Peter Vronsky’s 1997 list of female serial killers
includes 27 who were executed: Barfield, Beets, Brinvilliers, Buenoano, Cage,
Chesham, Cotton, Dazely, Dean, Deshayes, Dyer, Flanagan, Freeman, Gottfried,
Hahn, Higgins, Jegado, Joyce, Lipka, Marek, May, Milner, Rendell, La Tofania,
Margaret Waters, Catherine Wilson, Zwanziger.
The following list contains 135 cases of female serial
killers who have been executed. An addendum contains cases in which the death
penalty was ordered but was either commuted or in which the prisoner is
awaiting execution. [In 10 cases listed here two women were executed at once.]
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Mar. 17, 1542 – Margaret Davey (Davie) – Smithfield, England – boiled.
Sep. 20, 1587 – Walpurga Hausmännin – Augsburg, Austria – Paraded through town and, in five stages, tortured, right hand cut off, then burned alive at the stake.
June 1609 – Jane Hattersley – East Grinstead, Sussex, England – execution method not yet determined.
Apr. 17, 1635 –
Elizabeth Evans – London, England – hanged at Newgate gallows.
Dec. 22, 1658 – Abigall Hill – executed at Cheapside, England – hanged.
Dec. 22, 1658 – Abigall Hill – executed at Cheapside, England – hanged.
1659 – Gratiosa – Rome, Italy – hanged.
Jul. 1659 – Giulia Tofana – Rome, Italy – hanged.
1673 – Louise Mabre, “Murderous Midwife” – Paris, France –
was sentenced to be shut up in an iron cage with sixteen wild cats and
suspended over a low fire.
Jul. 17, 1676 – Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite d'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers – Paris, France – tortured, beheaded, corpse burned at the stake.
Feb. 22, 1680 – Catherine Deshayes “La Voisin,” – Paris,
France – at Place de Grève, burned to death publicly.
Mar. 24, 1684 – Elizabeth Ridgway – Leicester-shire, England
– burned at the stake.
Oct. 23, 1693 – Mary Compton – Tyburn, England – “executed.”
May 3, 1740 – Elizabeth & Mary Branch – Ilchester, England – both hanged.
May 3, 1740 – Elizabeth & Mary Branch – Ilchester, England – both hanged.
Jan. 7, 1761 – Dorcas Kelly – Dublin, Ireland – burned, then still alive, hanged.
May 24, 1771 – Anne & Alte Chistophersdatter – Norway – axe decapitation.
Jul. 1, 1772 – Luisa de Jesus – Coimbra (Lisbon), Portugal – carried through the
streets of Lisbon, whipped, hanged and then publicly burnt.
1775 – Aarne Spanjers – Twente, Netherlands – place
and method of execution not yet determined; husband executed Sep. 13, 1775.
Jul. 30, 1789 –
Giovanna Bonanno – Palermo, Sicily –
hanged.
May 16, 1808 – Catherine Bouhours ("Auguste Manette") – Paris, France – executed at the age of 22 (25?); guillotine.
Mar. 20, 1809 – Mary Bateman – Leeds, England – hanged, skeleton preserved & displayed.
Jun. 15, 1812 – Hester Rebecca Nepping – Amsterdam, Netherlands – guillotined with 2 accomplices (male ans female).
1814 – “Malága Black Widow” – Malága, Spain – hanged.
Sep. 16, 1816 – Susannah Holroyd – Lancaster, England –
hanged.
1816 – Rachel Clark – Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA – hanged.
Spring 1819 – Ane Nielsdatter – Copenhagen, Denmark – beheaded, presumably with axe.
1816 – Rachel Clark – Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA – hanged.
Spring 1819 – Ane Nielsdatter – Copenhagen, Denmark – beheaded, presumably with axe.
Jun. 22, 1828 – Jane Scott – Lancaster, England – hanged.
Sep. 16, 1829 – Francoise Trenque – Auch, France – guillotined.
Sep. 16, 1829 – Francoise Trenque – Auch, France – guillotined.
Apr. 21, 1831 – Gesche Gottfried – Bremen, Germany –
beheaded by sword.
