Unknown Gender History: The Champion Black Widow Serial Killers

Monday, September 26, 2011

The Champion Black Widow Serial Killers

So far, about 316 cases of Black Widows who have murdered two or more husbands have been collected by The Unknown History of MISANDRY. Following is a list of the “Champion Black Widows”: those who murdered (or attempted to murder) four or more husbands.

It is worth nothing that all but one of the cases dating from after 1920 are known to historians of serial killers none of the seven dating from 1886 to 1912 have ever been listed before. These cases have been forgotten, wiped from history, despite half a century of generous funding for women’s studies – forgotten ... until now.

See: “Exciting careers in widowhood,” by Robert St. Estephe, A Voice for Men, Sep. 10, 2012

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42 BC – Anula of Anuradhapura – Sri Lanka – (5 husbands)
940 – “White-necked Crow” – China – (36 husbands)
1196 – Mahaut de Bourgogne – France – (4 husbands)
1324 – Alice Kyteler – Ireland – (4 husbands)
1613 – Donna Catherina – Sri Lanka – (5 husbands)
1857 – Elizabeth Routt – Hazel Green, Tennessee – 6 husbands suspected
1869 – “Gardiner, Maine Black Widow Serial Killer” – USA – (4 husbands)

1870s – Julie St. Joseph – St. Petersburg, Russia (“numerous” victims)

1880 – Catherine Csassna – Verbo, Slovakia ("Hungary") – (7 husbands)
1884 – Persia Vaics “Aunt Thyrin” – Opova, Timisoara, Hungary
1886 – “Attendorf Black Widow” – Graz-Umgebung, Styria, Austria (4 husbands)

1886 – “Silesian Serial Killer” – Silesia – (4 husbands)

1891 – Mrs. John Dorsey – USA – (4 husbands & 4 others)

1891 – Caroline Sorgenfrie – USA – (4 husbands)

1896 – Queen Ashantehemaa Yaa Akyaa – Ashanti Kingdom– (49 husbands)

1899 – Lulu Johnson – USA – (6 husbands)
1900 – Molly Foxwater – Guthrie, Oklahoma – (4 husbands)
1902 – Belle Witwer – USA – (4 husbands & 14 others)
1903 – Anna (Karoline) Przygodda – Prussia / Poland – (5 husbands (1 survived))

1905 – Anna Bergmann – Berlin, Germany – (5 husbands)

1905 – Malvina Roester – Hungary – (Romania) (4 “lovers”)
1906 – “Knez Four-Time Black Widow” – Hungary (Romania) – (4 husbands)
1908 – Belle Gunness – USA – (2 husbands & dozens of fiancés)
1908 – Dowager Empress Cixi (Tsi Si) – China (many paramours)

1908 – “Shui Hing Black Widow Serial Killer” – Shui Hing prefecture, China (8 paramours)

1916 – Amy Archer Gilligan – USA – (5? husbands & several others)
1918 – Taytu Betul – Abyssinia (Ethiopia) – (10 husbands)

1918 – Widow Madaszar – Hodmezö-Vasarhely, Hungary – (8 husbands; 2 confirmed, others)

1920 – Frau Buchmann (Backman) – Switzerland – (2 husbs, 2 “lovers,” & 1 husb. who survived)

1920 – Anna Tomasciewicz – USA (4 husbands)

1921 – Lyda Trueblood Southard – USA – (4 husbands)

1923 – Tillie Klimek – USA – (4 husbands & 9 others & 6 survivors)

1923 – Marie Torosian – Armenia – (6 husbands)

1926 – Josepha Szanyi – Hungary – (8 paramours)

1931 – Margaret Summers – USA – (5 husbands & 14 others)
1940 – Emma Heppermann – Wentzville, Missouri – (5 husbands)
1951 – Lala Wanh – India – (17 husbands)

1954 – Daisy “Nannie” Doss – USA – (4 husbands & 7 others)

1980s-1990s – Disabled Veteran-Targeting Black Widow – USA (4 husbands)
1983 – Judias Welty Buenoano – USA – (4 husbands (1 survived) & 1 other)

1985 – Betty Lou Beets – USA – (5 husbands)
2001 – Li Huijie – China – (4 husbands)
2007 – Lydia L. – Germany – (1 husband & 3 boyfriends)
2008 – Betty Neumar – USA – (5? husbands)

