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00:00From a crazed, brutal psychopath to one of Russia's most dangerous women and even one of the most beautiful women in the world.
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00:16Number 15, Aileen Wuornos.
00:19Born Aileen Carol Pittman on February 29, 1956 in Rochester, Michigan, Pittman's life of crime began in Jefferson County, Colorado after being arrested for driving under the influence, disorderly conduct and firing a .22 calibre pistol from a moving vehicle.
00:38As the years went on, she was arrested multiple times for other crimes, including car theft, resisting arrest and obstruction of justice.
00:47Her killing spree began on November 30, 1989, when she attacked Richard Charles Mallory, a 51-year-old electronics store owner, and later claimed it was self-defense after he attacked her.
01:00Over the course of the next 12 months, Wuornos murdered 11 other men, most of whom were shot two times with a .22 calibre pistol.
01:08She was finally caught on January 9, 1991, after one of her fingerprints was found on a receipt at one of the pawnshops where she had traded in goods from a murder victim.
01:18Not long after her arrest, her accomplice, Tyrion Moore, was located by police and convinced Wuornos to confess in exchange for protection from prosecution.
01:28Wuornos eventually did confess to several of the murders and was charged with murder.
01:33Her trial began on January 14, 1992, for the murder of Richard Charles Mallory, for which she was later found guilty and sentenced to death.
01:42In 1992, she confessed to another five murders, receiving a death sentence for each one, totaling six.
01:49She was executed on October 9, 2002, by lethal injection, and opted to decline her last meal, becoming the second woman in Florida and the tenth in the United States to be executed.
02:01Number 49, Juana Barraza.
02:05Harking from a rural area in Mexico City, Juana Barraza was a professional wrestler under the ring name of La Dama del Silencio, or the Lady of Silence.
02:16Many of Barraza's 16 victims were over 60 years old, had been robbed, and all of them were women.
02:22Profiled by a criminal psychologist as having a brilliant mind, Barraza initially gained the trust of the intended victim,
02:30often posing as a government official on welfare programmes.
02:34She was finally arrested on the 25th of January 2006, after fleeing from the home of a victim, and her fingerprints were linked to at least 10 of the murders.
02:44She went to trial in 2008, was found guilty on 16 charges of murder, and was sentenced to 759 years in prison.
02:52Number 48, Velma Barfield.
02:55Raised near Fayetteville, North Carolina, Barfield reportedly suffered physical abuse at the hands of her father, and this was left unchecked by her mother.
03:04Convicted of seven counts of writing bad checks in 1975, she was sentenced to six months in prison, and this is reportedly after she had committed her first two murders.
03:13After she was released, she began marrying men of various ages, with all of them dying suddenly.
03:19After her capture, she confessed to the murders of all the victims, saying she had used an arsenic-based rat poison to carry out the murders.
03:27She was found guilty and imprisoned in the more secure unit of Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina.
03:32She was the state's only female death row inmate at the time, and she was executed on November 2nd, 1984, receiving a last meal of cheese doodles and Coca-Cola.
03:41Number 47, Tamara Samsonova.
03:45Born in the city of Uzhur in the former Soviet Union, Samsonova became national news after committing a series of murders in Moscow.
03:54After the death of her first husband, who disappeared in mysterious circumstances, Samsonova appealed to the police to help find him.
04:02Less than a year later, she rented out a bedroom in her apartment to Sergei Potanin, who also disappeared after an argument with Samsonova.
04:11This method of behaviour continued until she poisoned Valentina Ullanova, whom she had been in a relationship with until being asked to leave.
04:19Ullanova's body was found by an unsuspecting member of the public, and the Russian police moved quickly to search her apartment, discovering Samsonova at the scene and arresting her.
04:28Currently being investigated in connection with a total of 14 murders, she resides at a specialised hospital in Kazan while receiving compulsory psychiatric treatment.
04:38Number 46, Cleopatra.
04:42Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, Cleopatra was as beautiful as she was deadly.
04:49A descendant of Ptolemy I, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great, she went on to rule Egypt for 19 years.
04:58She became known for her murderous ways after ruthlessly slaying several of her family members in an effort to solidify her rule.
05:05She was set to co-rule Egypt with her brother, Ptolemy XIII, who she married in tradition, yet Cleopatra had no intentions of sharing her power.
05:14Ptolemy XIII died after drowning in the Nile, and his name was removed from all official records, and his face was stripped from Egyptian coins.
05:23Her younger brother and her younger sister, Arsinoe, also met gruesome fates at the hands of the Roman Empire, with whom Cleopatra was having various affairs with its rulers.
05:33She managed to keep Egypt independent for 20 years by securing a relationship with Rome.
05:38However, to this day, one of Egypt's coldest of cases remains open as to whether she too became a victim of murder.
05:46Number 45 is Le Koch.
05:48Becoming one of the most famous Nazi war figures of the 20th century, Koch often committed her crimes alongside husband and Buchenwald commandant Karl Otto Koch.
05:58Often the selector for prisoners who would be killed at the camp, Koch became known as the Concentration Camp Murderess.
06:05Because of her suspected cruelty towards many male prisoners, she was later nicknamed the Beast of Buchenwald,
06:12and the Butcher Widow after ordering the killing of tattooed male prisoners.
06:16Evidence at her trial, however, was lacking, with most of it destroyed before Allied troops arrived.
06:22Koch died at a Bavarian women's prison on the 1st of September 1967 at age 60.
06:28She had become delusional and gone mad after seeing imaginary images of concentration camp prisoners in her cell.
06:35Number 44, Delphine LaLaurie.
06:37One of the most infamous figures in American history due to her involvement in a horrific series of crimes,
06:44LaLaurie was a wealthy socialite and a prominent figure in New Orleans' high society.
06:50The LaLaurie mansion, located at 1140 Royal Street in New Orleans, was the site of Delphine's notorious crimes,
06:58yet was a lavish and grand residence to all who walked past.
07:03Behind the walls of her home, Delphine LaLaurie was hiding a horrifying secret,
07:08the abuse and torture of enslaved people in her household.