Sep. 22, 1832 – Anne & Marit Forrestadstuen – Ringebu, Oppland,
Norway – beheaded at Ringebu.
1835 – Margarete Jäger (Joyer, Jager, Jaeger, Jaeyer)
– Mainz (Mentz), Swabia (Germany) – sentenced
to death on Mar. 24, 1835, presumably executed.
Apr. 10, 1835 – Frances "Fanny" Billing, with Catherine Frary – Norwich, England – hanged.
Apr. 19, 1836 – Betty Rowland – House of Correction, Kirkdale, Liverpool - hanged.
1840 – Catherine Labalue (Carron) – Liège, Belgium –
sentenced to death on Nov. 20, 1840 – presumably executed.
Mar. 28, 1840 – Marie-Barbe Ravez (Quénardel) –
Verzenay, France – guillotine.
Apr. (?), 1842 – Françoise Serval (Chamblais) – Retournac,
Haute-Loire, France. – sentenced to death. Mar. 23, 1842; appeal rejected Apr.
21, 1842 – presumably executed.
Aug. 2, 1844 – Eliza Joyce – Lincoln, England – hanged.
Apr. 23, 1845 – Sarah Freeman – Somerset, England – hanged.
May 23, 1845 – Elizabeth Reed – Lawrenceville, Illinois – hanged.
Jul. 29, 1847 – Mary Ann Milner – Lincoln Castle, England –
suicide day before execution date (Jul. 30)
Nov. 9, 1847 – Mary Runkle – Whitesboro, Oneida Cty., N. Y. – hanged.
Nov. 9, 1847 – Mary Runkle – Whitesboro, Oneida Cty., N. Y. – hanged.
1848 – Rose Theyre – Nimes, France – sentenced on Feb.?
1848, presumably executed.
Sep. 1, 1849 – Rebecca Smith – Devizes, England – hanged at
New Prison.
Jul. 8, 1850 – Marie-Catherine
Moitrier Segard (Ségard) – Nancy, France – guillotined.
Feb. 26, 1852 – Hélène Jégado – Rennes, France – guillotined in Champs de Mars.
June 9, 1852 – Margaret C. Waldegrave – Havana, Cuba – hanged.
Oct. 7, 1854 – Marie (Gautherot) Gagey – Dijon, France – execution method not yet determined.
Nov. 13, 1855 – Clarissa – Yorkville, South Carolina, USA – hanged.
June 9, 1852 – Margaret C. Waldegrave – Havana, Cuba – hanged.
Oct. 7, 1854 – Marie (Gautherot) Gagey – Dijon, France – execution method not yet determined.
Nov. 13, 1855 – Clarissa – Yorkville, South Carolina, USA – hanged.
1861 –
Theresa of Sicily –
Istanbul, Turkey –
Sentenced to be strangled in front of own house.
Dec. 21, 1861 – Ane Cathrine Andersdatter – Rødovre Mark, Denmark – beheaded, presumably with axe.
Oct. 20, 1862 – Catherine Wilson – London, England – hanged at Newgate Gaol.
Dec. 21, 1861 – Ane Cathrine Andersdatter – Rødovre Mark, Denmark – beheaded, presumably with axe.
Oct. 20, 1862 – Catherine Wilson – London, England – hanged at Newgate Gaol.
Jan. 19, 1866 – Martha Grinder – Pittsburgh,
Pa. – hanged.
Dec. 3, 1872 – Wilhelmine Woltmann (or, Woltman, Waltman) – Stade, Germany – beheaded with axe.
Mar. 24, 1873 – Mary Ann Cotton – Durham, England – hanged.
1873 – Rose Porro & Margarite Coraldi – Naples, Italy – beheaded with axe.
Feb. 18, 1876 – Sofie Johannesdotter – Borgermesterløkken, in Fredrikshald (Halden), Norway – beheaded with axe.
Jan. 4, 1876 – Sophie Gautié Bouyou – Cahors, France – guillotine.
Nov. 30, 1882 – Anna Nagy (AKA Kathi Lyukas) – Stein-am-Anger, Szerdaltely,
Hungary – hanged.
