Today's introduction to you is the case of the continuous murder of the lady known as the "strange laughing grandmother". This lady with various titles such as "Strange Laughing Grandma", "Black Widow", "Queen Bee" and so on, has killed several husbands, mothers-in-law, children in succession in the past 30 years... It is also a strange story in the criminal case of women in the United States.
The cat's eye of childhood
I don't know what kind of posture a serial killer should be in front of you in your concept, but today's introduction of the protagonist Nanni. Nannie Doss is the kind of being you feel at any time you see it. Of course, Doth, like most serial killers, had an unforgettable childhood.
1905 Nanni. Born in a small town in Alabama, Usa, Doss lived in the shadow of an authoritarian father despite being accompanied by siblings. Influenced by the post-Civil War ideology, Dorse's father only wanted his children to run the farm well, not to let them study.
Nanni was about seven years old because she accidentally hit her head into a metal iron during the train ride, causing sequelae, frequent headaches, and depression. Despite being in a closed life and often suffering from depression, Nanni is full of longing for romantic love, and her father does not seem to want Nanni to accept society. Not allowing children to wear beautiful clothes, not allowing them to make friends of the opposite sex, etc. are all rules laid down by her father, and Nanni has not resisted, and can only choose to accept in order to escape her father's violence.
The end result is that Nanni began to slowly collapse psychologically, distorted, and blackened, and a series of similar words cannot be overstated.
Kill a romance?
In 1923, Nanni finally got the love of her dreams at the age of 16, and he worked in a factory where he befriended Charlie. Charley Braggs, the two quickly fell in love, and the gentle Charlie gave Nannie the love she did not have, and the two married with the consent of Nanni's father. And married life is not as Nanni expected, Charlie is a full "mother", the mother-in-law problem is also a big problem in the United States, especially the two also gave birth to 4 daughters. The huge pressure of life forced Nannie to start using smoking and drinking to ease her mood, and finally one day the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflict was liberated - Charlie's mother died, dying of poisoning. Her husband, Charlie, suspected that her mother had been killed by Nanni, but there was no evidence, and she could only file for divorce from Nanni, and as a result, Charlie may have done the right thing in her life, because he was the only husband in Nanni's lifelong marriage who escaped the poison.
After the divorce, Nanni gained custody of two of her daughters and left her hometown to move to the town next door, but in 1927, the two daughters died of food poisoning one after another. Alone, Nanni began to look for a new love. In 1929, Nannie found a man named Frank in the dating section of the magazine. Frank Harrelson's man, the two fell in love at first sight, and Nanni once again threw herself into the arms of marriage. Married life disappointed Nannie once again, Frank was an alcoholic and criminal offender, and his personality changed from his pre-marriage meekness, occasionally violent to Nanni.
However, the two still have their own daughters, and named them Marlena (Melvina), probably because of the birth of the daughter, the marriage between the two lasted for 16 years. Daughter Marina has finally grown up and married, and pregnant, Nanni, who should have enjoyed the joy of the world, chose revenge at this time.
One day in 1945, Frank returned from another alcoholic drink and sexually assaulted Nanni (sexual assault is also present in the marital status!). At this time, I call on all husbands to respect women's right to choose! ）。 When Nannie waited for Frank to fall asleep, she put the prepared rat poison into the drink, and then helped Frank drink it, and Frank's life was over. At that time, the police characterized Frank's cause of death as alcohol poisoning, and Nanni once again escaped the punishment of the law, but she did not seem to care about these at all, looking at the happiness of her daughter Marina, Nanni's heart changed again. Once when Marina was preparing to give birth, Nanni offered to deliver her, and after Marina successfully gave birth, she was half asleep and half awake, and vaguely saw that Nanni had pierced the head of her newborn child with a steel needle... After waking up, Nanni told Marina that the child had unfortunately died, and the grief-stricken Marina also completely broke with her mother because of this incident, and there was no contact for more than ten years, although there was no evidence in this case that Nanni really caused the child's death.
Nanni and Marina were left with photos after they reunited
The killing seems to have just begun?
It seems that Nanni is particularly fond of finding a love partner in the dating section of the magazine, so she has a third husband, Ali. Arlie Lanning, as always, was faster than before, and the two entered the marriage hall three days later. Of course, life after marriage is still getting worse, Ali is not only an alcoholic, but also a well-known local playboy. Ironically, Ali's bad reputation has made Nanni a well-known "good wife" in the community, and the neighbors feel that Nanni has extraordinary endurance and dedication.
Of course, our Nanni just wants love, what to do without love, then we have to give up this period to find a new one, but this time the behavior is more intense than ever. Ali, Ali's mother, and Nanni's sister were poisoned one after another, and Nanni was the only beneficiary of the three-person insurance policy. Nanni, who got a huge amount of insurance, held a beautiful funeral for her husband, and the neighbors who usually have a high evaluation of Nanni attended and comforted Nanni: "This is just a joke on you, be strong." ”
Nannie at Owen's funeral
After getting a huge amount of money, attend various social occasions
Yes, Nanni now has a large insurance premium, and she has embarked on a journey once again with the lofty imagination of love in her heart. It's just that Nanni may not know in her heart, whether she wants love or killing.
So from 1953 to 1964, Nanni killed her fourth and fifth husbands. That is, in the killing of the fifth husband Samuel. After Samuel Doss, doctors found arsenic in Samuel's stomach, and the police finally set out to investigate Nanni's series of murders. The forensic doctor who examined Samuel's body at the time later said, "The arsenic left in Samuel's stomach was enough to poison 40 horses."
Nannie and her fifth husband, Samuel
After Nanni was arrested, she confessed to the crime she had committed, but the mood seemed very good, according to the recollection of the police officer who handled the case at that time, Nanni always joked with them, and there was no sense of remorse when talking about the crime. During the court ruling, Nanni stood in the dock and couldn't stop laughing, saying in court: "I just did this to find a perfect husband." ”
Media reported after Nanni's arrest
The end of the ending
Nanni was eventually sentenced to life in prison and died of leukemia before serving less than 10 years of her sentence.