Can you name the serial killer who struck in the back of a military helicopter flying at 4,000 feet on a mission? Or the one who, at the age of eleven, killed two victims? Or the one who danced and socialized with a California governor? Some would know to name Genene Jones, Mary Bell, and Dorothea Puente--three females. But for the rest of us, we never knew there were female serial killers. That is, except for that lesbian hooker--the one they made the movie about--Aileen Wuornos. While the names of Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Jeffrey Dahmer, or the monikers of the Boston Strangler, Son of Sam, the Green River Killer, and BTK are familiar to all, ask us to name a few female serial killers and we usually stop right after Aileen. Were there others?
Yes, many actually. About one out of every six serial killers is a woman.
Peter Vronsky, Female Serial Killers, 2007
Yes, many actually. About one out of every six serial killers is a woman.
Peter Vronsky, Female Serial Killers, 2007
Hopefully a feminist film maker is, at this very moment, righting this terrible injustice.
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