1884 – Trailokya ("Troylucko Raur") – Calcutta, India – hanged.
Aug. 9, 1886 – Mary Ann Britland – Manchester, England – hanged at Strangeways Gaol.
Aug. 18, 1886 – Eliza Wood – Jackson, Tennessee – lynched by mob of 1,000 or more.
Mar. 14, 1887 – Elizabeth Berry – Oldham, England – hanged at Walton Gaol, Liverpool.
Early Dec. 1887 – Kate & Kit Kelly (Kelly Family) – No Man’s Land, Kansas, USA – lynched by a posse.
Aug. 18, 1886 – Eliza Wood – Jackson, Tennessee – lynched by mob of 1,000 or more.
Mar. 14, 1887 – Elizabeth Berry – Oldham, England – hanged at Walton Gaol, Liverpool.
Early Dec. 1887 – Kate & Kit Kelly (Kelly Family) – No Man’s Land, Kansas, USA – lynched by a posse.
Jun. 25, 1889 – Sarah Whiteling – Philadelphia, Pa.– hanged at Moyamensing prison.
May 1890 – Paranka Maksymischin – Janowiec Wielkopolski, Galicia (Poland); tried in Lviv, Galicia – hanged.
May 1890 – Paranka Maksymischin – Janowiec Wielkopolski, Galicia (Poland); tried in Lviv, Galicia – hanged.
May 24, 1893 – Dorothee Buntrock – Osnabrück, Germany – beheaded by ax at Magdeburg.
Jan. 15, 1894 – Frances Knorr – Melbourne, Australia –
hanged.
Oct. 22, 1894 – Martha Needle – Melbourne, Australia –
hanged at Old Melbourne Jail.
Jun. 10, 1896 – Amelia Dyer – London, England – hanged at
Newgate Prison.
Mar. 6, 1900 – Ada Chard Williams –
London, England – hanged at Newgate Prison.
1903 – Anna (Caroline) Przygodda – Olsztyn, East Prussia (currently Poland) – executed in the prison yard – (hanged?).
1903 – Anna (Caroline) Przygodda – Olsztyn, East Prussia (currently Poland) – executed in the prison yard – (hanged?).
Feb. 3, 1905 – Elisabeth Wiese – Hamburg, Germany – guillotined.
Apr. 30, 1908 – Ernestine Feige (Pauline Scholz) – Metz, Silesia – beheaded, at Fürstenberg Court Prison.
Jul. 1909 – Ischi Minogata & Akino
Kawabarg – Osaka, Japan – Harikawa Prison – method not stated.
Oct. 6, 1909 – Martha Rendell – Fremantle, Australia – hanged at Fremantle Prison.
1912 –
Enriqueta Martí – Barcelona, Spain – technically, she was not executed; she was
apparently murdered in prison by inmates to punish her for child abuse (a
common phenomenon in prisons) while awaiting execution.
May 17, 1916 – Henriette Holstein – Pustlauk, Labiau District, Prussia – hanged.
1921 – Ekaterina Pishianova – Russia – survived execution by firing squad by trickery; was captured a second time and then presumably successfully executed.
Dec. 21, 1921 – Raya & Sekina Aly Hammam – Alexandria, Egypt – both hanged.
May 17, 1916 – Henriette Holstein – Pustlauk, Labiau District, Prussia – hanged.
1921 – Ekaterina Pishianova – Russia – survived execution by firing squad by trickery; was captured a second time and then presumably successfully executed.
Dec. 21, 1921 – Raya & Sekina Aly Hammam – Alexandria, Egypt – both hanged.
Apr. 7, 1922 – Józefina Paśnik – Warsaw, Poland – firing squad (SK couple).
Jun. 18, 1923 – Sofia Komaroff – Moscow, Soviet Union – she and husband Vasili were executed Jun. 18, 1923 – executed by firing squad.
1924 – "Old Mother" Djao – Ichowfu, Shantung, China – lingche ("death by a thousand cuts").
Jan. 9, 1925 – Zhang Suzhen, “Camel Dragon” – Manchuria (China) – shot.
