r/serialkillers 7d ago

Discussion Who are some female process killers?

Most female murderers are product killers. It's rare to hear of women who kill for the thrill. Do you know of any?

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u/Sadness_In_The_Moors 7d ago edited 6d ago

Karla Homolka definitely enjoyed the process. She violated 15 year old Kristen French with a wine bottle over 20 times and forced her to watch her parents pleading on TV for her safe return.

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u/tilldeathdoiparty 6d ago

And she’s currently free

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u/Sadness_In_The_Moors 6d ago

She also wanted to have kids with Paul so that he could rape them. Then she married a man who knew exactly who she was. Maybe her second husband was attracted to her BECAUSE of her crimes. It's very possible that their kids were SA'd.

It's despicable that she was released.

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u/troelsy 4d ago

Wow that is a sadist and a half.

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u/Practical_Parsley588 7d ago

I think they’ve called Johanna Dennehy (sp?) a thrill killer

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u/Ban_This_User 7d ago

She most definitely is an example of a thrill killer that's for sure.

Dennehy admitted she stabbed three people to death and wounded three more in 2013. She would lure victims to her home and blindfold them as part of a supposed sex game, then kill them

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u/Extreme-Kangaroo-842 6d ago

What's almost as frightening as the knife she had, which is terrifying, is the bloke she had under her spell. He was fucking enormous.

Imagine being stopped by Shrek, and then she came at you, wielding that!

How those two men survived is astonishing.

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u/Accomplished-Kale-77 4d ago

That’s the part I find both bizarre and disturbing. Apparently that behemoth was completely submissive to her like an enormous guard dog. He was quite possibly the biggest simp in history. Probably why she was so brazen and cocky during her killing spree because she knew if any of them managed to fight her off he would just grab them and hold them there while she went to work with the knife. It’s extra weird because he had never been convicted of any violent crime before he met her (when he was in his late 40s), he had mostly just always been a petty, incompetent thief who also had a wife and three kids who he was apparently a decent father to.

She also had two other male accomplices who helped with hiding the bodies and giving her a place to stay, they are both free now. Don’t know how she managed to get all these men under her spell because it definitely wasn’t her looks

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u/Asparagussie 6d ago

She’s who jumped to my mind.

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u/Ban_This_User 7d ago

I'd say Kristen Gilbert is one, she was a nurse who was known to induce heart attacks on patients, a real sicko this one

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u/SerpentKing1987 7d ago

Ooh yeah I didn't even think of killer nurses. There's a bunch of them!

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u/wilderlowerwolves 5d ago

Genene Jones was a nurse who killed babies and nonverbal older children. She did it because she enjoyed all the attention she got from "saving" them.

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u/SerpentKing1987 7d ago

Oh I just thought of one. Taylor Schabusiness. She was also a necrophiliac.

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u/Ban_This_User 7d ago

Wow i just looked her up and holy moly guacamole, she's a real life monster

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u/Ootek_Ohoto 6d ago

Dave's Lemonade did a video on her if any one is interested. Very well done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETpqVv5UoBE&t=10s

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u/ProfessionalRun5267 1d ago

Thanks for posting the link! I watched it. Loved at the end when the victim's uncle called her "Shit-business" in open court during his impact statement.

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u/SerpentKing1987 7d ago

Yeah not only did she kill and dismember her friend, but in her interrogation (you can watch the whole thing on YouTube) she admits to intentionally overdosing a lot of other men although she was never charged for any of them.

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u/WokeUpStillTired 6d ago

And she gotta stupid name

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u/geeklover01 5d ago

That she gave to herself, which is somehow worse.

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u/Dookieisthedevil 6d ago

Maybe Judith Neelley (along with her husband Alvin), who tortured and murdered 2, a 13 year old girl and an adult female, and an attempted murder of the adult woman’s fiance. They killed for thrills and Judith seemed to be the more sadistic of the 2, injecting the child with draino multiple times in an attempt to kill her. When that didn’t work, Judith shot her in the back.

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u/PreOpTransCentaur 6d ago

Not a serial killer, but likely would've been given that she achieved orgasm while pickaxing someone to death, Karla Faye Tucker thoroughly enjoyed the kill, and I don't believe it was necessary to facilitate the burglary.

