10 of the most ruthless women in world history.

(Baonghean.vn) - Possessing beautiful looks, these 10 cold-blooded women resorted to cruel and inhumane methods to achieve their wicked goals.

1. Female prison guard Irma Grese

Irma Grese, born on October 7, 1923, in Wrechen, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany, was a female worker at the Nazi concentration camps of Ravensbruck and Auschwitz, and also a female 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. Dying at the young age of 22 years and 67 days, Grese was the youngest woman executed under British law in the 20th century. (Image: wonderslist)

2. Myra Hindley - the serial killer who haunted Britain

Myra Hindley, born in 1942, was a British serial killer. Along with her accomplice Brady, Myra raped and murdered five children in Manchester, England, during the 1960s. The two were accused of kidnapping, sexually abusing, torturing, and murdering three children under the age of 12 and two children aged 16 and 17. Thanks to a tip from her cousin, police arrested Hindley in 1965. Although she pleaded not guilty in the subsequent trial, Hindley was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 2002, the cruel woman died in prison. (Image: Wonderslist)

3. The "Grim Reaper" Nurse

Nurse Beverley Allitt was a serial killer in England, nicknamed "The Grim Reaper." She was convicted of murdering four children, attempting to murder three others, and injuring six more. Allitt's crimes took place over 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) into the bodies of many children. In May 1993, she received a 13-year prison sentence. Allitt served her sentence in a hospital in Nottinghamshire, England, receiving treatment for Munchausen syndrome. (Image: Wonderslist)

4. "Black Widow" Mary Ann Cotton

Mary Ann Cotton was born in October 1832 in Low Moorsley, County Durham, England. She became famous as the "Black Widow" for murdering a total of 21 people, including her mother, children, and husbands. Her primary method of murder was arsenic poisoning. Similar to Belle Gunness in the United States, Mary's motive was to seize her husbands' property and her relatives' insurance money. In 1873, this ruthless woman was arrested and executed by hanging. (Image: Wonderslist)

5. Katherine Mary Knight, the brutal murderer: killed and cannibalized people.

Katherine Mary Knight (born October 24, 1955) was a violent woman who had relationships with four men. In February 2000, this vicious woman was charged with the brutal murder of her lover, John Charles Thomas Price. She stabbed Price 37 times all over his body. Furthermore, Katherine skinned the victim and hung his skin on a living room door frame. She then prepared other body parts into dishes. Katherine even intended to serve these disgusting dishes to her children, but fortunately, the police discovered her in time. (Image: Wonderslist)

6. Elizabeth Bathory, "The Blood Countess"

Elizabeth Bathory (August 7, 1560 – August 21, 1614) was a Countess of the Hungarian noble family Bathory, renowned for her beauty and cruelty. She is one of the most prolific female murderers recorded in history to date. She even earned the nickname "the Blood Countess" for her enjoyment of torturing and killing others. In 1611, the Royal Court sentenced Elizabeth to death. However, due to her royal lineage and the services of her husband, Count Nadasdy Ferenc, Elizabeth was only imprisoned for life in Csejthe Castle. (Image: Wonderslist)

7. The Witch of Buchenwald

Ilse Koch (born September 22, 1906), nicknamed "The Witch of Buchenwald" or "The Wolf of Buchenwald," was the wife of Karl-Otto Koch, commander of the Nazi concentration camps Buchenwald (1937-1941) and Majdanek (1941-1943). She 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 remained in prison until 1944. At the age of 60, Ilse Koch committed suicide by hanging herself in Aichach prison on September 1, 1967. (Image: Wonderslist)

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

Bearing the imposing figure of Norwegian descent (1.8 m tall and weighing 91 kg), Belle Gunness (November 11, 1859 – April 28, 1908) was one of the most notorious female serial killers in American history. This cruel woman murdered two husbands, several boyfriends, and her two daughters, Myrtle and Lucy. Her motives for the murders were to seize property and insurance payouts from her victims. Some reports suggest Gunness killed between 25 and 40 people over several decades. (Image: wonderslist)

9. Mary is bloodthirsty.

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 adult descendant from the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. Upon her brother Edward's death, Mary rallied troops to depose and execute Queen Jane Grey. From her coronation, she ordered brutal persecution and executions of many Protestants to force them to convert to Catholicism. (Image: Wonderslist)

10. Isabella - Queen of Castile and Leon

Isabella (1451-1504) was Queen of Castile and Leon. Together with her husband, Fernando II of Aragon, she played a key role in stabilizing these kingdoms and laying the groundwork for the unification of Spain. She also financed Christopher Columbus's voyage to discover America. However, she also established the Inquisition, which persecuted and expelled approximately 150,000 Jews from Spain if they did not convert to Christianity. (Image: wonderslist)

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