07:12When a fire broke out in the home, a neighbour discovered a woman who had been chained in the kitchen,
07:17claimed to be an enslaved person who had been imprisoned.
07:20After a riot over their treatment, LaLaurie fled to France and is reported to have died on December 7th, 1849,
07:28having never paid for her crimes of killing over 100 people.
07:32Number 43, Myra Hindley.
07:35Becoming one of the worst criminals of the 20th century,
07:38Hindley committed unspeakable acts of violence against other human beings.
07:42Alongside her partner Ian Brady, she lured and killed five children and teenagers in Greater Manchester,
07:49later burying them on Saddleworth Moor.
07:51Hindley's portrayal as the most evil woman in Britain sparked widespread outrage,
07:57compounded by her lack of remorse during her trial.
08:00Sentenced to life imprisonment, Hindley spent decades in custody, repeatedly denied parole.
08:07She died in 2002, leaving a legacy of horror and a nation grappling with her monstrous acts.
08:13Number 42, Gemma Lilly.
08:16Reported to have developed a fascination with violence and serial killers at a young age,
08:20Lilly moved to Perth, Australia in 2010 and gained permanent residency after marrying a local man.
08:27After the death of her husband in 2010, Lilly met Trudy Lenon, a friend of her late husband's,
08:34who would later become her partner in crime.
08:36The couple began planning the perfect murder in 2016 and were caught several times on CCTV,
08:42shopping for various items.
08:44By Monday, 13th of June 2016, they had chosen a victim and later attacked 18-year-old Aaron Padgett,
08:50which the police quickly traced to them thanks to multiple sightings on several cameras.
08:56Becoming known as the Bucket List Killer, Lilly was found guilty of murder alongside her co-conspirator
09:02and sentenced to a minimum of 28 years.
09:05Number 41, Tracy Wigington.
09:07Achieving notoriety for killing Edward Baldock in 1989,
09:11Wigington became known as the Lesbian Vampire Killer.
09:15She and four other women lured 47-year-old Baldock to a park on the banks of the Brisbane River
09:20and viciously attacked him.
09:22In 1991, she was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Supreme Court of Queensland,
09:27with a minimum of 13 years.
09:29However, in 2006, she assaulted a fellow inmate and a prison guard.
09:34She made four unsuccessful parole applications until 2011,
09:38when the parole board granted her application,
09:40much to the disgust of the victim's family.
09:43Number 40, Caroline Grylls.
09:46Predominantly a comfort killer,
09:48Grylls murdered well-off members of her extended family to maintain a respectable lifestyle,
09:53yet some of her later murders were seen as random and featuring unclear motives.
09:57A short woman who wore thick-rimmed dark glasses,
10:00she commonly served her friends' and in-laws tea, cakes and biscuits.
10:04However, they did not know that some of these had been laced with thallium.
10:08The drug was easily available over-the-counter at the time of the murders,
10:12and Grylls was later convicted of four murders, plus three attempted killings.
10:17She was imprisoned at Sydney's Long Bay Prison, initially on a sentence of death.
10:21However, this was later changed to life imprisonment.
10:24She became known as Aunt Thally among inmates at the prison,
10:27and was rushed to hospital in October 1960,
10:30later passing away from peritonitis.
10:33Number 39, Catherine Knight.
10:36Another Australian killer, this time harking from Tenterfield, New South Wales,
10:41Knight became the first woman in the country's history to be sentenced to life imprisonment
10:45without the possibility of parole.
10:47Convicted for the murder of her partner, John Charles Thomas Price, in February 2000,
10:53she is currently imprisoned at the Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre in New South Wales.
10:59The method of the crimes shocked the nation, and while they cannot be mentioned here,
11:03rest assured that this is one inmate that no one in Australia ever wants walking the streets again.
11:09Number 38, Dorothy Puente.
11:11Running a boarding house in Sacramento, California,
11:14Dorothea Puente seemed like your average ordinary businesswoman.
11:19Her childhood was tumultuous with her mother working in the sex industry,
11:22and her father passing away from tuberculosis,
11:25but not before he impacted severe mental torture on his children.
11:29She was briefly committed to DeWitt State Hospital after a binge of drinking,
11:34lying, criminal behaviour and suicide attempts,
11:37where doctors diagnosed her as a pathological liar with an unstable personality.
11:42After setting up the boarding house,
11:44she was arrested for illegally cashing 34 state and federal cheques that belonged to her tenants.
11:50Between 1982 and 1986,
11:53the victims of her drug-fuelled robberies began piling up,
11:56and it is thought that nine people in total had become victims of her killing spree.
12:01She was convicted of three murders,
12:03and thanks to the testimony of over 156 witnesses,
12:07was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole,
12:11only just escaping the death penalty.
12:14She died in prison at Chowchilla on March 27, 2011, from natural causes.
12:19Number 37, Janine Jones.
12:22One of the most infamous serial killers in medical history,
12:25Nurse Jones was dubbed the Angel of Death.
12:28She is believed to have murdered up to 60 infants and young children while working in Texas hospitals.
12:34Convicted in 1984 for the murder of a 15-month-old,
12:38and the injury of another child,
12:40she received a 99-year sentence and was further convicted of another murder in 2020.
12:45Number 36, Jane Toppen.
12:48Nicknamed Jolly Jane,
12:50Toppen appeared to be a caring and supportive nurse in her work,
12:53yet this couldn't have been further from the truth.
12:56Her father was an eccentric alcoholic abusive,
12:59who eventually went mad,
13:00and her mother died from tuberculosis.
13:02Toppen began picking off her patients,
13:05usually elderly or infirmed people who were very sick,
13:08using a combination of morphine and atropine.
13:11This killing spree evolved in 1895,
13:14when she killed her landlord and his wife,
13:17and later her own foster sister.
13:19On October 29th, 1901,
13:21she was arrested for murder after toxicology reports on one victim
13:25came back as positive for poison.
13:27By 1902,
13:28she had already confessed to the murders of 31 people,
13:31and claimed a motive of sexual gratification.
