Unknown Gender History: Prolific Female Serial Killers

NOTE: Determining the number of victims of a serial killer with precision is seldom possible. Below you will find ranges of estimates taken from various sources.

►100 or more victims (34)

Agrippina the Younger – 59 AD – Rome – more than 100

Bamberger, Henrietta – 1899 – St. Louis, Mo. – 300 babies estimated

Báthory, Elizabeth – 1610 – Čachtice Castle, Hungary – est. 80-600

Bedwarska, Madame – 1892 – Lodz, Poland – 117 babies buried in cellar

Blanco, Griselda – 1985 – Miami, Florida – drug mafia, 200+
Deshayes, Catherine (“La Voisin”) – 1679 – Paris, France – (2,500)

de Sousa, Dr. Virginia Helena Soares– 2013 – Curitiba, Brazil – (320?)

Dyer, Amelia – 1896 – Reading, England – ext. 300 babies

Fazekas, Szuszann (Olah) – 1929 – Nagyrev, Hungary – estimated over 100

Fortmeyer , Julia Etta – St. Louis, Missouri – 1875 – 300
“Grey Nuns of Montreal” – 1876 – Montreal, Canada – 631 babies

Gruber, Maria – 1989 – Vienna, Austria – Lainz Angels of Death – est. 49-300

Guzovska, Madame – 1903 – Warsaw, Poland – over 500 babies

Holmen, Mrs. (alias, true name unknown) – 1906 – Stockholm, Sweden – 1,000 victims

Ishikawa, Miyuki (Kyuuki) – 1948 – Tokyo, Japan – 103

Jager, Mare – 1895 – Hodmozoe, Hungary – more than 100

Kusnezowa, Madame – 1913 – Archangel, Russia – 1,000+ babies

Leidolf, Irene – 1989 – Vienna, Austria – Lainz Angels of Death – 300
Ljuskowska, Baba – 1893 – Berditschew, Ukraine – 100

Meyer, Stephanija – 1989 – Vienna, Austria – Lainz Angels of Death – est. 49-300

Mwerinde, Credonia – 2000 – Kunungu, Uganda –1,386

“Osaka Baby Farmers” – 1902 – Osaka, Japan – 300 babies

“Osaka ‘Devil Woman’Baby-Killer” – 1906 – Osaka Japan – over 100 babies
“Paris Baby-Killers” – 1906 – Quartier Vivienne, Paris, France – 120 children
Petromany , Martha – Knecz, Romania (Hungary) – 1906 – 100
Piaszta, Maria – Mitrovitz, Serbia – 1910 – 200

Popov, Thekla – 1882 – Melencze, (Serbia); Hungary – about 100

Popova, Madame – 1909 – Samara, Ukraine – about 300
“Rosa of Kiev” – 1919 – Kiev, Ukraine – 100 victims
Rubio de Pascadera , Anastaa – 1887 – Mexico – over 100?

Sach, Amelia & Annie Walters – 1902 – Finchley, England – probably 100s of babies
Safarine, Sophie – 1927 – Navoia, Russia – 3 of her own husbands + 55 husbands of others

Saltykova, Darya Nikolayevna – 1762 – Moscow, Russia – 132

Soulakiotis, Mariam – 1952 – Keratea, Greece – 177

Spara, Hieronyima – late 1600s – Italy – more than 100, multiple arrests of accomplices (executed)

Szabo, Frau – 1929 – Nagyrev, Hungary – 7 confirmed, est. around 100

Tann, Georgia – 1950 – Memphis, Tennessee – probably many 100s of babies

Thompson, Coleen – 2003 – Rockville, Maryland – 211 suspected

Veuve Chartier – 1906 – Paris, France – over 1,500 babies

Wagner, Waltraud – 1989 – Vienna, Austria – Lainz Angels of Death – est. 49-300

Young, Lila Gladys – 1945 – Halifax, Nova Scotia, Can. – 400-600

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►50-99 victims

Ashantehemaa Yaa Akyaa, Queen – Ashanti Kingdom – 1896 – 50
“Bialystock Angel-maker” – Bialystok, Poland – 1927 – 60
Brinvilliers, Marquise de, Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite d'Aubray – 1676 – Paris, France – 50> (executed)

González, Carmen Delfina & María de Jesús – 1964 – State of Guanajuato, Mexico – 91>
Geisen-Volk, Helene – 1925 – New York, N. Y. – 53

Kadletz, Frau – 1906 – Smichow (Prague) – Czech Republic 50 victims
Mabre, Louise – 1763 – Paris, France – 62 infants, executed 1763

