Gottfried was a German serial killer who was the last person publicly executed in the city of Bremen. Gesche Gottfried (Public Domain) Gesche Gottfried She was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to the Taunton Insane Hospital for life. She would kill the victims with different combinations of medicine and chemicals and even climb into bed with them after administering the dose. Toppan was a nurse who killed dozens of patients, according to NBC. She was nicknamed “Jolly Jane.” She confessed to 31 murders after her arrest in 1901. In 2003, a movie of her life, titled Monster and starring Charlize Theron, was released to high praise. However, she was sentenced to death for six of the murders. She told the police that she murdered the men in self-defense because they raped her while she worked as a prostitute. She shot each of the seven at point-blank range, according to The New York Daily News. She was captured after a minor traffic accident in one of her victims’ cars.

Miyuki Ishikawa Aileen Wuornos (Handout) Aileen Wuornosīorn in 1956, Wuornos killed seven men in Florida between 19. Many used arsenic as their deadly weapon, and some killed over 100 people. Today, we look at some of the most horrifyingly ruthless female serial killers ever.

But they do have a small number of female counterparts, and they are just as deadly. Since men perpetrate about 90% of the world’s homicides, it makes sense that nearly all of history’s most notorious serial killers are men.

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