John and Sarah Makin
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List of female serial killers
The following is a list of known serial killers, in roughly chronological order.
- Locusta (?- A.D. 69)
- Elizabeth Báthory (1560–1614) Suspected of torturing up to 650 servants to death, debated
- La Quintrala (1604–1665) Accused and tried for over 40 murders of servants
- Marie de Brinvilliers (1630–1676) Poisoned at least 3 persons
- Darya Saltykova (1730–1801) Suspected to killing about 138 servants, convicted on 38 accounts of murder
- Anna Maria Zwanziger (1760–1811) Poisoned at least 8 persons, 4 of whom died.
- Delphine LaLaurie (c. 1775–1842) Tortured and maimed her slaves, at least 3 died.
- Hélène Jégado (1824–1856) Convicted of 3 murders by poisoning, believed responsible for 36
- Mary Ann Cotton (1832–1873) Suspected of 21 cases of fatal poisonings, convicted on murdering her own children
- Jane Toppan (active 1885–1901) 31 victims
- John & Sarah Makin (active in late nineteenth century, to 1892) Remains of 12 dead infants found at their homes.
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