SettingsFemale serial killers
Aileen Wuornos
Aileen Carol Wuornos was an American serial killer who killed seven men in Florida in 1989 and 1990.
Aileen Carol Wuornos was an American serial killer who killed seven men in Florida in 1989 and 1990.
Amelia Dyer
Amelia Elizabeth Dyer née Hobley (1838 – June 10, 1896) was the most prolific baby farm murderer of Victorian England.
Amelia Elizabeth Dyer née Hobley (1838 – June 10, 1896) was the most prolific baby farm murderer of Victorian England.
Amelia Sach and Annie Walters
Amelia Sach and Annie Walters were two British serial killers better known as the Finchley baby farmers.
Amelia Sach and Annie Walters were two British serial killers better known as the Finchley baby farmers.
Amy Archer-Gilligan
"Sister" Amy Duggan Archer-Gilligan (1868–1962) was a Windsor, Connecticut nursing home proprietor and serial killer who systematically murdered at least five people by poison; one was her secon...
"Sister" Amy Duggan Archer-Gilligan (1868–1962) was a Windsor, Connecticut nursing home proprietor and serial killer who systematically murdered at least five people by poison; one was her secon...
Anna Maria Zwanziger
Anna Margaretha Zwanziger was a Bavarian serial killer.
Anna Margaretha Zwanziger was a Bavarian serial killer.
Anna Marie Hahn
Anna Marie Hahn (July 7, 1906 in Bavaria, Germany - December 7, 1938 at the Ohio State Penitentiary) was a German-born American serial killer.
Anna Marie Hahn (July 7, 1906 in Bavaria, Germany - December 7, 1938 at the Ohio State Penitentiary) was a German-born American serial killer.
Bertha Gifford
Bertha Gifford (ca. 1876- August 20, 1951) was a farmwife in rural Catawissa, Missouri during the early 1900s who was accused of murdering 17 members of the local community.
Bertha Gifford (ca. 1876- August 20, 1951) was a farmwife in rural Catawissa, Missouri during the early 1900s who was accused of murdering 17 members of the local community.
Beverley Allitt
Beverley Gail Allitt is an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering four children, attempting to murder three other children, and causing grievous bodily harm to a further six children.
Beverley Gail Allitt is an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering four children, attempting to murder three other children, and causing grievous bodily harm to a further six children.
Black Widows of Liverpool
Catherine Flannigan and Margaret Higgins were Irish sisters who were convicted of poisoning and murdering two people in Liverpool and suspected of more deaths.
Catherine Flannigan and Margaret Higgins were Irish sisters who were convicted of poisoning and murdering two people in Liverpool and suspected of more deaths.
Blanche Taylor Moore
Blanche Kiser Taylor Moore is a convicted murderer and probable serial killer from Alamance County, North Carolina.
Blanche Kiser Taylor Moore is a convicted murderer and probable serial killer from Alamance County, North Carolina.
Bloody Benders
The Bloody Benders were an alleged family of serial killers who owned a small general store and inn in Osage township, Labette County, Kansas from 1871 to 1873.
The Bloody Benders were an alleged family of serial killers who owned a small general store and inn in Osage township, Labette County, Kansas from 1871 to 1873.
Carol M. Bundy
Carol M. Bundy was an American serial killer.
Carol M. Bundy was an American serial killer.
Caroline Grills
Caroline Grills, born Caroline Mickelson, was an Australian serial killer.
Caroline Grills, born Caroline Mickelson, was an Australian serial killer.
Catalina de los Ríos y Lísperguer
Catalina de los Ríos y Lisperguer was an aristocratic 17th century Chilean landowner, nicknamed La Quintrala because of her flaming red hair.
Catalina de los Ríos y Lisperguer was an aristocratic 17th century Chilean landowner, nicknamed La Quintrala because of her flaming red hair.
Catherine Wilson
Catherine Wilson (1822 - 20 October 1862) was a British woman who was hanged for one murder, but was generally thought at the time to have committed six others.
