Nannie Doss
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
"JOLLY BLACK WIDOW"
Nannie Doss
CHILDHOOD
- Born: Nov. 4,1905 Blue Mountain,AL
- Abusive father that lacked the importance of education
- Age 7: hit her head causing depression , headaches & blackouts
- No socail interactions until the age of 16
1ST HUSAND
- Charley Braggs: alcoholic, abusive adultous
- Charley Braggs: alcoholic, abusive adultous
- Lived with his mother: extremely well controlling & manipulate
- Had 4 children; 2 died in 1927
- Divorced and took the other two back home
2ND HUSBAND
- Frank Harrelson: alcoholic, constantly in debt & bar fights
- Married for 16 years
- 1943- Melvina (eldest daughter) had Robert
- 1945- Robert died in Nannie's care & got $500 insurance
- Sept. 16 1945- Frank dies of rat poison in his whiskey
3RD HUBAND
- Arlie Lanning: violent alcoholic
- 1950- mysteriously died of a heart attack
- Burned down their house- collected insurance money
- Lived with lanning's mother and sister
- In Nannie's care Dovie died
4TH HUSBAND
- Richard L. Morton: constantly in debt, womanizer & cheated w/ ex. girlfriend
- Nannie's father died of cancer
- Her mother came to live with her
- Richard and Nannie's mother died of "stomach cramps"
Nannie and her 4th husband
LAST HUSBAND
- Samuel Doss: church man, completely in love with Nannie
- Too boring for Nannie
- Convinced Sam to get life insurance policies
- Samuel got a digestive track infection
- 23 days later died after having Nannie's homemade dinner
NANCY DOSS
- Used arensic
- May 17, 1955- charged with multiple murders
- Confessed to killing 4/5 husbands
- June 2, 1965- died in leukemia
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FACTS
- Fantasizes the perfect man through romance novels
- Joked bout killing her husbands
- Has 8-11 counts of murder