13:34Found not guilty by reason of insanity,
13:37and committed for life in the Taunton Insane Hospital,
13:40she died there on August 17th, 1938,
13:43and is suspected of killing over 100 people.
13:46Number 35, Kirsten Gilbert.
13:49Joining the staff of the Veterans Affairs Medical Centre in Northampton,
13:53Gilbert was featured in VA Practitioner magazine in April 1990.
13:57Other nurses began to notice a high number of deaths on Gilbert's watch,
14:00and she soon left the Hopsital, checking into a mental health unit.
14:04While in the unit, Gilbert was the subject of an investigation,
14:08after it was noticed that a high number of heart attacks during her time there had dated back 1995.
14:13Over 350 or more deaths,
14:15and more than 300 medical emergencies had been reported during her time on shift.
14:20Yet she eventually stood trial for only three murders,
14:23thanks in part to a phone confession.
14:26Prosecutors claimed that Gilbert had initiated the emergencies to try and make herself look better as a nurse,
14:32after resuscitating patients just before death.
14:35Number 34, Judy Buniano.
14:37Believed to have been involved in a 1974 murder in Alabama,
14:41and in the 1980 death of boyfriend Gerald Dossett,
14:45this is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Buenoano.
14:48Exhumed and analysed for signs of arsenic poisoning,
14:52Dossett was just one of many who succumbed to the murderer ways of Buenoano.
14:56After killing her first husband,
14:58she went on to murder her son,
15:00Michael Buenoano,
15:01in 1980,
15:02before attempting to murder her next boyfriend,
15:05John Gentry,
15:06before her second boyfriend,
15:08Bobby Joe Morris,
15:09bit the just two.
15:10Sentenced to death in the state of Florida,
15:12she was executed on 30th of March 1998,
15:16with her last meal consisting of broccoli,
15:18asparagus and strawberries.
15:20Number 33, Leonardo Ciancioli.
15:24Heading over to Europe now,
15:25and we are visiting the country of Italy,
15:27where Leonardo Ciancioli is.
15:29Today known as the soap maker of Correggio.
15:32Very popular and originally well respected within the neighbourhood,
15:36the story of the murders is actually quite extensive.
15:39However, there is no time to go into much detail here.
15:43What can be revealed is Leonardo,
15:45in an attempt to protect her eldest child, Giuseppe,
15:49decided that human sacrifices were required.
15:52After killing three people,
15:53she was found guilty and sentenced to 30 years in prison,
15:56and three years in a criminal asylum.
15:58A number of artefacts from the case are on display at the Criminological Museum in Rome,
16:02however, as for the details of this one's crimes,
16:05you can read up on them for yourself.
16:07Number 32, Carla.
16:09Heading to Canada now,
16:11and while Carla Homolka pleaded that she was an unwilling participant in her husband's crimes,
16:16it turns out that the truth had been, shall we say, slightly misplaced.
16:21Homolka and her husband, Paul Bernardo,
16:24became known as the Ken and Barbie Killers,
16:27after their serial crime spree began during the summer of 1990.
16:31After murdering Homolka's sister, Tammy,
16:33the pair then attacked a 15-year-old unnamed girl,
16:38before kidnapping a 14-year-old over one year later.
16:41After a criminal trial which revealed the use of videotapes during the killings,
16:46she received 12 years in prison,
16:48and was released in 2005,
16:50later moving to southwestern Quebec.
16:53Number 31, Griselda Blanco.
16:55Often referred to as the Black Widow or the Cocaine Godmother,
17:01Blanco was a notorious Colombian drug lord,
17:04who played a key role in the rise of the Miami drug trade during the 1970s and 1980s.
17:10Her influence and brutal tactics in the narcotics world
17:14made her one of the most feared figures in the drug industry.
17:17Blanco was responsible for trafficking vast amounts of cocaine,
17:20contributing to the 1970s and 1980s cocaine boom in the US.
17:26She is believed to have been involved in smuggling up to 3,400 pounds of cocaine per month
17:31at the height of her operation.
17:34Blanco is said to have ordered numerous killings,
17:37including of her own associates,
17:38to maintain power and eliminate threats,
17:41but was assassinated on September 3, 2012 at the age of 69 by two gunmen on motorcycles.
17:49Her violent and strategic rise to power
17:51made her one of the first women to become a major player in the drug trade,
17:56and she is often remembered not only for her drug empire,
17:59but also for the terror she instilled in the communities she controlled.
18:03Number 30, Sheila LaBeouf.
18:06Claiming she was an angel sent by God to punish pedophiles,
18:09LaBeouf would entice men to her farm before attacking them.
18:13One of the men, Kenneth County, had been seen by two police officers
18:17in a wheelchair with LaBeouf days before he was killed,
18:21and it was clear he had been subjected to attacks and possible torture.
18:25She was convicted of killing Kenneth County and Michael Deloge,
18:28and was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences with no prospect of parole.
18:34LaBar is currently serving her sentence at NH Correctional Facility for Women,
18:38and has had repeated appeals denied.
18:41Number 29, Nanny Doss.
18:44Known as the Giggling Granny,
18:45this American serial killer gained notoriety for her role in the deaths of several people,
18:51including members of her own family.
18:53Doss typically poisoned her victims,
18:55often with arsenic or other lethal substances,
18:58and what made the crimes particularly chilling
19:00was her seemingly sweet and caring persona.
19:04She often killed her victims for various reasons,
19:07including gaining financial benefits,
19:09through life insurance policies,
19:11or simply out of spite for their behaviour.
19:14Over time, her behaviour became increasingly erratic,
19:17and she was suspected of being behind a string of mysterious deaths in her family,
19:22before finally being arrested after the death of her mother,
19:25and her confession revealed the full extent of her crimes.
19:29Number 28, May Churchill Sharp.
19:31A New York woman who, during the early 20th century,
19:35became notorious for the poisoning deaths of several people,
19:39suspected of murdering her husband and brother, among others,
19:42Sharp's killings were said to be motivated by financial gain,
19:46yet was able to avoid detection due to her quiet nature.
