Female Serial Killers Executed

Jan. 69– Locusta– Rome – executed by being torn apart by animals

1587 –Walpurga Hausmännin– Augsburg, Austria – right hand (which had made the oath for licensed midwives), burned at the stake

Apr. 17, 1635 – Elizabeth Evans–London, England – hanged at Newgate gallows

1659 – Gratiosa– Rome, Italy – hanged

Jul. 1659 – Giulia Tofana– Rome, Italy – hanged

1673 – Louise Mabre, “Murderous Midwife” – Paris, France – was sentenced to be shut up in an iron cage with sixteen wild cats and suspended over a low fire.

Jul. 17, 1676 – Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite d'Aubray, Marquise deBrinvilliers– Paris, France– tortured, beheaded, corpse burned at the stake

Feb. 22, 1680 – Catherine Deshayes“La Voisin,” – Paris, France – at Place de Grève, burned to death publicly

Mar. 24, 1684 – Elizabeth Ridgway– Leicester-shire, England – burned at the stake

Oct. 23, 1693 – Mary Compton– Tyburn, England – “executed”

Jul. 1, 1772 – Luisa de Jesus– Coimbra (Lisbon), Portugal – carried through the streetsof Lisbon,whipped, hangedand then publicly burnt

Jul. 30, 1789 – Giovanna Bonanno– Palermo, Sicily – hanged

Sep. 17, 1811 – Anna Maria Zwanziger– Bamberg, Bavaria – beheaded by sword

1814 –“Malága Black Widow”– Malága, Spain – hanged

Sep. 16, 1816 – Susannah Holroyd– Lancaster, England – hanged

Jun. 22, 1828 – Jane Scott– Lancaster, England – hanged

Apr. 21, 1831 – Gesche Gottfried– Bremen, Germany – beheaded by sword

1835 – Margaret Jaeger– Mentz, Swabia (Germany) – sentenced to death on Mar. 24, 1835, presumably executed

Aug. 10, 1835 – Fanny Billing, with Catherine Frary– Norwich, England – hanged

May 6, 1843 – Elizabeth Eccles– Liverpool, England – hanged at Kirkdale Prison

Aug. 5, 1843 – Sarah Dazely– Bedford, England – hanged

Apr. 23, 1845 – Sarah Freeman– Somerset, England – hanged

Aug. 2, 1844 – Eliza Joyce– Lincoln, England – hanged

May 23, 1845 – Elizabeth Reed– Lawrence County, Illinois – hanged

Jul. 29, 1847 – Mary Ann Milner– Lincoln Castle, England – suicide day before execution date (Jul. 30)

1848 – Rose Theyre– Nimes, France – sentenced on Feb.? 1848, presumably executed

Aug. 14, 1848 – Mary May– Chelmsford, England – hanged

Aug. 21, 1849 – Mary Ann Geering– Lewes Assizes – Norwich, England – hanged

Sep. 1, 1849 – Rebecca Smith– Devizes, England – hanged at New Prison

Jul. 8, 1850 – Madame Segard– Nancy, France – guillotined

Mar. 25, 1851 – Sarah Chesham– Chelmsford England – hanged at Springfield Prison

Aug. 8, 1851 – Mary Emily Cage– Ipswich, England – hanged

Oct. 20, 1862 – Catherine Wilson– London, England – hanged at Newgate Gaol

Jan. 19, 1866 – Martha Grinder– Pittsburgh, Pa. – hanged

Oct. 11, 1870 – Margaret Waters– County of Surrey, England – hanged at Horsemonger Lane Goal

Mar. 24, 1873 – Mary Ann Cotton– Durham, England – hanged

Dec. 3, 1872– WilhelminaWaltmann (or, Woltman) – Stade, Germany – beheaded with axe

Nov. 30, 1882 – Kathi Lyukas (Nagy)– Stein-am-Anger, Szerdaltely, Hungary – hanged

Mar. 3, 1884 – Catherine Flannigan and Margaret Higgins– Liverpool, England – hanged

Aug. 9, 1886 – Mary Ann Britland– Manchester, England – hanged at Strangeways Gaol

Jun. 25, 1889 – Sarah Whiteling– Philadelphia, Pa.– hanged

Jan. 15, 1894 – Frances Knorr– Melbourne, Australia – hanged

Oct. 22, 1894 – Martha Needle– Melbourne, Australia – hanged at Old Melbourne Jail

Aug. 12, 1895 – Williamina “Minnie” Dean – Invercargill, New Zealand – hanged at Invercargill Jail, hanged

Jun. 10, 1896 – Amelia Dyer– London, England – hanged at Newgate Prison

Mar. 6, 1900 – Ada Chard Williams– London, England – hanged at Newgate Prison

Feb. 3, 1903 – Amelia Sach and AnnieWalters– London, England – hanged at Holloway prison

Feb. 3, 1905 – ElisabethWiese– Hamburg, Germany – guillotined

1907 – Ernestine Feige– Metz, Silesia – sentenced to death, presumably executed

Jun. 23, 1908 – Grete Beier– Brand, Saxony (Germany) – guillotined

Oct. 6,  1909 – Martha Rendell– Fremantle, Australia – hanged at Fremantle Prison

