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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 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.
A lonely hearts killer (also called want-ad killer) is a criminal who commits murder by contacting a victim who has either posted advertisements to or answered advertisements via newspaper classified ads and personal or lonely hearts ads. [1]
Between 1927 and 1954, Nannie Doss fatally poisoned four of her husbands, two of her kids, her mother, one of her mothers-in-law, and two of her grandsons. She received the nickname "The Giggling Granny" because she seemed to giggle when she confessed to the murders.
One night in 1980, April Balascio’s father, Edward Wayne Edwards, woke up the household and told everyone to start packing. They were leaving their home in Watertown, Wisconsin, after living ...
Self-confessed serial killer Tamara Samsonova, 68, may have experimented with cannibalism as she brutally murdered each of her 11 victims. Over two decades, the senior woman beheaded and ...
A fact from Nannie Doss appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 December 2007. The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that serial killer Nannie Doss was given the moniker "The Jolly Black Widow" after confessing to the murder of four of her five husbands?
For years, she was known only as "Jane Doe #6." Her partial remains were found in Manorville, Long Island in 2000, and more of her remains were found on Gilgo Beach more than 10 years later ...