Nannie Doss

Nannie Doss (born Nancy Hazel; November 4, 1905 – June 2, 1965) was an American serial killer responsible for the deaths of 11 people between some time in the 1920s and 1954. Doss was also referred to as the Giggling Granny, the Lonely Hearts Killer, the Black Widow, and Lady Blue Beard.

Nannie Doss (Nancy Hazel)
Mugshot, October 1954
Born
Nancy Hazel

(1905-11-04)November 4, 1905
Blue Mountain, Alabama, United States
DiedJune 2, 1965(1965-06-02) (aged 59)
Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester, Oklahoma, United States
Resting placeOak Hill Memorial Park
Other names
  • The Giggling Nanny
  • The Giggling Granny
  • The Jolly Black Widow
  • The Lonely Hearts Killer
Spouse
    Charley Braggs
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    (m. 1921; div. 1928)​
      Robert Franklin Harrelson
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      (m. 1929; died 1945)​
        Arlie Jackson Lanning
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        (m. 1946; died 1952)​
          Richard Lewis Morton Sr.
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          (m. 1952; died 1953)​
            Samuel Luther Doss
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            (m. 1954; died 1954)​
          MotiveLife insurance money
          Search for "the real romance of life"
          Criminal penaltyLife imprisonment
          Details
          Victims11
          Span of crimes
          		1927–1954
          CountryUnited States
          State(s)
          Date apprehended
          		October 1954

          Doss finally confessed to the murders in October 1954, after her fifth husband had died in a small hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In all, it was revealed that she had killed four husbands, two children, one of her sisters, her mother, two grandsons, and a mother-in-law.

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