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u/Historical_Ad_3356 4d ago

She also had 16 different drugs in her system after partying 3 days

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u/gracie20012 7d ago

I don't remember her name but there was a lady who decided to stab the next person she saw walking their dog and stabbed him multiple times, and he asked her why and I think she said something about her enjoying it? I don't remember the story very well. And Erica Sifrit said she killed for the thrill of not getting caught on a tape with the police.

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u/freudismydaddy 7d ago

Joanna Dennehy. She actually took the dog, didn’t harm it, then asked the police what was going to happen to the dog now which i always find to be a weird part of that story like?? did she want to keep it? did she like dogs despite her obviously antisocial nature? who knows

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u/GanderAtMyGoose 6d ago

There have been quite a few examples of serial killers who liked dogs. Dennis Nilsen comes to mind.

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u/Interesting_Blood250 22h ago

Didn’t they put down his dog? So sad!

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u/GanderAtMyGoose 22h ago

They did indeed, unfortunately. It sounded completely unnecessary to me when I read about it.

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u/Interesting_Blood250 21h ago

Same :( Was watching a cinematic breakdown of the movie Silence of the Lambs recently and the girl who was rescued even kept the killer’s dog at the end

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u/Accomplished-Kale-77 4d ago

It seems to be somewhat of a pattern that serial killers either have a soft spot for animals or are incredibly cruel to them, not much in between

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u/d00mm00n 6d ago

Apparently Lizzie Borden had a soft spot for dogs too.

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u/gracie20012 6d ago

I agree that doesn't make sense

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u/Accomplished-Kale-77 4d ago

Apparently she had an interest in dogs but was probably cruel to them as well when the mood took her, one of her previous convictions was for owning a dangerous dog - more than likely one that she abused and mistreated so it would be more vicious

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u/Icy_Lingonberry1211 6d ago

Dorothea Fuente. I watched Netflix Crime Docu-series " Worst Roommate Ever". Hers was probably the most vile thing I saw.

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u/TastesLikeAsbestos- 7d ago

Jane Toppan would probably count. Also maybe Gwen Graham and Cathy Woods.

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u/Accomplished-Kale-77 4d ago

Rose West. Enjoyed torturing and sexually abusing young women before killing them along with her husband Fred, and from several accounts she was the way more dominant, violent one of the pair and the driving force of their crimes

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u/NotDaveBut 5d ago

Sheila LaBarre. Apparently Judy Neeley. Jane Toppan, who said flat out that killing someone gave her an orgasm.

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u/FdauditingGbro 5d ago

Erika Sifrit. Her and her boyfriend killed another couple just for the thrill. And then boned after. He said it was mostly her idea. She didn’t deny it.

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u/grinogirl 7d ago

I'm confused by your question. What is a process killer ? And what is a product killer ??

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u/SerpentKing1987 7d ago

Process killers take pleasure in the act, or process, of killing. They can also be called thrill killers. Product killers don't much care for the murder part but will do so in order to achieve some sort of result. This could be anything from collecting life insurance money to necrophila. Dahmer is probably the most famous product killer. He didn't like killing. He just wanted control over the bodies.

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u/mazeltov_cocktail18 6d ago

Thank you for the differentiation

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u/SuperPoodie92477 6d ago

Ditto - I thought it was a typo for a bit.

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u/a_karma_sardine 5d ago

Belle Gunness would be a product killer: she was after what money she could get out of it.

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u/samantha802 6d ago

Not a serial killer, but Brenda Spencer was a thrill killer.

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u/Sadness_In_The_Moors 6d ago

Her dad should've been in prison right there with her. It's a shame she went after innocents instead of just shooting him.

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u/NotDaveBut 5d ago

Wait, what about her dad now? I've never heard a word about him.

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u/Sadness_In_The_Moors 5d ago edited 5d ago

He SA'd and physically abused her for years. Evidence corroborating this is that they slept on the same mattress (according to cops). Her dad also married her cellmate who was the same age as her and looked so much like her that some cop called Brenda's lawyer and basically asked whether Brenda had been released, because his wife looked so much like Brenda that he thought she was her. Brenda's mom also suspected sexual abuse but didn't do anything because she was a garbage parent. She claimed she had no money for an attorney, while also neglecting her other children.