1927 – Maria Vukitch – Kikinda, Serbia (“Jugoslavia”) – hanged.Jun. 17, 1929 – Esther Szabo – Szolnok, Hungary – hanged.
1929 – Juliane Lipka – Szolnok, Hungary – sentenced on Dec. 15?, 1929, presumably hanged soon after.
Jan. 13, 1931 – Marie Kardos – Skolnok, Hungary – hanged.
Jun. 17, 1931 – Christine Chordas – Skolnok, Hungary –
hanged.
Dec. 30, 1932 – Daisy De Melker – Pretoria, South Africa – hanged
at Pretoria Central Prison.
1935 – Julianne Nagy – Debreczen, Hungary – sentenced to
death, Feb. 5, 1935, presumably hanged.
1935 – Milka Pavlovich – Belovar, Yugoslavia – sentenced to
hang on May 19, 1935, presumably executed soon thereafter.
Jul. 16, 1936 – Mary Creighton – Ossining, New York – electric
chair, Sing Sing Prison.
Dec. 6, 1938 – Martha Marek – Vienna, Austria – guillotined.
Mar. 8, 1951 – Martha Beck – Ossining, New York – electric
chair, Sing Sing prison.
Feb. 16, 1954 – Teresa Gómez Rubio – Valencia, Spain – executed by garotte.
Feb. 16, 1954 – Teresa Gómez Rubio – Valencia, Spain – executed by garotte.
Dec. 12, 1954 – Piroska Jancsó Ladányi – Törökszentmiklós, Hungary – hanged, Szolnok courtyard prison
Oct. 11, 1957 – Rhonda Belle Martin – Montgomery, Alabama –
electric chair, Kilby Prison.
May 19, 1959 – Pilar Prades – Valencia, Spain
– garrote.
Apr. 13, 1961– Marie Fikáčková – Prague, Czechoslovakia –
hanged at Pankrác Prison.
Apr. 10, 1965 – Ekaterini Dimetrea (Aikaterini Dimitrea) – Nafplio (“Nauplion”), Greece – given 4 death sentences in 1963; executed in Athens, at Goudi, by firing squad.
Apr. 10, 1965 – Ekaterini Dimetrea (Aikaterini Dimitrea) – Nafplio (“Nauplion”), Greece – given 4 death sentences in 1963; executed in Athens, at Goudi, by firing squad.
Nov. 12, 1984 – Velma Barfield – Raleigh, North Carolina –
lethal injection, Central Prison.
Sep. 27, 1985 – Yan Shuxia – Shaanxi, China – method not noted.
1987 – Tamara Ivanyutina (SK family) – Kiev, Ukraine (Soviet Union) – execution method not yet determined.
Sep. 27, 1985 – Yan Shuxia – Shaanxi, China – method not noted.
1987 – Tamara Ivanyutina (SK family) – Kiev, Ukraine (Soviet Union) – execution method not yet determined.
1995 – Ma Yanhong – Heilongjiang
province, China – single shot to the head.
June 26, 1997 – Kimberly Lagayle McCarthy – Texas Department
of Criminal Justice Huntsville Unit, Huntsville, Tx. – lethal injection.
Mar. 30, 1998 – Judias Welty Buenoano – Starke, Florida – electric chair.
Jan. 18, 1999 – Dao Ruiying – China – execution method not stated.
Feb. 27, 2000 – Betty Lou Beets – Huntsville, Texas
– executed by lethal drugs, Huntsville Prison.
Oct. 9, 2002 – Aileen Wuornos – Starke, Florida – lethal
injection, Florida State Prison.
May 20, 2005 – Astini (aka Bu Lakri) – Surabaya East Java,
Indonesia – sentenced in 1996; firing squad.
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►• Sentenced to death but not executed; or awaiting execution •◄
1851 – Nancy Farrer – Cincinnati, Ohio – sentenced to death early Feb. 30 [?] 1852, to be executed on Jun. 25, 1852; on appear she was found to be insane and sent to an asylum.
Sep. 8, 1859 –
Polly Frisch – Alabama, Genessee County, New York – commuted by governor to
life on Oct. 27, 1859; execution date had been set at Nov. 2, 1869.
