Criminal Justice Degrees

Archive for May, 2011

When one thinks of notorious criminals, men usually spring to mind. With everyone from Hannibal the Cannibal to killer clown John Wayne Gacy being difficult to forget, it can be hard to remember that women can also be as brutal and vicious as their male counterparts. With everything from the sexual assault of multiple victims to the outright skinning and torture of others, these women prove that the “gentler sex” does not apply to them. To prove it, we have gathered the below 15 most heinous women criminals. They include women from hundreds of years ago to the first female serial killers and even a few who are still around and even free today. Listed mostly by number of victims killed or thought to be killed, the below contains graphic content. Read the rest of this entry »