Female serial killers pictures and biography
Aileen Carol Wuornos was an American serial killer.
Gender associations with serial murderers almost always skew male..
Female murderers have long been morbidly fascinating figures. However, when killers commit crimes over a longer, sustained and more calculated period, it can cause a public sensation and widespread social panic.
Many people will recognise the names of modern female serial killers, such as Myra Hindley, but the history books are filled with accounts of countless other fearsome female killers.
From murderers who have been compared to Vlad the Impaler to a woman who made her victims into soap, here are some of the most notorious female serial killers in history.
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‘The Blood Countess’, Elizabeth Báthory (1560-1614)
Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed was a Hungarian noblewoman and reputed serial killer of hundreds of young women in the 16th and 17th centuries. There had been earlier accounts of peasant women being murdered, but it was not until 1609 that rumours that she had killed noblewomen attracted attention.
In 1610, King Matthias investigated the claims.
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