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Tag: Female Killer

The Tragic Case of Autumn Wallace & the Familiar Intruder

By Emily Thompson

It was the 15th of June, 1990, when Linda Wallace returned home from work in Anaheim, California, to be met by a horrific scene. She found the lifeless body of her 9-year-old daughter, Autumn Wallace, facedown in a puddle of her own blood on the bathroom floor.

Mar 11, 2021  •  5 min read

The Lethal Injection – Christina Marie Riggs

By Emily Thompson

In 1997, Christina Marie Riggs attempted to end her own life. Before doing so, she murdered her two children. She claimed she was depressed and didn't want her children to be separated or know their mother took her own life.

Feb 10, 2021  •  5 min read

The Thanksgiving Butcher – Omaima Nelson

By Emily Thompson

Over Thanksgiving weekend of 1991, Omaima Nelson, 23, stabbed her boyfriend, William Nelson, 56, to death. She then dismembered him, cooked his head and hands in spices and ate some of the flesh. During trial, she would claim that she had been the victim of abuse.

Nov 26, 2020  •  5 min read

The Fetal Abduction Murder of Bobbie Jo Stinnett

By Emily Thompson

Lisa Montgomery and Bobbie Jo Stinnett were two women from two completely different worlds until one day, their lives collided. This collision would lead to one of the most graphic and disturbing murder cases Missouri had ever seen.

Oct 20, 2020  •  5 min read

The Butcher – Katherine Knight

By Emily Thompson

In February of 2000, Katherine Knight brutally murdered her boyfriend. She cooked his flesh with gravy and vegetables and intended on serving him up to his own children.

Aug 23, 2020  •  5 min read

Friends Close, Enemies Closer – Christine Paolilla

By Emily Thompson

Christine Paolilla was bullied at school because of her alopecia. She was taken under the wing of Rachael Koloroutis and Tiffany Rowell, who became her best friends. However, Christine soon turned to drugs and things in the friend circle took a grisly turn.

Aug 7, 2020  •  5 min read

Ruth Ellis – The Final Woman to Hang in Britain

By Patricia Thompson

Ruth Ellis was the 15th and last woman to be hanged in the UK on 13th July 1955; her death was instrumental in bringing about the abolition of capital punishment.

May 30, 2020  •  12 min read

Morbidology the Podcast – 34: Calyx & Beau Scheneker

By Emily Thompson

In 2011, Tampa police were conducting a welfare check on a family in the upmarket gated community of Royal Park Court in Tampa Palms, Florida. When they arrived on scene, they discovered somebody sitting on the porch, spattered almost head to toe in blood.

Feb 10, 2020  •  5 min read

The Eubanks Filicide

By Emily Thompson

What would drive a parent to kill their child? Revenge is one of the main motivations behind filicide. Revenge at an ex-partner for leaving them. One such case of revenge-fueled filicide is that of Susan Eubanks from San Marcos, California.

Jan 15, 2020  •  6 min read

Morbidology the Podcast – 27: Goleta Postal Murders

By Emily Thompson

One thing you’ll notice about almost all mass shootings is that the perpetrator is male. Female mass shooters are rare. Female mass shooters that target their place of employment are even rarer. But in Goleta, California, in 2006, an ex-postal worker was an exception to the rule. It was the nation’s deadliest workplace shooting perpetrated…

Dec 23, 2019  •  4 min read

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