2009 – Miyuki Ueta – Japan – (5 “dates” & 1 fiance)
2014 – Chisako Kakehi – Japan (7 husbands & paramours, susp.)
2014 – Marli Teles de Souza – Cacador, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil (3 husband & 1 boyfriends)
2017 – Maria Nazaré Félix de Lima – Ielmo Marinho, Grande Natal, Brazil (4 men; 1 other)

[Count: 48; Nov. 10, 2020]

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•►Ranked by “score”:

► 49 men murdered

1896 – Queen Ashantehemaa Yaa Akyaa – Ashanti Kingdom– (49 husbands)

► 36 men murdered

940 – “White-necked Crow” – China – (36 husbands)

► 35 men murdered

1925 – Vera Renczi – Serbia (Czechoslovakia) – (2 husbands & 33 paramours) * possibly a hoax case (needs further confirmation)

► Dozens of men murdered

1908 – Belle Gunness – USA – (2 husbands & dozens of fiancés)

► “Many” men murdered

1908 – Dowager Empress Cixi (Tsi Si) – China (many paramours)

► 17 men murdered

1951 – Lala Wanh – India – (17 husbands)

► 10 men murdered

1918 – Taytu Betul – Abyssinia (Ethiopia) – (10 husbands)

► 8 men murdered

1926 – Josepha Szanyi – Hungary – (8 paramours)

► 7 men murdered

2014 – Chisako Kakehi – Japan (7 husbands & paramours, susp.)

► 6 men murdered

1857 – Elizabeth Routt – Hazel Green, Tennessee – 6 husbands suspected

1899 – Lulu Johnson – USA – (6 husbands)

1923 – Marie Torosian – Armenia – (6 husbands)

2009 – Miyuki Ueta – Japan – (6 men: 5 “dates” & 1 fiance)

► 5 men murdered

42 BC – Anula of Anuradhapura – Sri Lanka – (5 husbands)
1613 – Donna Catherina – Sri Lanka – (5 husbands)

1903 – Caroline Przygodda – Germany – (5 husbands (1 survived))

1905 – Anna Bergmann – Berlin, Germany – (5 husbands)

1916 – Amy Archer Gilligan – USA – (5? husbands & several others)
1920 – Frau Buchmann (Backman) – Switzerland – (2 husbs, 2 “lovers,” & 1 husb. who survived)

1931 – Margaret Summers – USA – (5 husbands & 14 others)
1940 – Emma Heppermann – Wentzville, Missouri – (5 husbands)

1985 – Betty Lou Beets – USA – (5 husbands)
2008 – Betty Neumar – USA – (5? husbands)

► 4 men murdered

1196 – Mahaut de Bourgogne – France – (4 husbands)
1324 – Alice Kyteler – Ireland – (4 husbands)

1869 – “Gardiner, Maine Black Widow Serial Killer” – USA – (4 husbands)
1886 – “Silesian Serial Killer” – Silesia – (4 husbands)

1891 – Mrs. John Dorsey – USA – (4 husbands & 4 others)

1891 – Caroline Sorgenfrie – USA – (4 husbands)
1899 – Lisa Triku – Hungary (Romania) – (4 husbands)

1900 – Molly Foxwater – Guthrie, Oklahoma – (4 husbands)
1902 – Belle Witwer – USA – (4 husbands & 14 others)

1905 – Malvina Roester – Hungary – (Romania) (4 “lovers”)
1906 – “Knez Four-Time Black Widow” – Hungary (Romania) – (4 husbands)

1912 – Johanna Kapruczan – Hungary (Romania) – (4 husbands & 5 others)
1920 – Anna Tomasciewicz – USA (4 husbands)

1921 – Lyda Trueblood Southard – USA – (4 husbands)

1923 – Tillie Klimek – USA – (4 husbands & 9 others & 6 survivors)

1954 – Daisy “Nannie” Doss – USA – (4 husbands & 7 others)

1978 – Margarita Herlein – Buenos Aries, Argentina (3 husbands & 1 bf)
1980s-1990s – Disabled Veteran-Targeting Black Widow – USA (4 husbands)
1983 – Judias Welty Buenoano – USA – (4 husbands (1 survived) & 1 other)

2001 – Li Huijie – China – (4 husbands)
2007 – Lydia L. – Germany – (1 husband & 3 boyfriends)
2014 – Marli Teles de Souza – Cacador, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil

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