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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 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?
"Giggling Grandma" – Nannie Doss "Glamour Girl Slayer" – Harvey Glatman "Godfather of Matamoros" – Adolfo Constanzo (Spanish: El Padrino de Matamoros) "Godmother" – Sara Aldrete (Spanish: La Madrina) "Goiânia Serial Killer" – Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha "Golden State Killer" – Joseph James DeAngelo "Good Doctor" – Harold Shipman
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.
The Abundant Life Christian School in Wisconsin’s capital remains a crime scene Thursday as detectives search for a motive in the deadly Monday morning shooting carried out by a student and ...
Jason LaRay Keener (born May 12, 1985) is an American filmmaker from Alabama. [1] He is best known for his stream-of-conscious, non-linear shorts. He is related to serial killer Nannie Doss. [2]
The Family Nobody Wanted is a 1954 memoir by Helen Doss (née Grigsby). It retells the story of how Doss and her husband Carl, a Methodist minister, adopted twelve children of various ethnic backgrounds (White Americans, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Mexican, and Native American).