Messalina, Valeria – 48 AD – Rome – 50>

Myer, Frau – 1892 – Bockenheim, Germany BF – 58 babies
Nain, Kusuma – 2004 – Uttar Pradesh & Madhya Pradesh, India – 84

Noskina, Feiga – 1892 – Vilna, Russia – 65 babies

Queen Ashantehemaa Yaa Akyaa – 1896 – Ashanti Kingdom, Kumassi, (Ghana) - 49 husbands

Parihar, Seema – 2000 – Uttar Pradesh, India – 70

Poggiali, Daniela – 2014 – Lugo, Italy – 96 suspected victims

“Romanian Bandit Queen” – 1902 – Romania – 86

Skoblinska, Madame – 1890 – Warsaw, Poland – 50 babies

Swanenburg, Maria – 1883 – Leiden, Netherlands – susp. of 90; 27 deaths + 55 survivors

Toppan, Jane – 1901 – Boston, Ma. – 31 confessed; 70-100 estimated

Tydryich, Leontina – 1927 – Bialystock, Poland – 60

Mrs. Zbonska – 1924 – Grodno, Poland – 51

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►20-49 victims

Abbott, Evelyn – 1891 – Roxbury, Ma. – scores of babies

Archer-Gilligan, Amy – 1917 – Windsor, Ct. – 20 (40>)

Barraza, Juana – 2006 – Mexico City, Mexico – 29-49 women

Barthian, Mme. – 1893 – Metz, France – 25 bodies in back yard

Blauensteiner, Elfriede – 1995 – Vienna, Austria – 5>(22)

Cannon, Martha “Patty” – 1829 – Johnson’s Corners, Maryland – 25 (>)

Cotton, Mary Ann – 1873 – West Auckland, England – 15-22 (+)

De Jesus, Luisa – 1772 – Portugal – poisoned to death 28 babies (executed)

Faludi, Timea – 2002 – Budapest, Hungary – 40 vic, nurse

Gerzsan, Maria (Gerszan, Gersan) – 1911 – Kistelek, Csongrad, Hungary

Guilfort, Lady (alias) – late 1600s – “Princess Jabirouska” – Paris, France – 26
Gul, Shirin – 2005 – Afghanistan – 28 men

Gunness, Belle – 1908 – La Porte, Indiana – 20+

Hausmännin, Walpurga – 1587 – Dillingen, Austria – 40 (executed)

Jegado, Hélène – 1852 – Rennes, France – 27>; 36 (executed)

Jones, Genene Ann – 1982 – Kerrville, Texas – 11-46 children

Komaroff, Sofia – Moscow, Russia – 1923 – 33
Konopkova, Marianne – 1906 – Wieliczka, Poland – 30 infants

Nagy, Anna (AKA Kathi Lyukas) –1882 – Szerdaltely, Hungary – susp of 26 others; 32?

Malèvre,Christine – 1998 – Versailles, France – 7 (30), nurse

McCrary, Carolyn – 1972 – USA – (Couple: Sherman M, & 3 fam ms) – 11 (22)

Mitchell, Alice – 1907 – Perth, Australia – <37 babies

Nagy, Julianne – 1935 – Hungary, Debreczen – 22+

Nivison, Symenthe S. – 1884 – Hammonton, N.H. – 21 bodies, “scores” suspected

Overbye, Dagmar – 1929 – Copenhagen, Denmark – 9-25
Permiakova, Anastasia – 1924 – Perm, Russia – 20

“Przemysi Baby Farmers” – 1893 – Austria – 27 babies buried in cigar boxes

Renczi, Vera – 1925 – Bekerekul, Jugoslavia – 35

Ríos y Lisperguer, Catalina de los – 1660 – Chile; 17-39

Sach, Amelia & Annie Walters – 1902 – Finchley, England, 30+

Sánchez Aguillón, Felícitas or Sánchez Neyra – Mexico City, Mexico – 1941 – 40+
“Sao Paulo Girl” – 2011 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – (30, based on confession)

Sierri, Antoinette ("Scierri")– 1925 – Nimes, France – 6 conv; 30 est.
Spesivtseva, Lyudimila – Novokuznet, Siberia, Russia – 1996 – 32

Stimoli, Gaetana ("Stomoli") – 1895 – Aderno, Catania, Sicily – 23 chn

Tamarin, Olga Ivanova – 1909 – Kurdino village, Novaya Ladoga, Russia – 27

Tarverdiyeva, Inessa – Stavropol, Russia – 2013 – 30+

Waters, Margaret – 1870 – London, England – 16 (35) (executed)

Weber, Jeanne – 1908 – Paris, France – 8 (<20)

Zhiqun, Duan – 2003 – Shenzhen, China – 20 female victims

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