1865 – Charlotte Windsor – England – sentenced to death; later commuted to life in prison.
Aug. 30, 1849
(hanging day) – Letitia Page – New Boston, New Hampshire, USA – sentence reduced
to life in prison; pardoned in 1861.
1851 – Nancy Farrer – Cincinnati, Ohio – sentenced to death early Feb. 30 [?] 1852, to be executed on Jun. 25, 1852; on appear she was found to be insane and sent to an asylum.
1865 – Charlotte Windsor – England – sentenced to death; later commuted to life in prison.
1875 – Marguerite Léris Grieumard - Saint-Vincent, France;
4: husb, d, step-son, other rel.; 19 décembre 1875; Graciée le 29 janvier 1876.
1875 – Bouriant, Marie - Ainay-le-Vieil, France; 5 babies murdered; convicted; 24 avril 1875; Commuted: 16 juin 1875.
July 21, 1876 – Wilhelmina Weick – Sentenced on June 5, 1876; county, Erie; crime, murder; to be hanged July 21, 1876; commuted to life imprisonment on July 15, 1876.
1875 – Bouriant, Marie - Ainay-le-Vieil, France; 5 babies murdered; convicted; 24 avril 1875; Commuted: 16 juin 1875.
July 21, 1876 – Wilhelmina Weick – Sentenced on June 5, 1876; county, Erie; crime, murder; to be hanged July 21, 1876; commuted to life imprisonment on July 15, 1876.
1888 – Sarah Jane Robinson – Cambridge, Massachusetts – sentenced to hang, execution date: Nov. 16, 1888, yet efforts were made to have sentence commuted; commuted to life in prison in solitary confinement, Nov. 15, 1890.
Jan. 9, 1892 – Rosalie Schneider – Vienna, Austria – sentenced to
death on Jan. 29, 1892; commuted on Mar. 17, 1892.
Mar. 1893 – Sarah Jane Makin – New South Wales, Australia – sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment.
Feb. 2, 1895 – Marie Therese Joniaux-Ablay – Antwerp, Belgium –
sentenced
to death, but it was automatically commuted.
Feb. 28, 1912 – Frieda Trost –
Philadelphia, Pa. – sentenced to death, commuted.
Feb. 28, 1914 – Cynthia Buffum –
Salamanca, N. Y. – sentenced to death in 1915, retried and given 20 years.
Aug. 10, 1917 – Leopoldine Kasparek –
Vienna, Austria – sentenced to death (Aug. 10?), outcome still undiscovered.
Mar. 3, 1921 – Dagmar Overbye – Copenhagen, Denmark –
sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment.
Apr, 28, 1926 – Antoinette Scierri – Nimes, France –
sentenced to death, commuted to life in prison.
Nov. 14, 1929 – Lisa Karl – Reims, France – sentence to die by guillotine, but not executed (though her paramour accomplice was hanged on hanged.May 6, 1930)
1933 – Viktoria Rieger – Szegedin, Hungary – sentenced on Jan. 16?, 1933, sentence commuted Dec. 25, 1933.
1937 – Moulay Hassen (Oum-el-Hassen, or Umm-el-Hassan, alias Léonie Vallon) – sentenced to death by guillotine in Fez, Morocco. It was discovered in Dec. 1938, that in Nov. 1937 her execution was staged and falsely reported as the result of her great political influence and that she was alive and soon to be released from prison.
Oct. 15, 1953 – Caroline Grills – Sydney, Australia – sentenced to death, commuted to life
in prison.
Mar. 30, 1958 – Mary Elizabeth Wilson – Leeds, England – condemned to death, commuted.
1980 – Laverne O’Bryan – Louisville, Ky. – sentenced to death plus
a 20 year prison term, later the convictions were overturned.
Jan. 18, 1981 – Blanche Taylor Moore – Alamance Cty, N. C. – sentenced to
death, but not executed.
1987 – Chen Kao Lien-yen – Taipei, Taiwan; 7 children, cyanide pills
Aug. 31, 1989 – Cynthia Coffman – San Bernardino, Ca. –
sentenced to death with crime partner James Marlow on Cynthia Coffman and James
Marlow were sentenced to death on August 31, 1989 in San Bernardino, California.
