Bibliograph

Lady killers, deadly women throughout history, Tori Telfer ; [illustrations by Dame Darcy]

Type

Label

Lady killers, deadly women throughout history, Tori Telfer ; [illustrations by Dame Darcy]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Lady killers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1002903879

Responsibility statement

Tori Telfer ; [illustrations by Dame Darcy]

Sub title

deadly women throughout history

Summary

Serial killers are thought to be so universally, overwhelmingly male that in 1998, FBI profiler Roy Hazelwood infamously declared in a homicide conference, "There are no female serial killers." Telfer delves into the reality of female aggression and predation with this compendium of female serial killers and their crimes through the ages

Table Of Contents

The elusive population -- The blood countess: Erzsébet Báthory -- The giggling grandma: Nannie Doss -- The worst woman on earth: Lizzie Halliday -- Devil in the shape of a saint: Elizabeth Ridgeway -- Vipers: Raya and Sakina -- The wretched woman: Mary Ann Cotton -- The tormentor: Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova -- Iceberg Anna: Anna Marie Hahn -- The nightingale: Oum-El-Hassen -- High priestess of the Bluebeard clique: Tillie Klimek -- Sorceress of Kilkenny: Alice Kyteler -- Beautiful throat cutter: Kate Bender -- The angel makers of Nagyrév -- Queen of poisoners: Marie-Madeleine, the Marquise de Brinvilliers

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