Tuesday, July 28, 2020

True Crime Movies Based on Female Serial Killers


51 Female Serial Killer cases from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Egypt; England, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Slovakia (Kingdom of Hungary), South Africa, Spain, US. [Revised Aug. 23, 2020; Mar. 21, 2021; Apr. 3, 2021; Feb. 23, 2021]

A collection of posters follows the catalog.

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Aldrete Villareal, Sara Maria – (1964- ) Mexico
Borderland; 2007; United States/Mexico; Dir. Zev Berman
Bordertown; 2007; US; Dir. Gregory Nava; Jennifer Lopez, Martin Sheen, Antonio Banderas
El Traspatio (Backyard); 2009; Mexico; Dir. Carlos Carrera

Allitt, Beverly Gail – (1968- ) UK
Angel of Death: The Beverly Allitt Story; 2005; UK; BBC, TV; Dir. Cathy Elliott

Bai, Putli – Chati, India – (-1958)
Putlibai; 1972; India; Prod. Adarsh - Dir.: Ashok Roy; Music: Jaykumar.
Putlibai; Apr. 2, 1999; India; Dir.: Yash Chouhan; Stars: Rajesh Bakshi, Lekha Govil, Raj Kiran, Raza Murad, Jhony Nirmal, Shiva Rindani, Joginder Shelly, Jay Thakur; Music: ?.
Putlibai; 1999; India; Prod. Gautam Dhariwal-Thakur-Kamlesh- Dir: Yeshwantt - Star Cast: Hitesh, Shivangi, Raza Murad, Jogider, Raj Kiran, Goga Kapoor, Shiva, Lekha Govil, Anand Goradia, Jony Nirmal, Deep Jyoti, Jay Thakur; Music: Ghulam Ali.

Barnes, Gakirah – (1997-2014) USA
Secret Life of A Gang Girl (The Untold Story, series); US; 2019

Bathory, Elizabeth – (1560-1614) Slovakia (Kingdom of Hungary)
Bathory: Countess of Blood; 2008; Slovakia (English); Dir. Juraje Jakubisla;
The Countess; 2009; France/Germany (English); Dir. Julie Delpy
Countess Dracula; 1972; US; Dir. Peter Sasdy
Erzabet; 2013; Spain; Dir. Freddy Novillo; (Bathory as still living)

Beck, Martha (& Raymond Fernandez) – (1920-1951) US
Allelulia; 2014; Belgium/France; Dir. Fabrice Du Welz
The Honeymoon Killers; 1970; US
Profundo carmesí (Deep Crimson), 1996; Mexico; Dir. Arturo Ripstein
Lonely Hearts, 2006; US

Beier, Grete – (1885-1908) Germany
Im Irrwege der Liebe - Das Verbrechen der Grete Beier; 1908; Germany; short; Director: Gustav Schönwald

Bell, Mary – (1957- ) England
The Mary Bell Case (Children of Crime); 1998; UK; Dir: Denys Blakeway
Murderer Mary Bell aka The Tyneside Strangler; 2006?; TV Channel 4 UK;  ( Documentary)

Bender, Kate (Bender Family) – (mid-1800s) US
Bender; 2016; US; Dir. John Alexander

Besnard, Marie – (1896-1980) France
Marie Besnard, L’Empoisonneuse; 1986; France; TV; Dir. Christian Faure
L'affaire Marie Besnard; 1986; France; TV; Dir: Yves-André Hubert

Birnie, Catherine (& Raymond Birnie) – (1951- ) Australia
Hounds of Love; 2017; Australia; Dir. Ben Young (loosely based on the case)

Blanco, Griselda – (1943-2012) US
Cocaine Godmother; 2019; US; TV; Dir. Guillermo Navarro; Catherine Zeta Jones

Blauensteiner, Elfriede – (1931-2003) Austria
Die Gottesanbeterin (The Mantis); 2001; Dir. Paul Harather

Bombeek, Cecile “Sister Godfrida” – (arrested 1979) Belgium
Suor Omicidi (Killer Nun); 1979; Italy; Dir. Giulio Berruti

