Lady Killers

Most don’t associate women with serial murders, contrary to popular belief, there is a list, a long list of women who kill and kill and kill again. Join us we travel back in time to meet a couple of the most puzzling and notorious women who almost got away with murder.

 

Photo we discussed in the episode! How did Melvina stand by her side, and hold her daughters???

 

 

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Below is a  list of resources  used during the research and telling of this story. (partial) 

Lady Killers 

Resources

“Nannie Doss Biography”. Who2 Biographies. Who2 LLP. 

 “Nannie Doss – Encyclopedia of Alabama”. Encyclopedia of Alabama.

 Manners, Terry, Deadlier than the Male, 1995. Page 76 ISBN 0-330-33711-4.

 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7454796/samuel-luther-doss

 Curtis, Gene (October 27, 2007). “Only in Oklahoma: Black widow enjoyed the limelight”. Tulsa World. 

Gribben, Mark (June 20, 2006). “The Giggling Grandma”. The Malefactor’s Register. Mark Gribben

https://www.thoughtco.com/serial-killer-nannie-doss-973101

https://allthatsinteresting.com/nannie-doss-giggling-granny

https://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/doss-nannie.htm

http://tonsoffacts.com/25-interesting-and-bizarre-facts-about-nannie-doss/

https://boredomtherapy.com/giggling-granny-serial-killer/

https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/nannie-doss-41380.php

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3619

https://sites.psu.edu/harringpassion/2018/11/29/nannie-doss/

https://gizmodo.com/the-giggling-granny-serial-killer-who-smiled-all-the-1718086506

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3619

https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Nannie_Doss

http://www.lifedaily.com/story/murderous-giggling-granny-poisons-husbands-children-and-laughs-at-sentencing/

https://serialkillersinfo.com/serial-killers/nannie-doss-serial-killer/

https://www.shekillslit.com/2018/10/29/true-crime-nannie-doss-the-giggling-grannie/

http://www.criminalhistorian.com/jolly-jane-misunderstanding-a-female-serial-killer/

https://www.123helpme.com/active-serial-killers-jane-toppen-preview.asp?id=403934

https://brightkite.com/essay-on/active-serial-killers-jane-toppen

https://darkdeeds.susanfleet.com/blog_1.php?category=Serial+Killers

Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GDpgrCoP5I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jg036HNDZ4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3pSMfeLyxw

Books

https://www.amazon.com/NANNIE-DOSS-SERIAL-KILLER-GIGGLING-ebook/dp/B00SAD62YW

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Widow-Giggling-Granny-Nannie/dp/1097268535/ref=asc_df_1097268535/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=343206877892&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13201778072213269660&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1013701&hvtargid=aud-799727667774:pla-758014218433&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=66484627102&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=343206877892&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13201778072213269660&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1013701&hvtargid=aud-799727667774:pla-758014218433

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-giggling-granny-annette-rice/1125699777?ean=9781542950794&st=PLA&sid=BNB_ADL+Core+Generic+Books+-+Desktop+Medium&sourceId=PLAGoNA&dpid=tdtve346c&2sid=Google_c&gclid=CjwKCAjw8NfrBRA7EiwAfiVJpaJ6tvyCAP-fMPa1QVfJOTTTTFC0tttf0vXgviiPd0q8j06tqMU-6hoCxxMQAvD_BwE

https://www.amazon.com/Female-Serial-Killers-Become-Monsters/dp/0425213900/ref=asc_df_0425213900/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312167502430&hvpos=1o3&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13201778072213269660&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1013701&hvtargid=aud-799727667774:pla-493824545175&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=60258872137&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312167502430&hvpos=1o3&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13201778072213269660&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1013701&hvtargid=aud-799727667774:pla-493824545175

and of course Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, Newspaperarchives, FamilySearch.org

 

 

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