April 18, 1991 – Dorothy Williams –
Chicago, Illinois – sentenced to death, still waiting
execution as of 2012. Commuted.
Apr. 27, 1991 – Faye Della Copeland – Mooresville, Missouri – Sentenced (with accomplice husband Ray, 76) to death by lethal injection, aged 69; commuted to life in prison in 1999.
1992 – Celeste Carrington – East Palo Alto, Cal – sentenced to death on Nov. 23, 1994; death sentence upheld on Jul. 28, 2009.
1996 – Anjanabai Gavit & daughters: Renuka Kiran Shinde, Seema Mohan Gavit – Pune, Kolhapur & Nashik, Maharashtra, India – commuted?
Apr. 27, 1991 – Faye Della Copeland – Mooresville, Missouri – Sentenced (with accomplice husband Ray, 76) to death by lethal injection, aged 69; commuted to life in prison in 1999.
1992 – Celeste Carrington – East Palo Alto, Cal – sentenced to death on Nov. 23, 1994; death sentence upheld on Jul. 28, 2009.
1996 – Anjanabai Gavit & daughters: Renuka Kiran Shinde, Seema Mohan Gavit – Pune, Kolhapur & Nashik, Maharashtra, India – commuted?
2004 – Le Thanh Van – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – sentenced to death.
Sep. 28, 2005 –
Junko Ogata – Japan Fukuoka, Kyodo, Japan – sentenced to death; Sep. 28, 2005,
commuted to life on Sep. 26, 2007.
2009 – Miyuki Ueta – Tottori Prefecture, Japan – Dec. 4, 2012 – Convicted, sentenced to death by hanging
Mar. 20, 2014 – sentence upheld
2010? – Lin Yuru – Taiwan – sentenced to death, commuted to 3 life imprisonments.
Apr. 13, 2012 – Kanae Kijima – Tokyo, Japan – sentenced to death.
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NOTE: The reports stating that Lucretia "Patty" Cannon (USA; arrested 1829) either was executed or committed suicide are not supported by the evidence.
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Executed FSK Crowd Sizes:
Dazley - A crowd variously estimated at 7,000 - 12,000 assembled in St. Loyes Street, outside Bedford Gaol.
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NOTE: The reports stating that Lucretia "Patty" Cannon (USA; arrested 1829) either was executed or committed suicide are not supported by the evidence.
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EXECUTION
METHODS:
Beheaded with Axe – 1819, Ane
Nielsdatter, Denmark; 1861, Ane Cathrine
Andersdatter, Denmark; 1872, Wilhelmina
Woltmann (or, Woltman), Germany; 1873, Rose
Porro & Margarite Coraldi, Italy; 1876, Sofie
Johannesdotter, Norway.
Boiled Alive – 1542, Margaret
Davey (Davie), England.
Burned Alive at Stake – 1680, Catherine
Deshayes “La Voisin,” France; 1684, Elizabeth
Ridgway, England;
Burned in cage with cats – 1673, Louise
Mabre, France.
Electric Chair – 1934, Anna
Marie Hahn, USA; 1936, Mary
Creighton, USA; 1951, Martha
Beck, USA; 1957 – Rhonda
Belle Martin, USA; 1998, Judias
Welty Buenoano, USA.
Firing Squad – 1921, Ekaterina
Pishianova, Russia; 1922, Józefina Paśnik, Poland;
1923, Sofia
Komaroff – Soviet Union; 1965, Ekaterini
Dimetrea (Aikaterini Dimitrea), Greece; 2005, Astini
(aka Bu Lakri), Indonesia.
Garotte – 1954,
Teresa
Gómez Rubio, Spain.
Gas Chamber – 1947, Louise
Peete, USA.
Guillotined – 1808, Catherine
Bouhours, France; 1829, Francoise
Trenque, France; 1840, Marie-Barbe
Ravez (Quénardel), France; 1850, Marie-Catherine
Moitrier Segard (Ségard), France; 1852, Hélène
Jégado, France; 1876, Sophie
Gautié Bouyou, France; 1905, Elisabeth Wiese,
Germany; 1908, Grete
Beier, Saxony (Germany); 1938, Martha Marek, Austria.