19:50When several deaths occurred under suspicious circumstances,
19:53investigators began to connect the dots.
19:56Linking the murders to her,
19:58Sharp is often cited as one of the more deadly female serial killers of the early 20th century.
20:04Number 27, Anna Vladislavovna Bogacheva.
20:08Wanted in connection with defrauding the United States,
20:11Bogacheva is thought to have been involved in attacks on the United States election system.
20:16Bogacheva oversaw the data analysis group within the translator project
20:20of the St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency.
20:24These alleged actions were taken to reach significant numbers of Americans
20:28for the purposes of interfering with the United States political system,
20:33including the 2016 presidential election.
20:36Additionally, Bogacheva allegedly withheld employment information
20:39on her United States visa application
20:41and travelled to the United States in June of 2014
20:45to collect information in support of the IRA's operations.
20:50On February 16th, 2018,
20:52a federal arrest warrant was issued for Anna Vladislavovna Bogacheva in the United States.
20:57Number 26, Krista Gale Pike.
21:00One of the youngest women to be sentenced to death in the United States,
21:03Pike, along with her boyfriend at the time,
21:06Tadaril Shipp lured fellow Job Corps student Colleen Slemmer, 19,
21:12into an isolated area on the University of Tennessee's agricultural campus.
21:17The motive was reportedly jealousy
21:19and a belief that Slemmer was trying to steal Shipp with Pike
21:23and Shipp brutally attacking Slemmer.
21:26Pike was arrested shortly after the murder
21:29when she began bragging about the crime,
21:31was convicted of first-degree murder
21:33and sentenced to death in 1996.
21:36She has now exhausted all of her appeals
21:38and if she is executed,
21:40Pike would become the first woman put to death in over two years.
21:44Number 25, Andrea Yates.
21:47In one of the most high-profile examples of postpartum psychosis
21:50and its devastating effects,
21:53Yates was accused of attacking her five children
21:55after suffering from severe postpartum depression.
21:59After the killings, she called 911
22:01and later confessed to the police,
22:03explaining that she believed she was saving her children from eternal damnation.
22:08Despite her mental health crises,
22:10her husband and doctors did not enforce consistent care or supervision,
22:14even as her psychosis became evident.
22:17At her first trial in 2002,
22:19Andrea pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
22:22However, the jury rejected this defence
22:24and found her guilty of capital murder,
22:26sentencing her to life in prison.
22:28Her conviction was overturned in 2006
22:31due to erroneous testimony from an expert witness
22:34and she was found not guilty by reason of insanity
22:36at the second trial,
22:38later committed to the Kerrville State Hospital,
22:40a mental health facility in Texas.
22:43Number 24, Samantha Luthwaite.
22:46Known in terror circles as the White Widow,
22:48Luthwaite has spent years as one of the world's most wanted women
22:52after spending time in Islamic State and other organisations.
22:56Luthwaite first came to public attention as the widow of Jermaine Lindsay,
23:00one of the four suicide bombers responsible for the 7-7 London bombings.
23:05On July 7th, 2005, Lindsay killed 26 people in a train bombing.
23:10She is believed to have fled to Kenya and then Somalia,
23:12while authorities accuse her of using forged documents
23:16and various aliases to evade capture.
23:19Luthwaite became one of the world's most wanted women,
23:22with Interpol issuing a red notice in connection to charges
23:26including possession of explosives and conspiracy to commit terrorism.
23:31As of now, her exact whereabouts remain unknown
23:34and she continues to be a fugitive sought by international authorities.
23:38Yet, rumours have circulated about her death,
23:40but none have been verified.
23:42Number 23, Patty Hearst.
23:45Becoming one of the most fascinating and widely discussed
23:47legal and media stories of the 20th century,
23:50Hearst went to great lengths to help the organisation that kidnapped her,
23:54while Patty, as she became known,
23:56turned to the dark side within the organisation
23:58known as the Symbionese Liberation Army.
24:01On April 3rd, the SLA released a tape with Hearst
24:04saying that she'd joined their fight to free the oppressed
24:06and had even taken a new name.
24:08After a major shootout that left many of the gang members dead,
24:11Hearst was finally arrested in San Francisco on September 18th, 1975,
24:16and she was charged with bank robbery and other crimes.
24:19She spent several years of a seven-year sentence in prison
24:22before her time inside was commuted by President Carter.
24:25Number 22, Rosie Alfaro.
24:28On June 15th, 1990, Rosie Alfaro, then 18 years old,
24:33committed the murder of nine-year-old Autumn Wallace
24:35in the city of Anaheim, California.
24:38The murder was part of a robbery gone horribly wrong,
24:42with Rosie Bieng, a heroin addict,
24:44who was in desperate need of money to support her drug habit.
24:47After killing Autumn, she stole items from the home,
24:51including small appliances and cash,
24:53which she later sold for money to buy drugs.
24:56Rosie Alfaro quickly became a suspect
24:58due to her connections with the Wallace family
25:00and her known struggles with drug addiction.
25:02She initially denied involvement in the crime,
25:04but later confessed,
25:06providing a detailed and chilling account of the events.
25:08In 1992, Rosie Alfaro was convicted of first-degree murder
25:12with special circumstances and was sentenced to death,
25:15becoming the first woman sentenced to death in California
25:17since the state reinstated the death penalty in 1978.
25:23Number 21, Belle Garnes.
25:25Belle's story is a blend of insurance fraud,
25:28luring victims and murder for financial gain.
25:31With her motives primarily monetary,
25:33she targeted people with resources and life insurance policies.
25:37Key victims in the crimes,
25:39which often included buildings burning down,
25:42and victims' mysterious deaths are her first and second husband,
25:46several landowners,
25:47her foster children and biological children.
25:50She is estimated to have murdered between 14 and 40 people
25:54before faking her own death and disappearing.
25:58Witnesses reported sightings of Belle in the years following the fires,
26:01including in Chicago and even as far away as California.