Catherine Wilson (1822 - 20 October 1862) was a British woman who was hanged for one murder, but was generally thought at the time to have committed six others.
Cathy Wood
Gwendolyn Graham (born August 6, 1963) and Cathy Wood (born 1962) are American serial killers who killed five elderly women in Grand Rapids, Michigan in the 1980s.
Gwendolyn Graham (born August 6, 1963) and Cathy Wood (born 1962) are American serial killers who killed five elderly women in Grand Rapids, Michigan in the 1980s.
Christine Malèvre
Christine Malèvre (born 1970) is a French serial killer.
Christine Malèvre (born 1970) is a French serial killer.
Dagmar Overbye
Dagmar Johanne Amalie Overbye (April 23, 1883 – May 6, 1929) was a Danish serial killer.
Dagmar Johanne Amalie Overbye (April 23, 1883 – May 6, 1929) was a Danish serial killer.
Daisy de Melker
Daisy Louisa C. De Melker, simply known as Daisy de Melker, was a trained nurse who poisoned two husbands with strychnine for their life insurance while living in Germiston in the central ...
Daisy Louisa C. De Melker, simply known as Daisy de Melker, was a trained nurse who poisoned two husbands with strychnine for their life insurance while living in Germiston in the central ...
Dana Sue Gray
Dana Sue Gray is an American serial killer who murdered three elderly women in 1994.
Dana Sue Gray is an American serial killer who murdered three elderly women in 1994.
Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova
Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova was a Russian serial killer and noble from Moscow who became notorious for torturing and killing over 100 of her serfs, mostly women and girls.
Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova was a Russian serial killer and noble from Moscow who became notorious for torturing and killing over 100 of her serfs, mostly women and girls.
David and Catherine Birnie
David John Birnie and Catherine Margaret Birnie were an Australian husband and wife pair of serial killers from Perth, Australia.
David John Birnie and Catherine Margaret Birnie were an Australian husband and wife pair of serial killers from Perth, Australia.
Delfina and María de Jesús González
Delfina and María de Jesús González (known as "Las Poquianchis") were two sisters from the Mexican state of Guanajuato, located some 200 miles north of Mexico City.
Delfina and María de Jesús González (known as "Las Poquianchis") were two sisters from the Mexican state of Guanajuato, located some 200 miles north of Mexico City.
Delphine LaLaurie
Marie Delphine LaLaurie, more commonly known as Madame LaLaurie, was a Louisiana-born socialite, known for her involvement in the torture of black slaves.
Marie Delphine LaLaurie, more commonly known as Madame LaLaurie, was a Louisiana-born socialite, known for her involvement in the torture of black slaves.
Dorothea Waddingham
Dorothea Nancy Waddingham (1899 - 16 April 1936) was a nursing home matron and convicted murderer in the United Kingdom.
Dorothea Nancy Waddingham (1899 - 16 April 1936) was a nursing home matron and convicted murderer in the United Kingdom.
Elizabeth Báthory
Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed was a countess from the renowned Báthory family of Hungarian nobility.
Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed was a countess from the renowned Báthory family of Hungarian nobility.
Enriqueta Martí
Enriqueta Martí i Ripollés was a Catalan child murderer, kidnapper and procuress of children.
Enriqueta Martí i Ripollés was a Catalan child murderer, kidnapper and procuress of children.
Francisca Ballesteros
Francisca Ballesteros (b. 1969) is a Spanish serial killer who between 1990 and 2004 killed her two daughters and her husband and attempted to kill her son.
Francisca Ballesteros (b. 1969) is a Spanish serial killer who between 1990 and 2004 killed her two daughters and her husband and attempted to kill her son.
Genene Jones
Genene Anne Jones (born July 13, 1950) is a former pediatric nurse who killed somewhere between 11 and 46 infants and children in her care.
