Nannie Doss
Nannie Doss was a serial killer who killed a lot of her relatives and husbands in the time span of 27 years. She grew up with a very controlling family, and she did not receive a good education. Nannie had 5 husbands in total, four of which she killed along with six other family members. She was driven by the desire of finding a perfect husband, and since she was convicted of murder in 1955, she never did find the guy for her.
Childhood Background Nannie Doss had a hard life: her social life and education suffered throughout her childhood. She was born with the name Nancy Hazel on November 4, 1905 in Blue Mountain Alabama (Montaldo, 2017). Charles Montaldo stated that her father “ruled the family with an abusive iron fist” (2017). She was not even allowed to wear makeup or talk to boys (Montaldo 2017). Her favorite pastime was reading romance novels, according to Montaldo in 2017. Her father made Nancy and her siblings work in the farm, which Blanco stated hindered her education, resulting in her not being able to read very …show more content…
The murders she committed occurred between 1927 and 1954, which is about 27 years (Nannie Doss: The Giggling Nanny Timeline, n.d.) Her first two kills out of eleven were two of the four daughters she had with her first husband, Charles Braggs, according to Estephe (1970). In 2015, Unkenholz wrote that the next death at the hands of Nannie was Charles Braggs’s mother. Bella stated that Nannie killed two of her grandchildren, then her second husband Frank Harrelson (2013). Arlie Hanning, her third husband, and his mother were soon killed (Estephe, 1970). After the death of Arlie Hanning, “Doss then moved in with her sister who also — you guessed it — mysteriously died” (Unkenholz, 2015). Nannie killed her fourth husband, Richard Morton, and her fifth husband, Sam Doss in the time span of only a year, according to Unkenholz
Nannie Doss was a serial killer who killed a lot of her relatives and husbands in the time span of 27 years. She grew up with a very controlling family, and she did not receive a good education. Nannie had 5 husbands in total, four of which she killed along with six other family members. She was driven by the desire of finding a perfect husband, and since she was convicted of murder in 1955, she never did find the guy for her.
Childhood Background Nannie Doss had a hard life: her social life and education suffered throughout her childhood. She was born with the name Nancy Hazel on November 4, 1905 in Blue Mountain Alabama (Montaldo, 2017). Charles Montaldo stated that her father “ruled the family with an abusive iron fist” (2017). She was not even allowed to wear makeup or talk to boys (Montaldo 2017). Her favorite pastime was reading romance novels, according to Montaldo in 2017. Her father made Nancy and her siblings work in the farm, which Blanco stated hindered her education, resulting in her not being able to read very …show more content…
The murders she committed occurred between 1927 and 1954, which is about 27 years (Nannie Doss: The Giggling Nanny Timeline, n.d.) Her first two kills out of eleven were two of the four daughters she had with her first husband, Charles Braggs, according to Estephe (1970). In 2015, Unkenholz wrote that the next death at the hands of Nannie was Charles Braggs’s mother. Bella stated that Nannie killed two of her grandchildren, then her second husband Frank Harrelson (2013). Arlie Hanning, her third husband, and his mother were soon killed (Estephe, 1970). After the death of Arlie Hanning, “Doss then moved in with her sister who also — you guessed it — mysteriously died” (Unkenholz, 2015). Nannie killed her fourth husband, Richard Morton, and her fifth husband, Sam Doss in the time span of only a year, according to Unkenholz