Lady killers : deadly women throughout history

Telfer, Tori, author.

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"In 1998, an FBI profiler infamously declared in a homicide conference, 'There are no female serial killers'--but Lady Killers offers fourteen creepy examples to the contrary."--Page [4] of cover.

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ISBN:

9780062433732
0062433733

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xvi, 316, 15 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:

Includes Q &A and other extra material
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-316, pages 14-15 (3rd set))

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

Control Number:

2312414

Other Authors:

Darcy, Dame, 1971- illustrator

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