Genene Anne Jones (born July 13, 1950) is a former pediatric nurse who killed somewhere between 11 and 46 infants and children in her care.
Gesche Gottfried
Gesche Margarethe Gottfried, born Gesche Margarethe Timm (6 March 1785 - 21 April 1831), was a serial killer who murdered 15 people by arsenic poisoning in Bremen and Hanover, Germany, between 1...
Gesche Margarethe Gottfried, born Gesche Margarethe Timm (6 March 1785 - 21 April 1831), was a serial killer who murdered 15 people by arsenic poisoning in Bremen and Hanover, Germany, between 1...
Giulia Tofana
Giulia Tofana (also spelled Toffana, Tophana) (died in Rome, July 1659) was an Italian professional poisoner.
Giulia Tofana (also spelled Toffana, Tophana) (died in Rome, July 1659) was an Italian professional poisoner.
Gwendolyn Graham
Gwendolyn Graham (born August 6, 1963) and Cathy Wood (born 1962) are American serial killers who killed five elderly women in Grand Rapids, Michigan in the 1980s.
Gwendolyn Graham (born August 6, 1963) and Cathy Wood (born 1962) are American serial killers who killed five elderly women in Grand Rapids, Michigan in the 1980s.
Gwendolyn Graham and Cathy Wood
Gwendolyn Graham and Cathy Wood are American serial killers who killed five elderly women in Grand Rapids, Michigan in the 1980s.
Gwendolyn Graham and Cathy Wood are American serial killers who killed five elderly women in Grand Rapids, Michigan in the 1980s.
Irene Leidolf
Maria Gruber, Irene Leidolf, Stephanija Meyer, and Waltraud Wagner (Born 1960) made up one of the most unusual crime teams in 20th Century Europe.
Maria Gruber, Irene Leidolf, Stephanija Meyer, and Waltraud Wagner (Born 1960) made up one of the most unusual crime teams in 20th Century Europe.
Janie Lou Gibbs
Janie Lou Gibbs (December 25, 1932 – February 7, 2010) was a serial killer from Cordele, Georgia, who killed her three sons, a grandson, and her husband, by poisoning them with rat poison ...
Janie Lou Gibbs (December 25, 1932 – February 7, 2010) was a serial killer from Cordele, Georgia, who killed her three sons, a grandson, and her husband, by poisoning them with rat poison ...
Juana Barraza
Juana Barraza (born 1956) is a Mexican professional wrestler and serial killer dubbed La Mataviejitas (Sp. "The Old Lady Killer") sentenced to 759 years in jail for killing eleven elderly women.
Juana Barraza (born 1956) is a Mexican professional wrestler and serial killer dubbed La Mataviejitas (Sp. "The Old Lady Killer") sentenced to 759 years in jail for killing eleven elderly women.
Juliane Lipka
"The Angel Makers of Nagyrév" were a group of women living in the village of Nagyrév, Hungary who between 1914 and 1929 poisoned to death an estimated 300 people (however, Béla Bodó puts the num...
"The Angel Makers of Nagyrév" were a group of women living in the village of Nagyrév, Hungary who between 1914 and 1929 poisoned to death an estimated 300 people (however, Béla Bodó puts the num...
Junko Ogata
Junko Ogata is a Japanese woman who acted as an accomplice to serial killer Futoshi Matsunaga.
Junko Ogata is a Japanese woman who acted as an accomplice to serial killer Futoshi Matsunaga.
Karla Homolka
Karla Leanne Homolka, also known as Karla Leanne Teale, is a Canadian serial killer.
Karla Leanne Homolka, also known as Karla Leanne Teale, is a Canadian serial killer.
Kathleen Folbigg
Kathleen Megan Folbigg (née Donovan) (born 14 June 1967) is an Australian child killer.
Kathleen Megan Folbigg (née Donovan) (born 14 June 1967) is an Australian child killer.
Kimberly Clark Saenz
Kimberly Clark Saenz, also known as Kimberly Clark Fowler, is a convicted serial killer.
