Top 10 Most Evil Women in History
As girls, they may have been made of sugar and spice and everything nice – but as women they were pure evil. While the majority of killers are men, there are women in history who have killed – and while some have killed out of necessity, there are a few who have killed simply for fun or to get what they want. In this video, http://www.WatchMojo.com counts down our picks for the top 10 evil women in history.
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Top 10 Most Evil Women in History
Another Top 10 Most Evil Women in History
As girls, they may have been made of sugar and spice and everything nice – but as women they were pure evil. Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we’re counting down our picks for the top 10 evil women in history.
#10: Karla Homolka
In 1990, Canadians Karla Homolka and her future husband Paul Bernardo raped Homolka’s own sister – then let her choke to death on her own vomit. Not satisfied, the pair raped and killed two other teenagers over the next couple of years. Claiming she was forced to kill by Bernardo, Homolka copped a manslaughter plea. By the time videotaped evidence proved she was no victim, it was too late – and she got away with a 12-year sentence.
#9: Beverly Allitt
Over a two-month period in 1991, British nurse Beverly Allitt murdered four children in her care by various means. She also tried to murder three more and seriously injured six others. Labeled “The Angel of Death,” Allitt was found guilty and sentenced to 13 terms of life imprisonment. Hopefully, they don’t let her help out at the prison infirmary.
#8: Leonarda Cianciulli
The love of a mother is a great thing – except when taken to extremes. Case in point: Leonarda Cianciulli. In Italy in the late 1930s and early 1940s, Cianciulli’s son was drafted. Believing only human sacrifices could keep her sonny boy safe, she brutally killed three of her neighbors. She then boiled them and turned them into teacakes and soap, spawning her nickname: the Soap-Maker of Correggio.
#7: Myra Hindley
Derided by the press as “the most evil woman in Britain,” Myra Hindley and her partner Ian Cross carried out the “Moors Murders” in the early 1960s. Their victims, whom they also tortured and sexually assaulted, were five children and teenagers. Hindley’s coldness and indifference to her deeds made her one of the most reviled women in the country until her death in 2002.
#6: Mary Ann Cotton
Some people just can’t hold their arsenic. Just ask Mary Ann Cotton, a notorious 19th century British serial killer who even inspired a child’s nursery rhyme. Cotton is estimated to have poisoned as many as 21 people – including 12 of her own children, three husbands, her mother and a lover. But the hangman got back at her: legend has it he intentionally used the wrong length of rope so her death would be longer and more painful.
#5: Lizzie Borden
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Lizzie Borden of Massachusetts also inspired a macabre nursery rhyme – but hers is inaccurate. Mrs. Borden only got 18 or 19 whacks, her father 10 or 11. Also, there’s a lot of debate as to whether Lizzie really did this dirty deed at all; the jury at her 1892 trial acquitted her of the crime. To be honest, we can’t be sure either way; not because of the evidence, but because the nursery rhyme is so damn catchy.
#4: Belle Gunness
Gunness is thought to have killed at least 25 people, but the real number might actually be closer to 40. She killed her own children, as well as a long string of gullible husbands and suitors. Called a female Bluebeard, Gunness may have been done in by her partner-in-crime; but that’s never actually been confirmed. After all, how do you explain the fact that the supposed corpse of the murderess was several inches shorter than the six-foot tall Gunness?
#3: Ilse Koch
It’s tough to choose between Ilse Koch, the Bitch of Buchenwald, and Irma Grese, the Beast of Belsen; both were vile Nazis, but we give the edge to Koch. The wife of the commandant of two notorious concentration camps, Koch tortured and defiled prisoners, and enjoyed selecting those destined for the gas chambers. Supposedly, she also cut tattoos from dead prisoners to keep as souvenirs. Convicted of crimes against humanity after World War II, she later hung herself in prison. No tears were shed.
#2: Mary I of England
Kings and queens have been known to kill at the drop of a hat. Mary I of England, also known as Bloody Mary, was more systematic. Wanting to restore Catholicism to England, she simply burned a bunch of Protestants – 283 to be exact. Her most heartless murder may have been that of the Archbishop of Canterbury; he renounced Protestantism and rejoined the Catholic faith, but she went ahead and burned him anyway. Not bloody sporting. Before we unveil our number one pick, here are a few honorable – or in this case dishonorable – mentions: - Aileen Wuornos - Katherine Knight - Marybeth Tinning - Rosemary West
#1: Elizabeth Báthory
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And most evil woman in all of history? Elizabeth Báthory. A Hungarian Countess of the 16th and 17th centuries, she enjoyed luring young women to her castle, to torture, mutilate and kill them – just for kicks. The estimated number of her victims goes as high as 650. Legend has it that Báthory bathed in the blood of her victims; it’s probably not true, but we wouldn’t put anything past the Blood Countess. Do you agree with our list? Who do you think are the most evil women in history? For more diabolical top 10s published every day, be sure to subscribe to WatchMojo.com.
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