26:04Presumed dead in 1908,
26:06her fate remains uncertain,
26:08and it is thought she may have got away with her crimes.
26:11Number 20, Sherry Lash Rhodes.
26:14Responsible for a mass shooting that occurred in 2014
26:17at a tribal council meeting in Northern California,
26:20Lash Rhodes' case drew national attention.
26:23On February 20, 2014,
26:25Sherry Lash Rhodes opened fire during a meeting
26:28at the Cedarville Rancheria Tribal Office
26:30in Alturas, California.
26:32The shooting occurred while a tribal eviction hearing was underway.
26:36Rhodes, the former chairwoman of the Cedarville Rancheria,
26:39was facing eviction from tribal housing
26:41due to alleged financial misconduct.
26:44Sherry Lash Rhodes had been under federal investigation
26:46for allegedly embezzling $50,000 to $100,000
26:51in funds from the Cedarville Rancheria tribe
26:54while serving as chairwoman.
26:56After the attack,
26:57Rhodes was apprehended outside the tribal office.
27:00Reports described her as covered in blood
27:02but relatively calm upon arrest.
27:05Sherry Lash Rhodes was convicted of four counts
27:07of first-degree murder
27:08and two counts of attempted murder,
27:11being sentenced to life in prison
27:13without the possibility of parole.
27:15Number 19, Robin Lee Rowe.
27:18In a particularly notable
27:20and premeditated cold-blooded case,
27:23Robin Lee Rowe attacked and killed her husband
27:25and two children in 1992.
27:27On February 10, 1992,
27:30a fire broke out at the Rowe family home in Boise, Idaho,
27:34killing Robin Rowe's husband, Randy Rowe,
27:37and her two children.
27:39Investigators quickly determined
27:40that the fire had been intentionally set.
27:43It was ruled an act of arson
27:44because there were no signs of accidental causes
27:47such as electrical issues.
27:49Robin Rowe had recently taken out
27:51multiple life insurance policies
27:53on her husband and children,
27:54totaling over $250,000,
27:57and this indicated a clear financial incentive
28:00for their deaths.
28:01Investigators discovered that years earlier,
28:04in 1980, Robin Rowe's first child, Keith,
28:07had also died under suspicious circumstances
28:09in California.
28:10Arrested days after the fire on February 14, 1992,
28:14Rowe was later convicted
28:15on three counts of first-degree murder
28:17and was sentenced to death,
28:19becoming the only woman on Idaho's death row,
28:22a distinction she still holds to this day.
28:24Robin Lee Rowe remains incarcerated
28:26at the Pocatello Women's Correctional Center in Idaho.
28:30Number 18, Antoinette Frank.
28:32Former New Orleans police officer Frank
28:34became one of the most infamous female criminals
28:37in U.S. history due to her involvement
28:40in a brutal triple murder in 1995.
28:44She joined the New Orleans Police Department in 1993.
28:47Despite failing psychological evaluations
28:50and concerns about her temperament,
28:52she was still allowed to join the force
28:54due to a shortage of police officers.
28:56On the night of March 4, 1995,
28:59Antoinette Frank and an accomplice,
29:01Rogers Le Carse,
29:02committed armed robbery and murder
29:04at a New Orleans Vietnamese restaurant called Kim An.
29:08Antoinette Frank was on duty earlier that night
29:10and had a relationship with the owners of the restaurant,
29:13frequently working security there for extra cash.
29:16Frank's behaviour after the crime was suspicious
29:18and she returned to the crime scene
29:20as though nothing had happened,
29:22acting as if she were there to investigate the incident.
29:25Frank and Le Carse were both arrested
29:27within hours of the murders,
29:28with her oath as a police officer
29:30described as a betrayal of the force.
29:33Frank was sentenced to death
29:34while her accomplice, Le Carse,
29:36got life without parole.
29:38Number 17, Carlette Parker.
29:40On February 12, 1998,
29:43Carlette Parker,
29:44who worked as a private nurse and caregiver,
29:46murdered Bessie Mae Chaison,
29:48an elderly woman she was supposed to be caring for.
29:52After the murder,
29:53Parker withdrew $6,000
29:54from Chaison's bank account
29:56using fraudulent checks and financial transactions.
30:00Chaison's suspicious death
30:01and Parker's sudden access to her bank accounts
30:03raised alarms with investigators.
30:06Law enforcement quickly uncovered inconsistencies
30:08in Parker's story
30:09and found evidence linking her
30:11to the fraudulent transactions.
30:13In 1999,
30:14Carlette Parker was sentenced to death
30:16for the murder of Bessie Mae Chaison
30:18and remains on death row in North Carolina to this day.
30:22Number 16,
30:24Shauna Ford.
30:25Having a troubled upbringing
30:26and a history of unstable behaviour,
30:28Ford was often involved in theft,
30:30fraud and violent activity.
30:32She became involved in extremist
30:34anti-immigration activism
30:36and eventually formed her own group
30:38called the Minutemen American Defence.
30:41M-Aid operated as an armed vigilante group
30:43that claimed to patrol the US-Mexico border
30:46to prevent illegal immigration and drug trafficking.
30:50On May 30th, 2009,
30:52Shauna Ford and two accomplices,
30:54Jason Bush and Albert Gaxiola,
30:57carried out a violent home invasion
30:59in Arivaca, Arizona,
31:02targeting the home of Raul Flores and his family.
31:05The group falsely believed Raul Flores
31:07was involved in drug trafficking
31:08and planned to rob him of drugs and money
31:10to fund their vigilante group's operations.
31:13The robbery went wrong
31:15and both Raul Flores and his daughter,
31:17Brisenia Flores,
31:19died with Gina Gonzalez,
31:21Brisenia's mother,
31:22surviving only by pretending to be dead.
31:25Gina Gonzalez later identified
31:27Shauna Ford and her co-conspirators
31:30with chilling testimony at trial,
31:33leading to a conviction of two counts
31:35of first-degree murder,
31:36attempted murder
31:37and charges related to burglary and conspiracy.