Kimberly Clark Saenz, also known as Kimberly Clark Fowler, is a convicted serial killer.
Kristen Gilbert
Kristen Gilbert (born November 13, 1967 as Kristen Strickland in Fall River, Massachusetts) is an American serial killer who was convicted for three first-degree murders, one second-degree...
Kristen Gilbert (born November 13, 1967 as Kristen Strickland in Fall River, Massachusetts) is an American serial killer who was convicted for three first-degree murders, one second-degree...
La Quintrala
Catalina de los Ríos y Lisperguer (*Santiago de Chile, 1604 - † 1665) was an aristocratic 17th century Chilean landowner, nicknamed La Quintrala because of her flaming red hair.
Catalina de los Ríos y Lisperguer (*Santiago de Chile, 1604 - † 1665) was an aristocratic 17th century Chilean landowner, nicknamed La Quintrala because of her flaming red hair.
Lainz Angels of Death
Maria Gruber, Irene Leidolf, Stephanija Meyer, and Waltraud Wagner (Born 1960) made up one of the most unusual crime teams in 20th Century Europe.
Maria Gruber, Irene Leidolf, Stephanija Meyer, and Waltraud Wagner (Born 1960) made up one of the most unusual crime teams in 20th Century Europe.
Lavinia Fisher
Lavinia Fisher is widely recognized as the first female mass murderer in the United States of America.
Lavinia Fisher is widely recognized as the first female mass murderer in the United States of America.
Leonarda Cianciulli
Leonarda Cianciulli (November 14, 1893, Montella, Province of Avellino - October 15, 1970) was an Italian serial killer.
Leonarda Cianciulli (November 14, 1893, Montella, Province of Avellino - October 15, 1970) was an Italian serial killer.
Locusta
Locusta was a Roman serial killer during the 1st century AD.
Locusta was a Roman serial killer during the 1st century AD.
Louise Peete
Lofie Louise Preslar (September 20, 1880 in Bienville, Louisiana – April 11, 1947 in San Quentin State Prison, California) was a convicted American serial killer.
Lofie Louise Preslar (September 20, 1880 in Bienville, Louisiana – April 11, 1947 in San Quentin State Prison, California) was a convicted American serial killer.
Lyda Southard
Lyda Southard (October 16, 1892-February 5, 1958) was an American serial killer.
Lyda Southard (October 16, 1892-February 5, 1958) was an American serial killer.
Madame de Brinvilliers
Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite d'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers (22 July 1630 – 17 July 1676) was a French serial killer.
Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite d'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers (22 July 1630 – 17 July 1676) was a French serial killer.
Magdalena Solís
Magdalena Solis also known as the High Priestess of Blood, was a serial killer, a member of a cult in Mexico that was responsible for orchestrating several murders, and participated in drinking ...
Magdalena Solis also known as the High Priestess of Blood, was a serial killer, a member of a cult in Mexico that was responsible for orchestrating several murders, and participated in drinking ...
Margaret Waters
Margaret Waters was an English murderess hanged by executioner William Calcraft on October 11, 1870 at Horsemonger Lane Gaol (also known as Surrey County Gaol) in London.
Margaret Waters was an English murderess hanged by executioner William Calcraft on October 11, 1870 at Horsemonger Lane Gaol (also known as Surrey County Gaol) in London.
Maria Gruber
Maria Gruber, Irene Leidolf, Stephanija Meyer, and Waltraud Wagner (Born 1960) made up one of the most unusual crime teams in 20th Century Europe.
Maria Gruber, Irene Leidolf, Stephanija Meyer, and Waltraud Wagner (Born 1960) made up one of the most unusual crime teams in 20th Century Europe.
Maria Swanenburg
Maria Catherina Swanenburg (Leiden 9 September 1839 - Gorinchem 11 April 1915) was a Dutch serial killer.
