Murder Most Rare: The Female Serial Killer

Marie Besnard, the "Queen of Poisoners". Nanny Hazel Doss, killer of four husbands, three children, two sisters, and her mother—all to turn a profit. These are just two of the dozens of deadly and determined women who have been overlooked in the popular annals of serial crime—until now. More difficult to apprehend and motivated by more complex issues, female serial killers may be even more lethal and cunning than their male counterparts.