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Lizzie Halliday (c. 1859 – June 28, 1918, born Eliza Margaret McNally) was an Irish-American serial killer responsible for the deaths of four people in upstate New York during the 1890s. In 1894, she became the first woman to be sentenced to death by the electric chair.
- June 28, 1918 (aged 58–59), Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, Fishkill, New York
- Irish American
- Eliza Margaret McNally, c. 1859, Antrim, Ireland
Aug 25, 2021 · Lizzie Halliday murdered at least four people in upstate New York in the 1890s and was dubbed the "Worst Woman on Earth". She also confessed to many other killings and was linked to the Whitechapel murders by circumstantial evidence.
Jun 9, 2022 · Lizzie Halliday was born in Ireland and moved to the US, where she married six times and killed at least one husband. She also burned down a shop, tried to poison a lover, and was committed to an asylum for life.
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Jun 18, 2023 · Lizzie Halliday: The Catskills’ most notorious serial killer. Police video contradicts McCoy's account of official's DWI arrest. Hudson Valley // History. The female serial killer who terrorized...
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Sep 26, 2023 · Lizzie Halliday, born Elizabeth Margaret McNally in Antrim, was a notorious murderer who killed several people in the US in the late 19th century. She was the first woman to be sentenced to death by electric chair, but her sentence was commuted to life in a mental institution.
Aug 11, 2014 · Lizzie Halliday was a notorious murderer who confessed to killing at least five people in Sullivan County, New York. She was also linked to the Whitechapel murders in London by a sheriff, but no evidence supported the claim.
Aug 25, 2020 · Learn about the chilling history of Lizzie Brown Halliday, who killed five people and was suspected of being Jack the Ripper in the 1890s. She was a criminal prodigy who married and murdered multiple times, and spent 24 years in a mental hospital.
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