People think we’re so nice. That we couldn’t possibly be cold blooded. But don’t be fooled. Women can be just as crazy and dark as any normal serial killer. In this little essay, we talk about the 3 worst female serial killers in the world.
First off, Joanna Dennehy. She was just 15 when she left home, which started her volatile relationship with John Treanor. That resulted in him taking their 2 children. She then moved to Peterborough and lived with Kevin Lee. In November of 2013, after being diagnosed with psychopathic antisocial personality disorder, Dennehy admitted to murdering and preventing to bury 3 men. Police believe she did it just for fun.
Next we have the Australian Child Killer: Kathleen Folbigg. As a baby, she was sent to foster care because her father had killed her mother. As she became an adult, she married Craig Folbigg and had a son, Caleb. At 19 days old, he died of what they thought was Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). They had another son, named Patrick, and he died of due to asphyxia, a disease in which you suffocate yourself. Then they had Sarah, who died of SIDS. Then, 6 years later, they had another child. Laura died. After they separated, Craig went through some of her diaries and found some pretty sketchy stuff. After denying the murder of her children, in 2003, was convicted of murdering 3 of her kids and the manslaughter of one.
Finally, we have Jane Toppan, or the Prolific Poisoner. Jane Toppan was a nurse, but while she walked the corridors of her ward at night, she began conducting experiments on patients. Using Morphine and other drugs to poison them. After moving to another hospital, she continued her experiments. She soon got laid off after too many patients died in her care. She also killed her sister and a few family friends. In 1902, she admitted to killing 21 people and over a dozen hospital patients, saying that it sexually aroused her watching her victims die. She was found not guilty by fault of insanity and was committed to an insane asylum. She died at age 84 in 1938.
As you can see, women aren’t as sweet and naive as you think we are. We can be cruel and vicious just like any man. But, that doesn’t mean we’re all cold-blooded killers. We’re not all like Jane Toppan, Joanna Dennehy, or even Kathleen Folbigg. But we all are normal with sometimes psychotic, most times idiotic thoughts that could land us in jail.
I am very aware of all of the errors in this blog, but I like to see how far I’ve come as a writer. To my fellow literary juniors, I challenge you to post something from very long ago and recognize how far you’ve come in your writing journey.