1912 – Enriqueta Martí– Barcelona, Spain – murdered in prison awaiting execution

Jun. 17, 1929 – Esther Szabo– Szolnok, Hungary – hanged

1929 – Juliane Lipka– Szolnok, Hungary – sentenced on Dec. 15?, 1929, presumably hanged soon after

May 6, 1930 – Lisa Karl– Reims, France – hanged

Jan. 13, 1931 – Marie Kardos– Skolnok, Hungary – hanged

Jun. 17, 1931 – Christine Chordas– Skolnok, Hungary – hanged

Dec. 30, 1932 – Daisy De Melker– Pretoria, South Africa – hanged at Pretoria Central Prison

1933 – Viktoria Rieger– Szegedin, Hungary – sentenced on Jan. 16?, 1933, presumably hanged soon after

Dec. 7, 1934 – Anna Marie Hahn– Columbus, Ohio – electric chair, Ohio Penitentiary

1935 – Julianne Nagy– Debreczen, Hungary – sentenced to death, Feb. 5, 1935, presumably hanged

1935 – Milka Pavlovich – Belovar, Yugoslavia – sentenced to hang on May 19, 1935, presumably executed soon thereafter

Jul. 16, 1936 – Mary Creighton– Ossining, New York – electric chair, Sing Sing Prison 

Dec. 6, 1938 – Martha Marek – Vienna, Austria – guillotined

Dec. 13, 1945 – Irma Grese– Hamelin, Germany – hanged

Apr. 11, 1947 – Louise Peete– San Quentin, California – gas chamber, San Quentin State Prison

Mar. 8, 1951 – Martha Beck– Ossining, New York – electric chair, Sing Sing prison

Oct. 11, 1957 – Rhonda Belle Martin– Montgomery, Alabama – electric chair, Kilby Prison

Apr. 13, 1961– Marie Fikáčková– Prague, Czechoslovakia – hanged at Pankrác Prison

Nov. 12, 1984 – Velma Barfield– Raleigh, North Carolina – lethal injection, Central Prison

Mar. 30, 1998 – Judias Welty Buenoano – Starke, Florida – electrocuted

Jan. 18, 1999 – Dao Ruiying– China

Feb. 27, 2000 – Betty Lou Beets– Huntsville, Texas – executed by lethal drugs, Huntsville Prison

Oct. 9, 2002 – Aileen Wuornos– Starke, Florida – lethal injection

Dec. 20, 2010 – Mahin Qadiri– Qazvin, Iran – hanged

Sep. 27, 2012 – Sachiko Eto– Sukagawa, Japan – Cult exorcism

1865 – Charlotte Windsor– England – sentenced to death; later commuted to life in prison

Apr. 18, 1884 – Angenette Haight– sent to hang on Apr 18, commuted by Gov. Grover Cleveland

Mar. 1893 – Sarah Jane Makin– New South Wales, Australia – sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment

Feb. 2, 1895 – Marie Therese Joniaux-Ablay– Antwerp, Belgium – sentenced to death, but it was automatically commuted

Feb. 28, 1912 – Frieda Trost– Philadelphia, Pa. – sentenced to death, commuted

Feb. 28, 1914 – Cynthia Buffum– Salamanca, N. Y. – sentenced to death in 1915, retried and given 20 years

Aug. 10, 1917 – Leopoldine Kasparek– Vienna, Austria – sentenced to death (Aug. 10?), outcome still undiscovered

Mar. 3, 1921 – Dagmar Overbye– Copenhagen, Denmark – sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment

Apr, 28, 1926 – Antoinette Scierri– Nimes, France – sentenced to death, commuted to life in prison

1937 – Moulay Hassen (Oum-el-Hassen, or Umm-el-Hassan, alias Léonie Vallon) – sentenced to death by guillotine in Fez, Morocco. It was discovered in Dec. 1938, that in Nov. 1937 her execution was staged and falsely reported as the result of her great political influence and that she was alive and soon to be released from prison.

May 8, 1949 – Irmgard Swinka – Bonn, Germany  – sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment

Oct. 15, 1953 – Caroline Grills– Sydney, Australia – sentenced to death, commuted to life in prison

Mar. 30, 1958 – Mary Elizabeth Wilson– Leeds, England – condemned to death, commuted

Oct. 14, 1958– Anjette Donovan Lyles– Macon, Ga. – sentenced to death, commuted

1980 – Laverne O’Bryan– Louisville, Ky. – sentenced to death plus a 20 year prison term, later the convictions were overturned

Jan. 18, 1981 – Blanche Taylor Moore – Alamance Cty, N. C.– sentenced to death, but not executed,

Aug. 31, 1989 – Cynthia Coffman  – San Bernardino, Ca. – sentenced to death with crime partner James Marlow on Cynthia Coffman and James Marlow were sentenced to death on August 31, 1989 in San Bernardino, California

April 18, 1991 – Dorothy Williams– Chicago, Illinois – sentenced to death, still waiting execution as of 2012

2004 – Le Thanh Van– Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – sentenced to death

2010? – Lin Yuru– Taiwan – sentenced to death, commuted to 3 life imprisonments

Mar. 30, 2012 – K. D. Kempamma– Bangladore, India – sentenced to death, awaiting execution

Apr. 13, 2012– Kanae Kijima– Tokyo, Japan – sentenced to death

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