Nannie Doss
Nannie Doss
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Jump to: navigation, search Nannie Doss | Background information | Birth name | Nancy Hazle | Also known as | The Giggling Nanny, The Giggling Granny, The Jolly Black Widow, The Lonely Hearts Killer | Born | (1905-11-04)November 4, 1905
Blue Mountain, Alabama, United States | Died | June 2, 1965(1965-06-02) (aged 59) | Cause of death | Leukemia | Penalty | Life imprisonment | Killings | Number of victims | 11 | Country | United States | State(s) | Alabama, North Carolina, Kansas, Oklahoma | Date apprehended | October, 1954 |
Nannie Doss (November 4, 1905[1] – June 2, 1965[2]) was a serial killer responsible for the deaths of 11 people between the 1920s and 1954.[3]
She finally confessed to the murders in October 1954, after her fifth husband died in a small hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In all, it was revealed that she had killed 4 husbands, 2 children, her two sisters, her mother, a grandson, and a nephew. Contents[hide] * 1 Early life * 2 First marriage * 3 Second marriage * 3.1 Grandchildren * 3.2 Death of Frank * 4 Third marriage * 5 Fourth marriage * 6 Fifth marriage * 7 Confession and conviction * 8 References * 9 External links |
[edit] Early life
Doss was born in Blue Mountain, Alabama as Nancy Hazle to Lou and James Hazle. Nannie was one of five children; she had one brother and three sisters. Both Nannie and her mother hated James, who was a controlling father and husband with a nasty streak. There is evidence that Doss was conceived illegitimately, as James and Lou married after 1905; census records also show that in 1905 she and her mother were living on their own.[4] She had an unhappy childhood. She was a poor student who never learned to read well; her education was erratic because her father forced his children to work on the family farm instead of attending school. When she was around 7 years old, the family was taking a train to visit
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search Nannie Doss | Background information | Birth name | Nancy Hazle | Also known as | The Giggling Nanny, The Giggling Granny, The Jolly Black Widow, The Lonely Hearts Killer | Born | (1905-11-04)November 4, 1905
Blue Mountain, Alabama, United States | Died | June 2, 1965(1965-06-02) (aged 59) | Cause of death | Leukemia | Penalty | Life imprisonment | Killings | Number of victims | 11 | Country | United States | State(s) | Alabama, North Carolina, Kansas, Oklahoma | Date apprehended | October, 1954 |
Nannie Doss (November 4, 1905[1] – June 2, 1965[2]) was a serial killer responsible for the deaths of 11 people between the 1920s and 1954.[3]
She finally confessed to the murders in October 1954, after her fifth husband died in a small hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In all, it was revealed that she had killed 4 husbands, 2 children, her two sisters, her mother, a grandson, and a nephew. Contents[hide] * 1 Early life * 2 First marriage * 3 Second marriage * 3.1 Grandchildren * 3.2 Death of Frank * 4 Third marriage * 5 Fourth marriage * 6 Fifth marriage * 7 Confession and conviction * 8 References * 9 External links |
[edit] Early life
Doss was born in Blue Mountain, Alabama as Nancy Hazle to Lou and James Hazle. Nannie was one of five children; she had one brother and three sisters. Both Nannie and her mother hated James, who was a controlling father and husband with a nasty streak. There is evidence that Doss was conceived illegitimately, as James and Lou married after 1905; census records also show that in 1905 she and her mother were living on their own.[4] She had an unhappy childhood. She was a poor student who never learned to read well; her education was erratic because her father forced his children to work on the family farm instead of attending school. When she was around 7 years old, the family was taking a train to visit
References: * Wilson, Colin. The Mammoth Book of True Crime. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1998. ISBN 0-7867-0536-1 * Nannie Doss the Lonely Hearts Husband Killer 1. ^ Manners, Terry, Deadlier than the Male, 1995. Page 76 ISBN 0-330-33711-4. Date of birth | November 4, 1905 | Place of birth | Blue Mountain, Alabama, United States | Date of death | June 2, 1965 | Place of death | |