31:41Ford was sentenced to death
31:43on February the 22nd, 2011,
31:46and Ford remains on death row
31:48at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Perryville.
31:52Number 15, Lisa Leanne Graham.
31:55Lisa and her daughter, Shea,
31:57had a tumultuous relationship
31:59exacerbated by Shea's legal troubles,
32:02including an arrest for a drive-by shooting,
32:04for which Lisa had posted a $100,000 bond.
32:08Lisa Graham hired Kenneth Walton,
32:10a family acquaintance with a criminal background,
32:13to murder her daughter
32:14and provided him with a nine-man millimetre pistol.
32:17The investigation revealed Lisa's involvement
32:19through testimonies and forensic evidence,
32:22including Walton's admission
32:23of being hired by Lisa to commit the murder.
32:26Arrested and charged in connection with Shea's murder,
32:29Lisa Graham's first trial
32:30actually ended in a mistrial.
32:33In March 2015,
32:34during a retrial,
32:35she was convicted of capital murder
32:37for hiring Walton to kill her daughter
32:39and sentenced to death,
32:41a sentence that was upheld in July 2019
32:43by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals.
32:47Lisa Graham remains on death row in Alabama,
32:49awaiting further appeals and legal proceedings.
32:53Number 14, Tammy Stitch.
32:55Often regarded as one of the first divas
32:57in professional wrestling
32:59due to her widespread popularity
33:01and impact on the industry,
33:04Sitch's life was also marred
33:06by a series of legal troubles,
33:08substance abuse issues and controversies.
33:11Known by her ring name, Sunny,
33:13she began her wrestling career
33:15in the early 1990s
33:17alongside her then-boyfriend,
33:19Chris Candido.
33:20Sitch faced multiple arrests
33:21for driving under the influence
33:23starting in 2010,
33:25which resulted in jail time,
33:27probation and mandatory rehab stays.
33:30Other charges included
33:31domestic violence, burglary,
33:33violating restraining orders
33:34and driving with a suspended license.
33:37On March 25, 2022,
33:39Tammy Sitch was involved
33:40in a tragic car accident
33:42in Ormond Beach, Florida
33:43that resulted in the death
33:45of 75-year-old Julian Lasseter.
33:48Police determined that Sitch
33:49was under the influence
33:50while driving at a high speed
33:52when she rear-ended Lasseter's vehicle,
33:55causing a fatal collision.
33:57Tammy Sitch pleaded no contest
33:59to the charges in 2023
34:00and received a 17-year prison sentence,
34:03which she is currently serving
34:05in the Florida Department of Corrections.
34:08Number 13, Jennifer Fitcher.
34:10A former English teacher from Florida
34:12who was convicted in 2015
34:13for engaging in inappropriate
34:15sexual relationships
34:16with multiple underage students,
34:19Fitcher was fired
34:20by the Polk County School Board
34:22on April 22, 2014.
34:25She was convicted
34:26of more than 37 counts
34:28of sexual battery
34:29and received an immediately
34:31controversial sentence
34:32of 22 years,
34:34which was reviled by many,
34:36especially in Europe.
34:38Fitcher is currently imprisoned
34:39in Gadsden Correctional Facility
34:41and is scheduled for release
34:43on January 19, 2035,
34:46when she will be age 50.
34:48Number 12, Courtney Shalouf.
34:50Convicted for her role
34:51in the 2004 murder
34:53of her father, Stephen Schulhoff,
34:55when she was 16 years old,
34:56Schulhoff's case
34:57honoured widespread media attention
34:59due to the brutal nature
35:00of the crime.
35:01Courtney Schulhoff
35:02and her boyfriend,
35:04Michael Morin,
35:05planned the murder
35:05after Stephen forbade
35:07Courtney from seeing Morin.
35:09The couple were arrested
35:10shortly after fleeing
35:11the scene of the murder
35:12and police soon
35:13the murder weapon.
35:14Morin was convicted
35:15of first-degree murder
35:16and sentenced to life in prison,
35:18while Courtney Shalouf,
35:2018 years old
35:21at the time of her sentence,
35:22received life in prison
35:23without parole
35:24under Florida law.
35:26As of now,
35:26Courtney Shalouf remains
35:27incarcerated
35:28in a Florida state prison.
35:30Number 11, Rachel Wade.
35:32Known for the love triangle
35:34murder of Sarah Ludman,
35:35in 2009,
35:37Wade became involved
35:38in an argument
35:39with Ludman,
35:40whom she accused
35:41of dating Joshua Camacho
35:42at the same time as her.
35:45Sarah Ludman
35:45was taken to the hospital
35:47with life-threatening injuries,
35:48but died shortly after
35:50from her wounds
35:51after being attacked
35:52by Wade.
35:53Rachel claimed
35:53the stabbing
35:54was in self-defence,
35:56but the prosecution
35:57argued that the attack
35:58was intentional
35:59and unprovoked.
36:00Charged with second-degree murder,
36:02Wade was later sentenced
36:03to 27 years in prison
36:04after conviction.
36:06As of now,
36:06Rachel Wade
36:07is still serving
36:08her 27-year sentence
36:09at a Florida correctional facility.
36:11Number 10,
36:12Dahlia DiPolito.
36:14Dahlia DiPolito
36:15is a Florida woman
36:16who became widely known
36:17for her involvement
36:18in a high-profile
36:20murder-for-hire plot
36:21that was thwarted
36:22by the police in 2009.
36:24Dahlia was married
36:25to Michael DiPolito,
36:27a man who worked
36:28as a businessman
36:29in Florida
36:30with DiPolito
36:31arrested for attempting
36:32to have her husband,
36:33Michael DiPolito,
36:35killed.
36:35Dahlia approached
36:36a man named
36:37Mohamed Schraibman
36:38whom she believed
36:39was a hitman
36:40and offered him
36:41$7,000
36:42to kill her husband,
36:43Michael.
36:44She told Schraibman
36:45that she wanted
36:46her husband dead
36:46because she was
36:47financially motivated
36:48as she would inherit
36:50a significant amount
36:51of money
36:51from his life insurance policy.
