What deadly women or female killer case shook you to your core?

[datcherygrateful]

I'm a fan of true crime and recall one particular episode I watched- I think it was Kate Webster and Leonarda Cianculli.

I steer well away from watching any episodes pertaining to children as I cannot cope but aside from that, cases from Victorian period or early 20th century creep me out.

What are yours?

Missing people cases bother me the most - Amy Bradley who disappeared from a cruise and Maura Murray who crashed her car, was unhurt and seen at the scene and then vanished.

The lack of closure is crazy making.

It's understanding the psyche of the humans mind, the evolution of forensics and most importantly seeing the bastards put away and not getting away with it.

That is why there are fans.

COMPLETELY missing the mark. There’s a distinction between being a fan of true crime and being morbidly fascinated by the cruelty itself.No one is cheering on the criminals. In fact, many true crime ‘fans’ are empathetic, and we’re often drawn to the stories because we care about the victims, and we want to see justice done.

Letby and West. Almost beyond belief.

Hannegret Donnelly
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47669727.amp

I'd say when you work with these people in a professional capacity, it can utterly mess with your mind and view of the world.

The women guards at the Nazi death camps. Pure evil with no excuse.

Virginia McCullough who was in the news yesterday, jailed for life for killing her parents and lived with their dead bodies in the house for 4 years. She poisoned her father and left him to die and then beat her 71 year old mother with a hammer and stabbed her to death. When the police went to the house and arrested her she said "cheer up at least you've caught the bad guy." She was just so calm throughout.

I'd like to know why she did it.

Money.

Some people are just evil. Women as well as men.

Yes I came on to mention this one her calm when telling the police where the bodies are and how she did it is so disturbing and living with the bodies for 4 years is beyond awful. I usually don't entertain this stuff but I just happened to see it in the news.

I can’t say I’m a fan of true crime, but a lot of cases have filled me with horror. Those mentioned here, any others where cruelty has been inflicted for pleasure, it’s just so sick and makes me think about how there are people living apparently normal lives among us capable of such things. Makes me fear for my children.

Does it? Oh dear…maybe this thread isn’t for you…

She was very badly abused as a child by her mother.