This document summarizes several notorious female serial killers: Belle Gunness poisoned her three children and two husbands in the late 1890s; Dorothea Puente poisoned 9 boarders in the 1980s for their money; Bobbie Sue Terrell drugged at least 12 patients in multiple states; Charmaine and Heather West murdered at least 12 women and two of their own children with Frederick and Rosemary West from 1971-1988; Marie Noe suffocated 10 of her children over 19 years from 1949-1968; Shantaniqua Scott was caught on camera trying to smother her infant son in 2011; and Aileen Wuornos murdered 7 men from 1989-1990.

1. Black Widows
Belle Gunness
poisoned her three children
and 1st husband. Killed 2nd
husband as well as 9 other
men, 3 children and 2 women
(1896-1908)
Dorothea Puente
“Grandmotherly”
Poisoned 9 boarders for
their welfare and social
security checks
(1982-1988)

3. Angels of Death
Bobbie Sue Terrell
Drugged at least 12 patients
in 3 states

5. Some of the West victims
Team Killers
Murdered at least
12 women and two
of their own children
(1971-1988)
Charmaine and Heather West
(two older girls)
Frederick and Rosemary West

7. Munchausens by Proxy
Marie Noe
Suffocated 10 of her children
over a 19 year period (1949-1968)
2011- Shantaniqua Scott caught on a hospital
surveillance camera trying to smother her 4 month
old son with her hand. She held it there for
1 minute 14 secs. before alarms went off.

9. Aileen Wuornos
“Monster”
• Rea
Aileen Charlize
1989-1990 Murdered 7 Men

10. Aileen Wuornos
“Monster”
• Rea
Aileen Charlize
1989-1990 Murdered 7 Men