36:53Unknown to Dahlia,
36:54Schraibman was
36:55an undercover officer
36:56working with the
36:57Boynton Beach
36:57Police Department.
36:59Dahlia DiPolito
36:59was charged with
37:00solicitation of
37:01first-degree murder
37:02and conspiracy
37:03to commit murder
37:04and video evidence
37:05of her involvement
37:06in the crime
37:07eventually had her
37:08convicted after
37:09a mistrial.
37:10Dahlia was sentenced
37:11to 20 years in prison
37:12for the attempted
37:13murder-for-hire plot.
37:14Number 9,
37:15Rose West.
37:16Considered to be
37:17one of the most
37:17prolific female offenders
37:19in the United Kingdom,
37:20Rose West,
37:21along with her then-partner
37:22Fred West,
37:24attacked and killed
37:25at least nine young women
37:26between 1973
37:27and 1987.
37:30Rose is also thought
37:31to have murdered
37:31her eight-year-old
37:32stepdaughter Charmaine
37:34in 1971,
37:36with the majority
37:36of these murders
37:37taking place
37:38at the West Residence
37:39in Gloucester.
37:40At pre-trial proceedings
37:41in February 1995,
37:43after being caught,
37:44Rose pleaded not guilty
37:46to ten charges of murder.
37:47The overwhelming evidence
37:48against her led
37:49to Dahlia being found guilty
37:50on all ten counts
37:51and was sentenced
37:52to life imprisonment.
37:54This sentence was later
37:55upgraded to a whole life order
37:56in July 1997
37:58by Home Secretary
37:59Jack Straw.
38:00In 2019,
38:01West was transferred
38:02to HM Prison New Hall
38:04in West Yorkshire
38:04after threats
38:05against her life
38:06became apparent
38:07and this is where
38:08she resides to this day.
38:10Number 8,
38:11Anna Maria Cardona.
38:13Having been through
38:14three trials
38:14all for the murder
38:15of her son,
38:16named Baby Lollipops,
38:18Cardona was twice
38:19sentenced to death
38:20before her third
38:21and final trial.
38:22In that trial,
38:23the jury took less
38:24than an hour
38:24to find Anna Maria Cardona,
38:26guilty of first degree murder,
38:29a verdict that saw
38:30her immediately
38:31sentenced to life
38:32in prison.
38:33Cardona maintained
38:34her innocence
38:34after the verdict
38:35and her and death
38:37sentences were tossed
38:38out by the Florida
38:39Supreme Court
38:39which had been handed
38:40down to her in 1992.
38:43Number 7,
38:44Beverly Allitt.
38:45Another nurse
38:45that was convicted
38:46of killing her patients,
38:48Beverly Allitt
38:49was convicted
38:49of murdering
38:50four children
38:51and attempting
38:52to murder
38:52three others
38:53in the early 1990s.
38:55Many of her victims
38:56were seriously ill
38:57or recovering
38:58from surgery,
38:59making their vulnerability
39:00a key factor
39:01in her ability
39:02to carry out
39:03these attacks
39:04without immediate suspicion.
39:06Her killing spree
39:07began in 1991
39:08and continued
39:09into 1993
39:10with suspicions
39:12raised when the number
39:13of incidents
39:13involving near-fatal
39:15or fatal events
39:16on her watch
39:17grew
39:17and an investigation
39:18was launched.
39:20He was arrested
39:20in 1993
39:21and later confessed
39:23to her crimes
39:23with Allitt
39:24later found guilty
39:25of four counts
39:26of murder
39:26and another three counts
39:28of attempted murder.
39:29She was sentenced
39:30to life in prison
39:31but currently resides
39:32at Rampton Secure Hospital
39:34and passed her 30-year parole date
39:36in November 2021.
39:38Number 6,
39:39Tiffany Cole.
39:40Convicted of the 2005 murders
39:43of two elderly individuals,
39:45James Thomas Stewart
39:46and his wife,
39:47Bertha Jean Stewart
39:48in Jacksonville, Florida,
39:49Cole was helped
39:51by accomplices
39:52Alan Wade
39:53and Michael Jackson.
39:55The crime occurred
39:56in July 2005
39:57when Tiffany Cole,
39:58Jackson and Wade
39:59planned to rob
40:00and kill James
40:01and Bertha Stewart,
40:03an elderly couple
40:04who were known
40:04to be friendly
40:05and trusting.
40:06Tiffany Cole
40:07and Michael Jackson
40:08befriended the couple
40:09under the pretense
40:10of needing assistance
40:11with moving
40:12into a new home.
40:13The Stewarts,
40:14who were in their 70s,
40:15welcomed the couple
40:16into their lives
40:17offering them help.
40:18The crime went undetected
40:20for several days
40:21and it was initially believed
40:23that the Stewarts
40:24had simply vanished.
40:26However,
40:26after further investigation,
40:28Cole,
40:28Jackson and Wade
40:29were arrested
40:30and charged
40:31with the murders.
40:32Cole's involvement
40:32was particularly chilling
40:34because despite her role
40:35in the planning
40:36and execution
40:36of the crime,
40:38she appeared to maintain
40:39a facade of normalcy
40:40even after the bodies
40:41were discovered.
40:43In 2007,
40:44Tiffany Cole
40:44was convicted
40:45of two counts
40:46of first-degree murder
40:47and sentenced
40:48to life in prison
40:49without the possibility
40:50of parole.
40:51Number 5,
40:52Amelia Dyer.
40:53Active during
40:54the late 19th century
40:55and infamous for her role
40:56in the deaths
40:57of at least 200 babies
40:58and children,
40:59Dyer was an English
41:00serial killer
41:01and one of the most,
41:02one of the most
41:02prolific killers
41:03in history.
41:05Dyer's crimes,
41:05often referred to
41:06as baby farming,
41:08took place primarily
41:09in the 1870s
41:10and 1880s,
41:11although her full
41:12criminal activities
41:13may have spanned
41:14even longer.
