Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History
by Tori Telfer /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Inspired by author Tori Telfer's Jezebel column “Lady Killers,”
this thrilling and entertaining compendium investigates female
serial killers and their crimes through the ages.
Inspired by author Tori Telfer's Jezebel column “Lady Killers,”
this thrilling and entertaining compendium investigates female
serial killers and their crimes through the ages.
When you think of serial killers throughout history, the names
that come to mind are ones like Jack the Ripper, John Wayne Gacy,
and Ted Bundy. But what about Tillie Klimek, Moulay Hassan, Kate
Bender? The narrative we’re comfortable with is the one where
women are the victims of violent crime, not the perpetrators. In
fact, serial killers are thought to be so universally,
overwhelmingly male that in 1998, FBI profiler Roy Hazelwood
infamously declared in a homicide conference, “There are no
female serial killers.”
When you think of serial killers throughout history, the names
that come to mind are ones like Jack the Ripper, John Wayne Gacy,
and Ted Bundy. But what about Tillie Klimek, Moulay Hassan, Kate
Bender? The narrative we’re comfortable with is the one where
women are the victims of violent crime, not the perpetrators. In
fact, serial killers are thought to be so universally,
overwhelmingly male that in 1998, FBI profiler Roy Hazelwood
infamously declared in a homicide conference, “There are no
female serial killers.”Lady Killers
Lady Killers, based on the popular online series that
appeared on Jezebel and The Hairpin, disputes that claim and
offers fourteen gruesome examples as evidence. Though largely
forgotten by history, female serial killers such as Erzsébet
Báthory, Nannie Doss, Mary Ann Cotton, and Darya Nikolayevna
Saltykova rival their male counterparts in cunning, cruelty, and
appetite for destruction.
, based on the popular online series that
appeared on Jezebel and The Hairpin, disputes that claim and
offers fourteen gruesome examples as evidence. Though largely
forgotten by history, female serial killers such as Erzsébet
Báthory, Nannie Doss, Mary Ann Cotton, and Darya Nikolayevna
Saltykova rival their male counterparts in cunning, cruelty, and
appetite for destruction.
Each chapter explores the crimes and history of a different
subject, and then proceeds to unpack her legacy and her portrayal
in the media, as well as the stereotypes and sexist clichés that
inevitably surround her. The first book to examine female serial
killers through a feminist lens with a witty and dryly humorous
tone,
Each chapter explores the crimes and history of a different
subject, and then proceeds to unpack her legacy and her portrayal
in the media, as well as the stereotypes and sexist clichés that
inevitably surround her. The first book to examine female serial
killers through a feminist lens with a witty and dryly humorous
tone,Lady Killers
Lady Killers dismisses easy explanations (she was
hormonal, she did it for love, a man made her do it) and tired
tropes (she was a femme fatale, a black widow, a witch), delving
into the complex reality of female aggression and predation.
Featuring 14 illustrations from Dame Darcy,
dismisses easy explanations (she was
hormonal, she did it for love, a man made her do it) and tired
tropes (she was a femme fatale, a black widow, a witch), delving
into the complex reality of female aggression and predation.
Featuring 14 illustrations from Dame Darcy,Lady Killers
Lady Killers
is a bloodcurdling, insightful, and irresistible journey into the
heart of darkness.
is a bloodcurdling, insightful, and irresistible journey into the
heart of darkness.