Maria Catherina Swanenburg (Leiden 9 September 1839 - Gorinchem 11 April 1915) was a Dutch serial killer.
Marianne Nölle
Marianne Nölle (born 1938) is a German serial killer from Cologne.
Marianne Nölle (born 1938) is a German serial killer from Cologne.
Marie Fikáčková
Marie Fikáčková (September 9, 1936 in Sušice - April 13, 1961) was a Czech serial killer.
Marie Fikáčková (September 9, 1936 in Sušice - April 13, 1961) was a Czech serial killer.
Marie Noe
Marie Noe is an American woman who was convicted in June 1999 of murdering eight of her children.
Marie Noe is an American woman who was convicted in June 1999 of murdering eight of her children.
Martha Ann Johnson
Martha Ann Johnson is an American serial killer from Georgia convicted of smothering to death three of her children between 1977 and 1982.
Martha Ann Johnson is an American serial killer from Georgia convicted of smothering to death three of her children between 1977 and 1982.
Martha Needle
Martha Needle was known for poisoning her husband, 3 children and future brother-in-law, and was hanged on 22 October 1894.
Martha Needle was known for poisoning her husband, 3 children and future brother-in-law, and was hanged on 22 October 1894.
Mary Ann Britland
Mary Ann Britland (1847–1886) of Ashton-under-Lyne was the first woman to be executed by hanging at Strangeways Prison, Manchester, England by James Berry on the 9 August 1886.
Mary Ann Britland (1847–1886) of Ashton-under-Lyne was the first woman to be executed by hanging at Strangeways Prison, Manchester, England by James Berry on the 9 August 1886.
Mary Ann Cotton
Mary Ann Cotton was an English woman convicted of murdering her children and believed to have murdered up to 21 people, mainly by arsenic poisoning.
Mary Ann Cotton was an English woman convicted of murdering her children and believed to have murdered up to 21 people, mainly by arsenic poisoning.
Mary Elizabeth Wilson
Mary Elizabeth Wilson (c. 1893 - 1963), also known as the Merry widow of Windy Nook, was a serial killer and the last woman to be sentenced to death in Durham, in 1958.
Mary Elizabeth Wilson (c. 1893 - 1963), also known as the Merry widow of Windy Nook, was a serial killer and the last woman to be sentenced to death in Durham, in 1958.
Marybeth Tinning
Marybeth Tinning (née Roe, born on September 11, 1942) is an American serial killer currently serving a 20 years to life sentence after being convicted of the murder of one of her children.
Marybeth Tinning (née Roe, born on September 11, 1942) is an American serial killer currently serving a 20 years to life sentence after being convicted of the murder of one of her children.
Miyuki Ishikawa
Miyuki Ishikawa was a Japanese midwife and serial killer who is believed to have murdered many infants with the aid of several accomplices throughout the 1940s.
Miyuki Ishikawa was a Japanese midwife and serial killer who is believed to have murdered many infants with the aid of several accomplices throughout the 1940s.
Moors murders
The Moors murders were carried out by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965, in and around what is now Greater Manchester, England.
The Moors murders were carried out by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965, in and around what is now Greater Manchester, England.
Nannie Doss
Nannie Doss (November 4, 1905 – June 2, 1965) was a serial killer responsible for the deaths of eleven people between the 1920s and 1954.
Nannie Doss (November 4, 1905 – June 2, 1965) was a serial killer responsible for the deaths of eleven people between the 1920s and 1954.
Phantom of Heilbronn
The Phantom of Heilbronn, often alternatively referred to as the "Woman Without a Face", was a hypothesized unknown female serial killer whose existence was inferred from DNA evidence found at n...
The Phantom of Heilbronn, often alternatively referred to as the "Woman Without a Face", was a hypothesized unknown female serial killer whose existence was inferred from DNA evidence found at n...
Ray and Faye Copeland
Ray Copeland (1914–1993) and Faye Della Copeland (192130 December 2003) became, at the ages of 76 and 69 respectively, the oldest couple ever sentenced to death in the United States.
