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Jun 30, 2022 · From serial killers to Wild West outlaws, discover some of the most striking vintage images of female criminals — brought to life in color.
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- Aileen Wuornos (1956-2002) > Crime: Murder. > Country: U.S. Aileen Wuornos never had a chance at a normal life. Her father was a child molester who killed himself after she was born, and her mother abandoned the family when Wuornos was a child.
- Amelia Dyer (1837-1896) > Crime: Murder. > Country: England. Amelia Dyer was a baby farmer, which was a real job during the Victorian Era in England in which a woman would adopt unwanted children for a fee.
- Andrea Yates (1964- ) > Crime: Murder. > Country: U.S. Yates, from Houston, Texas, drowned her five children in their bathtub on June 20, 2001. She had been dealing with severe postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, and schizophrenia for some time before the crime was committed.
- Belle Gunness (1859-1908) > Crime: Murder. > Country: U.S. Norwegian immigrant Belle Gunness came to the United States looking to strike it rich in her adopted country.
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Female pirates? Murderers? Gangsters? Conspirators? Yes. Throughout history women have had their share in all of it. Here is a list of seven notorious female criminals of the 17th through early 20th century who wreaked havoc on land and sea.
A Texas outlaw in the 19th century, Belle Starr (born Myra Belle Shirley) lived a bandit’s life, associating with unsavory folk such as Jesse James. She and her husband, a Cherokee Indian named Sam Starr, were known for housing outlaws on their ranch in the Oklahoma Indian Territory and for preying on travelers and cowboys passing through. She and ...
Moll Cutpurse, born Mary Frith, was notorious in 17th-century London. She began her life of crime as a common pickpocket. Then she expanded her territory and became a highway robber dressed in men’s clothing. Finally, after a stint in jail, she opened a shop in London that she used as a cover for selling stolen items.
Anne Bonny was an Irish pirate who trolled the Caribbean Sea with pirate John (“Calico Jack”) Rackham in the 18th century. Rackham was wise to go against common thinking that women were bad luck on board a ship. Bonny and the crew had a successful run hijacking and pillaging merchant vessels. When they were captured in 1720, Bonny escaped execution...
Charlotte Corday became an assassin at age 25. The daughter of French nobles, Corday’s allegiance during the French Revolution lay with Girondins—French republican politicians—and the French constitution. She took the conflict into her own hands and set her sights on Jean-Paul Marat, a leader of the French Revolution and enemy of all she stood for....
Mary Surratt ran a tavern with her husband in Maryland, where they welcomed Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. When her husband died, Surratt moved to Washington, D.C., and opened a boardinghouse. The boardinghouse became a meeting place for John Wilkes Booth and his fellow conspirators. Surratt herself became entangled in the plot...
Kate (“Ma”) Barker led the Barker gang of her sons and rose to infamy as the FBI’s Public Enemy Number One. She and her gang orchestrated a slew of robberies, murders, and kidnappings throughout the American Midwest during the early 1930s. On January 16, 1935, she and her son Fred met their deaths in what was the longest shootout in FBI history, in...
Half of the legendary duo Bonnie and Clyde, Bonnie Parker met Clyde Barrow in 1930, and, when he was sent to jail soon after on burglary charges, she smuggled in a gun that he was able to use to escape. She partnered with Barrow in 1932 during the Great Depression in what became a 21-month–long crime spree. The two stole cars and robbed gas station...
Mar 12, 2019 · 15 Notorious Female Serial Killers. The twisted tales of these female serial killers are downright chilling. By Steven Casale | Published Mar 12, 2019. Photo Credit: Murderpedia. Scan history’s bloodiest serial killings, and you’ll find a long list of men behind the grisly deeds.
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- Ted Bundy Crime Scene Photos. These tools were discovered in the back of Ted Bundy's VW Beetle on Aug. 21, 1975. He was arrested after this discovery and charged with murder, but he managed to escape custody twice and kill several more women, including 12-year-old Kimberly Leach.
- Ted Bundy. The skull of Ted Bundy's ninth victim, Denise Naslund, discovered by two hunters near Issaquah, Washington.
- Ted Bundy. Police assess the scene of one of Ted Bundy's many crimes.
- Richard Speck. Pictured is one of the eight nurses murdered by serial killer Richard Speck as she is taken away on a gurney, July 1966. Speck's mass murder spree lasted one night when he broke into a community hospital and killed every student nurse there he could get his hands on.
Bonnie Parker: the outlaw robber. Bonnie Parker, of Bonnie and Clyde fame, went on a two-year rampage with her lover across the States during the Great Depression, in a revolutionary tale of...