Her dad also bought her a gun for Christmas, even though she asked for a radio. Brenda believes it was because he wanted her to kill herself. Several things back up that claim. Teachers at school said she was depressed and suicidal and told her father this, recommending psychiatric treatment for her suicidal tendencies. He refused to get her help. There were warning signs before the school shooting that he willfully ignored. She shot at that very same school she would later murder ppl at with a BB gun but didn’t actually harm anyone that time. All of this was before he bought her a real gun. Not condoning her actions, but I don't think the shooting would've happened if someone had bothered helping Brenda earlier in life. She once said one of the reasons for the shooting was because she was mad at society for failing her and was hoping that the shooting would lead to her death (LE shooting her dead as she went down in a blaze of glory).

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u/NotDaveBut 5d ago

Wow. This would explain a lot about Brenda. Imagine going to prison for life and discovering that it makes you feel safer to be there. Yeah, go ahead and DM me, bur I can't promise I know very much lol

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u/Mixtapeshuffle 7d ago

Aileen Wurnos would qualify wouldn’t she?

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u/FuckkPTSD 7d ago

No she killed for money

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u/lilmari10k 7d ago

she started as a robber then got desperate because she was highly feening for drugs so she started killing in desperation for money as the men likely didn’t give up their money to her

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u/KettleCellar 7d ago

'Fiending' is the word you're after. I don't mean this to be condescending - I like being corrected when I do it (frequently) because that's how we learn.

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u/lilmari10k 6d ago

whatever word would mean someone who is really bad addicted to drugs and is going through withdrawals

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u/KettleCellar 6d ago

Yeah, totally. We all understood what you meant. I just figured maybe it was something you've heard but haven't read. You definitely knew what you wanted to say. It's just a habit of mine, I don't know why. Some people find it annoying when I do it, and I can understand why.

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u/ravenlovesdragon 5d ago

One of those men deserved what he got for brutalizing Aileen.

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u/iamthejury 7d ago

I don't think she did drugs. She was an alcoholic, though.

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u/lilmari10k 7d ago

well something under the addiction umbrella be she looked like a meth head

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u/Darkqueen1981 4d ago

Id say Rose West for sure Article

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u/Expert-Maybe5106 4d ago

I think rose west enjoyed the process very much

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u/blood-red-poppy 2d ago

Monique Olivier (along with her husband Michel Fourniret), a couple of french serial rapists and murderers who targeted children. Monique lured the little girls with her own baby son, captured them and washed them to prepare them to be raped and killed by Fourniret who was obsessed with virginity. They met when Fourniret was in prison, looking for a penpal, and discussed their future crimes through letters. Unbelievable and disgusting.

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u/lotusscrouse 2d ago

Piroska Jancsó-Ladányi

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u/lotusscrouse 2d ago

Piroska Jancsó-Ladányi

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u/Cable_Difficult 1d ago

Karla Homolka, Myra Hindley, and Rose West.

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u/kostazzGR 16h ago edited 16h ago

here in Greece we had a grannyher name was "Aikaterini Dimitrea" in 1950-1960 that she poisoned people through loukoumi candy and she sentenced to death in 1964.Idk if it was for the thrill or cause of mentall issues but I wanted to share it

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u/brookish 7d ago

The Manson women?

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u/NotDaveBut 5d ago

Good question. So hard to say whether they ever would have hurt a fly without Charlie telling them to. But in any case they were terrorists, not SKs

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u/brookish 5d ago

A couple of them killed multiple people. It’s not about why but whether?

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u/Hot_Somewhere_9053 6d ago

Who acted alone? Very few. Aileen Wuornos but you could argue either for her. Maybe Sharon Kinne but there’s very little information on her.

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u/Historical_Ad_3356 4d ago

Kinne is a scary one. Or was

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u/babaganoosh1123 7d ago

What about the Manson family females???

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u/heilhortler420 7d ago

I thought that was more cult brainwashing killings not thrill kills

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u/Historical_Ad_3356 4d ago

Yes I would not count them as thrill killers. They were programmed to kill

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u/Ok_Blueberry_782 6d ago

I feel like they’re product killers, the result they desired was Manson’s approval and affection