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  1. Apr 17, 2023 · From Aileen Wuornos to Jane Toppan to Dorothea Puente, these female serial killers were just as deadly as their male counterparts. From wives to nurses to even children, these 23 female serial killers show that murder isn't just a man's world.

    • Kaleena Fraga
    • The Blood Countess’, Elizabeth Báthory (1560-1614) Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed was a Hungarian noblewoman and reputed serial killer of hundreds of young women in the 16th and 17th centuries.
    • Giulia Tofana (1620-1659) Though not a direct killer herself, Giulia Tofana provided poison that killed hundreds of men in 17th-century Italy. Born in Palermo in 1620, when she was young her mother was executed for killing her father with poison.
    • Mary Ann Cotton (1832-1873) Mary Ann Cotton is thought to be Britain’s first female serial killer. She is suspected of having murdered around 21 people using arsenic as a way of claiming life insurance payments.
    • Amelia Dyer (1836-1896) Amelia Dyer is credited as being one of the most prolific murderers in British history, having killed more than 400 infants. Trained as a nurse but widowed in 1869, Dyer turned to baby farming to support her family.
  2. Jan 3, 2022 · Here are the most famous female serial killers and women murderers in history - and what drove them to start killing.

  3. Jul 1, 2018 · Female serial killers are just as horrifying and dangerous as male ones. From the "Little Old Lady Killer" to the "soap maker of Correggio," here are some of the most notorious cases of...

    • Adriana Belmonte
  4. Oct 5, 2022 · Around the turn of the 16th century, Elizabeth Bathory, a Hungarian countess, supposedly tortured and killed hundreds of young girls. Hickey tends to “discount those huge numbers,” but the fact remains that women, too, are responsible for untold bloodshed — they just follow a subtler modus operandi.

  5. Mar 12, 2019 · Scan history’s bloodiest serial killings, and you’ll find a long list of men behind the grisly deeds. Yet an equally brutal group of women serial killers have carried out their own mass slayings. Despite a significant difference in numbers, female serial killers are just as deadly.

  6. Jun 24, 2024 · Female serial killers often times go under the radar. They're a more unique breed, only representing about 16.7% of serial killers.

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