Hanged – 1635,
Elizabeth
Evans, England; 1658, Abigall
Hill, England; 1659 – Gratiosa,
Italy; 1659, Giulia
Tofana, Italy; 1740, Elizabeth & Mary Branch, England; 1789, Giovanna
Bonanno, Sicily; 1809, Mary
Bateman, England; 1814, “Malága
Black Widow”, Spain; 1816, Susannah
Holroyd, England; 1816, Rachel
Clark, USA; 1828, Jane
Scott, England; 1835, Frances
"Fanny" Billing, with Catherine Frary, England; 1843, Elizabeth
Eccles, England; 1843, Sarah
Dazely, England; 1844,
Eliza
Joyce, England; 1845, Sarah
Freeman, England;1845 – Elizabeth
Reed, USA; 1847, Mary
Runkle, USA, hanged; 1848, Rose
Theyre, France; 1848, Mary
May, England; 1849, Mary
Ann Geering, England; 1849, Rebecca
Smith, England; 1851, Sarah
Chesham, England; 1851, Mary
Emily Cage, England; 1855, Clarissa,
USA; 1862, Catherine
Wilson, England; 1866,
Martha
Grinder, USA; 1870, Margaret
Waters, England; 1872, 1873, Mary
Ann Cotton, England; 1882 – Kathi
Lyukas (Nagy), Hungary; 1884 – Catherine
Flannigan
and Margaret
Higgins, England; 1886 – Mary
Ann Britland, England; 1887, Elizabeth
Berry, England; 1889, Sarah
Whiteling, USA; 1894, Frances
Knorr, Australia; 1894, Martha
Needle, Australia; 1895, Williamina
“Minnie” Dean, New Zealand; 1896, Amelia
Dyer, England;
1900, Ada
Chard Williams, England; 1903, Amelia
Sach and Annie Walters, England; 1909, Martha
Rendell, Australia; 1927, Maria
Vukitch, Serbia (“Jugoslavia”); 1929, Esther
Szabo, Hungary; 1929, Juliane
Lipka, Hungary; 1931, Marie
Kardos, Hungary; 1931, Christine
Chordas, Hungary; 1932, Daisy
De Melker, South Africa; 1935, Julianne
Nagy, Hungary; 1935, Milka Pavlovich, Yugoslavia; 1945, Irma Grese, Germany; 1961, Marie
Fikáčková, Czechoslovakia; 2010, Mahin
Qadiri, Iran; 2012, Sachiko
Eto, Japan.
Lethal Injection – 1984, Velma
Barfield, USA; 1997, Kimberly Lagayle McCarthy, USA.; 2000, Betty
Lou Beets, USA; 2002, Aileen
Wuornos, USA.
Lynched – 1886, Eliza
Wood – Tennessee; 1887, Kate
& Kit Kelly (Kelly Family), USA.
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COMPLEX EXECUTIONS (Combination of methods):
1587 – Walpurga
Hausmännin – Augsburg, Austria – Paraded through town and, in five stages,
tortured, right hand cut off, then burned alive at the stake.
1676 – Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite
d'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers – Paris, France – tortured, beheaded,
corpse burned at the stake.
1761 – Dorcas
Kelly – Dublin, Ireland – burned, then still alive, hanged.
1772 – Luisa
de Jesus – Coimbra (Lisbon), Portugal – carried through the streets of Lisbon, whipped, hanged and then publicly burnt.
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Executed FSK Crowd Sizes:
Dazley - A crowd variously estimated at 7,000 - 12,000 assembled in St. Loyes Street, outside Bedford Gaol.
Eliza Joyce
– “Four to five thousand people came to watch the hanging at noon.”
Sarah
Freeman – “He then drew the bolt and she died after a brief struggle in front
of an estimated at 10,000 witnesses, including reporters.”
Grinder –
3500.
Runkle –
private ex., “nearly 1,000 assembled in the streets.”
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