Women Who Kill

Psychologists claimed at the time of the murders that she had a hysterical personality - the term used nowadays is histrionic. That is, someone who is over-emotional yet emotionally shallow, who is gullible and very susceptible to suggestion, a human sponge

he lived with his mother Maggie (who would later change her name to Peggy)

A damaged life went on to damage many others

Psychopaths also tend to be of above average intelligence, and if they are criminals they plan their murders carefully. They are usually plausible liars, so much so that guilty psychopaths can effortlessly pass lie detector tests

Psychopaths can be ruthless professionals or brilliant embezzlers. Most of them don’t kill - but if they do they feel little or no remorse

Murder would have provided incredibly stimulating moments in an otherwise depressingly drab and uneventful life

Strangling involves a much more intimate and overtly sadistic approach

A magistrate would later suggest that Jeanne killed her own son at this stage to take any suspicion away from herself as it made her look as bereaved as her grieving relatives

Revenge Killers is that they usually claim their first victim in their twenties

spree killer who decides that he hates life but will injure and annihilate as many others as possible before he shoots himself