sentenced to life in prison on May 17, 1955, and remained in prison until she died 10 years later, in 1965. In the United Kingdom during the early 1870s, Mary Ann Cotton murdered 21 people by poison, including three of her husbands, her mother, a lover, a friend, and 12 children, 11 of ...
Doss, Nannie: 1927–1954 11 11 Died in prison Known as "The Giggling Granny" and "The Jolly Black Widow"; poisoned four husbands, two children, her two sisters, her mother, a grandson, and a mother-in-law [192] Dowler, David: 1983–1987 3 3 Sentenced to life imprisonment Poisoned three acquaintances in Odessa, Texas [193] Duffy, Charles Lee ...
A Connecticut man who allegedly killed a woman and her infant son in November targeted the woman because she owed him $400 for renting a vehicle of his, arrest reports said on Monday.
The son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., will serve 28 years in prison for killing a Mercer County sheriff's deputy during a crash in December 2023 while fleeing law enforcement.
Nannie Doss (1905–1965) – known as "The Lonely Hearts Killer", among other names; Amelia Dyer (1836–1896) – known as "The Ogress of Reading" Raymond Fernandez (1914–1951) and Martha Beck (1920–1951) – known as "The Honeymoon Killers" and "The Lonely Hearts Killers" [4] Albert Fish (1870–1936)
Missouri executed a man Tuesday night for the 2007 sexual assault and murder of a fourth-grade girl who called him "Uncle Chris." Gov. Mike Parson denied his clemency petition earlier this week ...