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Elizabeth Ridgway, English Serial Killer – 1684
This long title from 1684 book relating Ridgway’s story summarizes the case (archaic spelling is preserved):A True relation of four most barbarous and cruel murders committed in Leicester-shire by...
View ArticleAlva Nordberg; Swedish Baby Farmer Serial Baby Killer - 1905
In 1905 Alva Nordberg, 29, a child care provider (baby farmer) residing in Rådmansö parish, Stockholm, Sweden, was convicted of killing three babies – through either neglect or assault. She was not...
View ArticleLetitia Page, New Hampshire Serial Killer - 1849
Also known as “Letitia S. Blaisdell”; 25. ***VICTIMS: 2 deaths & 2 victims rescued from death.Ca. Feb. 1, 1849 – mother of Benjamin BlaisdellFeb. 18, 1849 – Benjamin E. Blaisdell son, 2.Feb. 19 [?]...
View ArticleKaroline Kieper, Suspected German Serial Killer - 1912
FULL TEXT (Article 1 of 2): Frau Karoline Kieper, a widow, 50 years of age, was placed on trial at Graudenz (Germany) on a charge of poisoning her 73-year-old mother, her 80-year-old father, and her...
View ArticleAnne-Marie Boeglin, 17-Year-Old Serial Killer – 1838, Alsace, France
FULL TEXT: A horrible case of parricide and double fratricide, has occurred in Stetten, a small village in the department of the upper Rhine. The murderess is a daughter and sister! – her name is Anne...
View ArticleMary Brister, 13-Year-Old Serial Killer – Pennsylvania, 1871
FULL TEXT: Mary Brister, a girl, 13 years of age, and daughter of Mrs. Weisner, of Pennington, N. J., by a former husband, is accused of causing the death of three children. the children had been left...
View ArticleJennie Post, 16-Year-Old Serial Killer – New Jersey, 1878
NOTE: Although her third victim seems to have – barely – survived, Jennie Post was clearly inclined to continue murdering all who crossed her, thus she most certainly was a serial killer who merely got...
View Article“Alt-Ofen Serial Murderess” – Hungary, 1868
FULL TEXT: The General Correspondence of Vienna says: – “A letter from Pesth informs us that the daughter of a man employed on the roads near that city, and who resided in a cottage between Alt-Ofen...
View ArticleMartha Grinder, Pittsburg Serial Killer Executed in 1866
FULL TEXT (Article 1 of 3): Mrs. Grinder, the Pittsburgh prisoner, has bean convicted the first degree. On the announcement of the jury’s verdict, on Saturday, she remained, to all appearances,...
View ArticleElisbetta Altrui & Maddalena Loffredo, Italian Serial Killer Sisters – 1888
FULL TEXT: A triple-poisoning case is just now causing great excitement among the Neapolitans. Two sisters – Elizabeth Altrui and Maddalena Loffredo – lived with their husbands – Guiliano and Angelo –...
View ArticleRose Veres, Suspected Hungarian-American Serial Killer - 1931
This US case is of particular interest in that all parties are Hungarian immigrants. Thus the Veras case ought to be compared with the serial murder syndicates operating in Hungary up till the early...
View ArticleMarianne Skoublinska, Polish Midwife & Serial Killer - 1890
NOTE: The name appears with a variety of spellings in English-language news reports: “Skoublinska,” Skoblinska,” “Skonblinska,” “Skublinski,” “Stysinski.” The following articles contain the spellings...
View ArticleMiss Ross, Canadian Serial Killer Mom - 1887
FULL TEXT: Moncton, N. B., July 20. – An unmarked woman named Ross, mother of three children, all of whom are dead, has been arrested at Caraquet charged with infanticide. She forced a spoon down the...
View ArticleFemale Serial Killers of Eastern Europe
In many cases the original sources will give only the imperial name (Hungary or Russia) without naming the national regional name.***CROATIA1887 – “Aingula Poisoner” – Aingula, Croatia1935 – Milka...
View ArticleLydia Olah, Professional Serial Killer – Hungary, 1929
EXCERPT: The most evil of the lot was chief accomplice and disciple of Mrs. Fazekas, Susanna Olah, called Susi, or Aunt Susi, by her clients. She operated in Nagyrev a sort of franchise of the Fazekas...
View ArticleMrs. Walroth, Double Black Widow: Murder by Proxy – Nebraska, 1878
FULL TEXT: The News published yesterday a brief account of a terrible crime committed near Big Springs, Nebraska, where a wanton woman named Walroth caused one of her paramours to murder another and...
View ArticleThe Orellana Couple & 26 Dead Babies – Spain, 1897
FULL TEXT: London, July 23. – Special dispatches from Madrid state that the bodies of 26 infants in rough deal boxes have been discovered in the tower of St. Peter’s Church in Seville. It is supposed...
View ArticleFrances Bennett, Serial Baby-Killing Mom – England, 1842
FULL TEXT: A guilty conscience has discovered a series of crimes. Frances Bennett, a woman living at Ruardean Hill, in the Forest of Dean, being ill, sent for the Reverend Henry Formby, the Curate of...
View ArticleLady Blanche Diarne, Suspected Serial-Killer Mom – Romania, 1893
FULL TEXT: Bucharest, March 2. – The preliminary investigation into sensational criminal charges which involve the name of the late Prince Mensikoff, one of the greatest of native boyards has just been...
View Article“Cologne Baby Farmer,” Accused Serial Killer of 50 Babies – 1902, Germany
FULL TEXT: The Cologne Gazette says the police have arrested a woman who is suspected of poisoning over fifty babies who were in her charge. The public prosecutor is in possession of a mass of evidence...
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