Ray Copeland (1914–1993) and Faye Della Copeland (192130 December 2003) became, at the ages of 76 and 69 respectively, the oldest couple ever sentenced to death in the United States.
Raya and Sakina
Raya and Sakina, Egypt's most infamous serial killers, began killing women in the Labban neighborhood of Alexandria in the early days of the 20th century.
Raya and Sakina, Egypt's most infamous serial killers, began killing women in the Labban neighborhood of Alexandria in the early days of the 20th century.
Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck
Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck became known as "The Lonely Hearts Killers" after their arrest and trial for serial murder in 1949.
Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck became known as "The Lonely Hearts Killers" after their arrest and trial for serial murder in 1949.
Rhonda Belle Martin
Rhonda Bell Martin (1907 – October 11, 1957) was an American serial killer.
Rhonda Bell Martin (1907 – October 11, 1957) was an American serial killer.
Rosemary West
Rosemary Pauline "Rose" West (née Letts) (born on the 29th of November, 1953, in Barnstaple, Devon) is a British serial killer, now an inmate at HMP Low Newton, Brasside, Durham, after bei...
Rosemary Pauline "Rose" West (née Letts) (born on the 29th of November, 1953, in Barnstaple, Devon) is a British serial killer, now an inmate at HMP Low Newton, Brasside, Durham, after bei...
Sara Aldrete
Sara María Aldrete (born September 6, 1964 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico) is a multiple murderer known as "La Madrina".
Sara María Aldrete (born September 6, 1964 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico) is a multiple murderer known as "La Madrina".
Shirley Winters
Shirley Winters (born February 27, 1958) is an upstate New York resident and convicted murderer and arsonist.
Shirley Winters (born February 27, 1958) is an upstate New York resident and convicted murderer and arsonist.
Stephanija Meyer
Maria Gruber, Irene Leidolf, Stephanija Meyer, and Waltraud Wagner (Born 1960) made up one of the most unusual crime teams in 20th Century Europe.
Maria Gruber, Irene Leidolf, Stephanija Meyer, and Waltraud Wagner (Born 1960) made up one of the most unusual crime teams in 20th Century Europe.
Susi Olah
"The Angel Makers of Nagyrév" were a group of women living in the village of Nagyrév, Hungary who between 1914 and 1929 poisoned to death an estimated 300 people (however, Béla Bodó puts the num...
"The Angel Makers of Nagyrév" were a group of women living in the village of Nagyrév, Hungary who between 1914 and 1929 poisoned to death an estimated 300 people (however, Béla Bodó puts the num...
The Angel Makers of Nagyrév
"The Angel Makers of Nagyrév" were a group of women living in the village of Nagyrév, Hungary who between 1914 and 1929 poisoned to death an estimated 300 people.
"The Angel Makers of Nagyrév" were a group of women living in the village of Nagyrév, Hungary who between 1914 and 1929 poisoned to death an estimated 300 people.
Tillie Klimek
Ottilie "Tillie" Klimek was a Polish American serial killer, active in Chicago.
Ottilie "Tillie" Klimek was a Polish American serial killer, active in Chicago.
Velma Barfield
Margie Velma Barfield was a serial killer, convicted of six murders.
Margie Velma Barfield was a serial killer, convicted of six murders.
Vera Renczi
Vera Renczi was a Romanian serial killer who poisoned 35 individuals including her husbands, lovers and one son with arsenic during the 1920s and 1930s.
Vera Renczi was a Romanian serial killer who poisoned 35 individuals including her husbands, lovers and one son with arsenic during the 1920s and 1930s.
Waneta Hoyt
Waneta Ethel (Nixon) Hoyt (May 13, 1946 – August 13, 1998) was an American serial killer.
Waneta Ethel (Nixon) Hoyt (May 13, 1946 – August 13, 1998) was an American serial killer.