41:15Her crimes went
41:16unnoticed for a time
41:17but in 1896,
41:19Dyer was caught
41:20after the body
41:21of one of her victims
41:22was discovered.
41:23At her trial in 1896,
41:25Dyer was found guilty
41:26of the murder
41:27of one infant,
41:28was sentenced to death
41:29and hanged
41:30on June 10th,
41:311896
41:31at Newgate Prison.
41:33The scandal surrounding
41:34the Dyer murders
41:35led to reforms
41:36in the regulation
41:36of adoption
41:37and child welfare
41:38in Britain.
41:39The true extent
41:39of her crimes,
41:40however,
41:40may never be fully known.
41:42Number 4,
41:43Mary Laureen Tackett,
41:45one of four teenage girls
41:46convicted in the 1992
41:48abduction and murder
41:49of 12-year-old Shanda Sharer
41:51in Madison, Indiana,
41:53Tackett was just 17
41:54at the time of the crime.
41:56Along with Melinda Loveless,
41:58Hope Rippey
41:58and Tony Lawrence,
42:00Tackett lured Sharer
42:01from her home
42:02under false pretenses
42:03and attacked her.
42:05In 1993,
42:06Tackett was sentenced
42:07to 60 years in prison
42:09for her role
42:10in the murder
42:10and she served
42:11approximately 26 years
42:13before being released
42:14on January 11th,
42:152018.
42:16Number 3,
42:17Mary Ann Cotton,
42:19another English killer
42:20often regarded
42:20as Britain's first
42:21female serial killer.
42:23Ann Cotton is believed
42:24to have murdered
42:25up to 21 people,
42:26including her various
42:27husbands,
42:28children and stepchildren.
42:29Mary Ann poisoned
42:31her victims with arsenic,
42:32a readily available substance
42:34in Victorian households,
42:35which caused symptoms
42:37that mimicked natural illnesses,
42:39making her crimes
42:40difficult to detect
42:41at the time.
42:42Her crimes were uncovered
42:43when suspicions arose
42:44after the death
42:45of her stepson,
42:46Charles Edward Cotton
42:47and his autopsy
42:49revealed traces
42:49of arsenic in the body.
42:51In 1873,
42:52Mary Ann Cotton
42:53was arrested,
42:54tried and convicted
42:54of the murder
42:55of her stepson
42:56and despite circumstantial evidence
42:58pointing to numerous
42:59other murders,
43:00she was officially charged
43:02with just one.
43:03Mary Ann Cotton
43:04was hanged
43:05on March 24th, 1873
43:07at Durham Jail
43:08and history has cemented
43:10her as one of history's
43:11most infamous murderers.
43:13Number 2,
43:14Joanna Dennehy.
43:15Known for the 2013
43:16Peterborough Ditch Murders
43:17in which she killed
43:19three men
43:19and attempted
43:20to murder two others,
43:22Dennehy being
43:23one of the most infamous
43:24femme fatale
43:25in British history.
43:27Her teenage years
43:28were marked
43:29by rebellious behaviour
43:30and heavy drinking
43:31before her behaviour
43:32became more erratic
43:34and violent.
43:35The murders
43:36in which three men
43:37were killed
43:37were notable
43:38for their extreme violence
43:40and Dennehy's
43:40apparent enjoyment
43:41of killing.
43:43After her third murder,
43:44Dennehy attacked
43:45two other men,
43:46Robin Bereza
43:46and John Rogers
43:47in Hereford,
43:48stabbing them randomly
43:49in broad daylight.
43:51However,
43:51they both survived.
43:53Dennehy was arrested
43:54after a nationwide manhunt,
43:56reportedly laughing
43:57and joking
43:57about the killings
43:58during her questioning.
44:00At her trial,
44:00Dennehy pleaded guilty
44:01to all charges,
44:03including three counts
44:03of murder
44:04and two counts
44:05of attempted murder,
44:06making her one
44:07of the rare cases
44:08where a defendant
44:08in such serious crimes
44:10admitted guilt outright.
44:12In February 2014,
44:14she was sentenced
44:14to life imprisonment
44:15with a whole life order,
44:17meaning she will never
44:18be eligible for parole
44:19and she joins only
44:20a handful of women
44:21in the UK
44:22have received
44:23such a sentence.
44:24She later admitted
44:25she killed for fun
44:27and to prove a point
44:28with psychologists
44:29who analysed her behaviour,
44:30describing her
44:31as a psychopath
44:32with a sadistic personality,
44:35driven by a need
44:36for excitement
44:37and dominance.
44:38Number one,
44:39Lucy Letby.
44:40One of the most notorious
44:42child killers
44:43in modern British history,
44:44Letby pursued a career
44:45in nursing,
44:46specialising in neonatal care.
44:48She was responsible
44:49for caring for premature
44:50and sick newborns
44:51and colleagues initially
44:53described her
44:53as a dedicated
44:54and compassionate nurse.
44:56Between June 2015
44:57and June 2016,
44:58the neonatal unit
44:59at the hospital
45:00experienced an unusual
45:01spike in infant deaths
45:03and unexplained collapses.
45:05An internal investigation
45:06was launched,
45:07eventually leading
45:08to Letby's arrest
45:09in 2018.
45:10She was charged
45:11with multiple counts
45:11of murder
45:12and attempted murder,
45:13accused of administering
45:14lethal doses of air,
45:16insulin or milk
45:17to the infants
45:18in her care.
45:19In August 2023,
45:21Letby was found guilty
45:21of murdering seven babies
45:23and attempting
45:23to murder six others.
45:25She was sentenced
45:26to life imprisonment
45:27with a whole life order,
45:28meaning she will spend
45:29the rest of her life
45:30in prison
45:31without the possibility
45:32of parole.
45:33In October 2024,
45:35Letby's legal team
45:36announced plans
45:37to appeal her convictions,
45:38citing new expert evidence
45:40that challenges
45:41the original findings.
45:42At least one expert witness
45:44has since changed their mind
45:45on at least some of the deaths,
45:47with the defence planning
45:48to appeal the conviction
45:50as unsafe.
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45:54of all time.
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