10 most cruel women in world history

(Baonghean.vn) - Possessing beautiful looks, these 10 cold-blooded women still resort to cruel means to satisfy their inhumane purposes.

1. Female prison guard Irma Grese

Irma Grese was born on October 7, 1923 in Wrechen, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany. She was a female employee at the Nazi concentration camps Ravensbruck and Auschwitz, and also a prison guard at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. She tortured and murdered many prisoners using barbaric methods. In 1945, Grese was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity at the Belsen trial. At the age of 22 years and 67 days, Grese was the youngest woman to be executed under British law in the 20th century. Photo: wonderslist

2. Myra Hindley - the serial killer haunting England

Myra Hindley, born in 1942, is a British serial killer. Along with her accomplice Brady, Myra committed the rape and murder of five children in Manchester, England in the 1960s. The two monsters were charged with kidnapping, sexually abusing, torturing, and murdering three children under the age of 12 and two children aged 16 and 17. Thanks to a tip-off from her cousin, the police arrested Hindley in 1965. Although she pleaded not guilty in the subsequent trial, Hindley was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. In 2002, the evil woman died in prison. Photo: Wonderslist

3. Nurse "Death"

Nurse Beverley Allitt was a British serial killer nicknamed "The Angel of Death". She was convicted of murdering four children, attempting to murder three others and injuring six more. Allitt's crimes took place over a period of 59 days (February to April 1991) at a nursery in Grantham and Kesteven Hospital in Lincolnshire. During this time, Allitt injected insulin (a substance that stops the heart's activity) into many children. In May 1993, she was sentenced to 13 years in prison. Allitt served her sentence in a hospital in Nottinghamshire, England, for treatment of Munchausen syndrome. Photo: Wonderslist

4. "Black Widow" Mary Ann Cotton

Mary Ann Cotton was born in October 1832 in Low Moorsley, County Durham, England. This woman is known as the "black widow" because she killed a total of 21 people, including her mother, her children, and her husbands. Mary's main method of murder was poisoning with arsenic. Similar to Belle Gunness in the US, Mary's motive for murder was also to seize the property of her husbands and the insurance money of her relatives. In 1873, this cruel woman was arrested and executed by hanging. Photo: Wonderslist

5. Savage murderer Katherine Mary Knight: killing and eating people

Katherine Mary Knight (born October 24, 1955) was a violent person and had relationships with 4 men. In February 2000, this fierce woman was charged with the brutal murder of her lover John Charles Thomas Price. She stabbed Price 37 times all over his body. Not only that, Katherine also skinned the victim and hung it on the living room door frame. She processed the other parts into dishes. Katherine even intended to serve those disgusting dishes to her children, but luckily the police discovered them in time. Photo: Wonderslist

6. "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Bathory

Elizabeth Bathory (August 7, 1560 – August 21, 1614) was a countess of the Hungarian noble Bathory family, famous for her beauty and cruelty. She is one of the most prolific female murderers in recorded history to date. She was even nicknamed the "Bloody Countess" because she enjoyed torturing and killing others. In 1611, the Royal Supreme Court sentenced Elizabeth to death. However, thanks to her royal blood and the efforts of her husband, Count Nadasdy Ferenc, Elizabeth was only imprisoned for life at Csejthe Castle. Photo: Wonderslist

7. The Witch of Buchenwald

Ilse Koch (born September 22, 1906) was nicknamed "The Witch of Buchenwald" or "The She-Wolf of Buchenwald". Koch was the wife of Karl-Otto Koch, the commandant of the Nazi concentration camps Buchenwald (1937-1941) and Majdanek (1941-1943). This woman brutally tortured and murdered many prisoners. In 1943, Koch and her husband were arrested on charges of embezzlement, corruption, and murdering prisoners to prevent them from testifying. Ilse Koch was imprisoned until 1944. At the age of 60, Ilse Koch committed suicide by hanging herself in Aichach prison on September 1, 1967. Photo: Wonderslist

8. Belle Gunness - the most notorious female serial killer in American history

Of Norwegian descent (6 feet tall and 200 pounds), Belle Gunness (November 11, 1859 - April 28, 1908) was one of the most notorious female serial killers in American history. This cruel woman killed two husbands, many boyfriends, and two daughters, Myrtle and Lucy. Her motive for the murders was to steal the victims' property and insurance money. Some reports say that Gunness killed between 25 and 40 people over several decades. Photo: wonderslist

9. Bloodthirsty Mary

Mary I (February 18, 1516 - November 17, 1558) was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and was nicknamed "Bloody Mary". She was the only surviving descendant of Henry VIII's ill-fated marriage to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. When her brother Edward died, Mary raised an army to depose and execute Queen Jane Grey. From the time she ascended the throne, she ordered the brutal persecution and execution of many Protestants to force them to convert to Catholicism. Photo: Wonderslist

10. Isabella- Queen of Castile and Leon

Isabella (1451-1504) was the queen of Castile and Leon. Together with her husband, Fernando II of Aragon, she was instrumental in bringing stability to these kingdoms and laying the foundation for the unification of Spain. In addition, Isabella also financed the voyage of explorer Christopher Columbus to discover America. However, she was also the one who established the Inquisition to persecute and expel about 150,000 Jews from Spain if they did not convert to Christianity. Photo: wonderslist

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