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It includes serial killers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "American female serial killers" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total.
- The Female Serial Killers Who Murder For Money
- Nurses Who Killed Their Patients
- The Most Sadistic Female Serial Killers
Some of the most insidious female serial killers are women who murder for money, often targeting the people closest to them. One of the most infamous examples is the "Indiana Ogress," Belle Gunness. A Norwegian immigrant in La Porte, Indiana, Gunness seemed like a woman haunted by tragedy. Her first husband died of a cerebral hemorrhage, and her se...
The gallery of female serial killers above includes multiple nurses. In England, the most notorious nurse serial killer is Beverley Allitt. As Biographynotes, Allitt seemed deeply disturbed from a young age, faking injuries in order to get attention. As an adult, Allitt continued to seek treatment for medical ailments that didn't seem to exist. The...
Though killers like Belle Gunness were primarily motivated by money, and killers like Beverley Allitt were primarily motivated by attention, some female serial killers murdered just because they liked how it felt. Take Joanna Dennehy. Over the course of 10 days in March 2013, she went on a murder spree that left three men dead — and Dennehy had hop...
- Kaleena Fraga
- Aileen Wuornos (aka “That chick from Monster), 1956-2002. Crime: Found guilty of killing six men between the years of 1989-1990. Aileen Wuornos had a tragic childhood, having been abandoned by her mother and raised by her grandparents.
- Genene Jones, 1950-Present. Crime: Found guilty of killing two infants, although she possibly killed eleven to forty-six children. Genene Jones was a pediatric nurse in Texas who had a taste for drama.
- Griselda Blanco, 1943-2012. Crime: Trafficked cocaine and was suspected of committing more than two-hundred murders. Griselda Blanco, dubbed such nicknames as “The Godmother,” “Queen of Cocaine” and “The Black Widow,” was raised by an abusive mother in Colombia and resorted to a life of crime and prostitution at an early age.
- Delphine LaLaurie, 1775-1842. Crime: Tortured and murdered black slaves. For American Horror Story: Coven fans, you may not have known that the vicious female slave owner was actually based on a person in real life.
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 all time.
- Adriana Belmonte
Oct 5, 2022 · Female Serial Killers Do Exist And Are Known As 'Quiet' Killers. We may hear more about male serial killers, like Jeffrey Dahmer or John Wayne Gacy, but female serial killers do exist. They just murder for different reasons. Jane Toppan — nicknamed "Jolly Jane" — was a nurse who poisoned thirty-one victims in the late 1800s, including her ...
May 9, 2015 · Lady Killers. By Emily Anthes. May 9, 2015. Aileen Wuornos, who murdered seven men in 1989 and 1990, is sometimes referred to, mistakenly, as America’s first female serial killer. Photograph by ...
Apr 25, 2024 · Aileen Wuornos (born February 29, 1956, Rochester, Michigan, U.S.—died October 9, 2002, Starke, Florida) was an American serial killer who murdered at least seven people in 1989–90. Her case drew national attention to issues such as the relationship between gender and violence and the legal treatment of acts of self-defense by women.