L’Affaire des Poisons (The Case of Poisons); 1955; France; Dir. Henri Decoin
Anne & Alet, Girtmorderne Fra Arendal; 2013; Norway; Dir. Helge Jordal

Cianciulli, Leonarda – (1893-1970) Italy
Leonarda; 2016; Italy; Dir. Luca Brinciotti
Gran Bollito (Black Journal); 1977; Italy Dir.; Shelly Winters, Max Von Sydow
La saponificatrice - Vita di Leonarda Cianciulli; 2008; Italy; Dir. Alessandro Quadretti (documentary)

Cotton, Mary Ann – (1832-1873) England
Dark Angel; 2016; UK; TV miniseries; Dir. Brian Percival; (Oct. 31 – Nov. 7, 2016)

Diehl-Armstrong, Marjorie – (1949-2017) US
Evil Genius; 2018; US; TV miniseries (documentary)

Fazekas, Julia; Juliana Lipka; Suzie Olah (Tisza Valley [Nagyrev] poisoning syndicate; 1929) Hungary
The Angelmakers (Angyalcsinálók; Les faiseuses d'anges); 2005; Netherlands; Short (33 min); Dir. Astrid Bussink
Holtág (Dead Sea); 1968; Hungary; short 15 min; Dir: Dömölky János:  
Hukkle; 2002; (satire); Hungary; Dir. Pálfi György. 

Posham Pa: A Childhood Game That Never Ended; 2019; India; Dir. Suman Mukhopadhyay
Las Poquianchis; 1976; Mexico; Dir: Felipe Cazals

Gottfried, Gesche – (1785-1831) Germany
Bremer Freiheit, Frau Geesche Gottfried – Ein bürgerliches Trauerspiel“ ("Bremen Freedom: Ms. Geesche Gottfried - A bourgeois tragedy"); 1972; Germany; Filmed stage play (1971); Fassbinder; Margit Carstensen
Gesche Gottfried; 1978; Germany; (TV); Dir. Karl Fructmann
Gesches Gift (Gesche’s Poison), 1997, Germany; Dir. Walburg von Waldenfels
Effigie: Das Gift und die Stadt (Effigie: Poison and the City); 2020; Germany/US (German/English); Dir. Udo Flohr

Gunness, Belle – (1859-1908 (?)) US
Mrs. Gunness, The Female Bluebeard; 1908; US
The Farm; 2021; US; Dir. Tom Logan; Traci Lords, James Reynolds, Amber Nelson
Belle; 2018; US; short; Dir. Director: Stephen Ruminski; Ann Hagemann

Hilley, Audrey Marie – (1933-1987) US
Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Audrey Hilley Story; 1991; US; Dir. Mel Damski; Judith Light

Hindley, Myra – (1942-2002) England
The Moors Murders; 1999; England; TV (3 30 min eps.); Sheila McBride (documentary)
Longford; 2006; UK; Dr. Tom Hooper; TV
See No Evil; 2006; England; TV (2 eps.); Maxine Peake

Homolka, Karla (& Carl Bernardo) – (1970- ) Canada
Karla; 2006; US; Dir. Joel Bender; Laura Prepon

Jadeja, Santokben - (2011) – Porbandar, Gujarat State, India
Godmother; 1999; India

Jegado, Helene – (1803-1852) France
Fleure de Tonniere (The Poisoning Angel); 2016; France; Dir. Stéphanie Pillonca

Jones, Genene – (1950- ) US
Deadly Medicine; 1991; TV; Dir. Richard A. Colla; Veronica Hamel

Kempamma, K. D. – (1970- ) India
Cyanide Malika; 2019; India (Kannada); Dir: Guru

Knorr, Theresa – (1946- ) US
The Afflicted; 2011, US; Dir: Jane Stoddard

La Quintrala; 1954; Argentina; directed by Hugo del Carril; Screenplay: Eduardo Borrás
La Quintrala; 1986; Chile; Dir. Vincente Sabatini (TV Miniseries)
La Doña; 2011; Chile; TV; Claudi Di Girolamo (2011-2012; 92 episodes)
 
Lynch, Susie Sharpe Newsom – (1946-1985) USA
Bitter Blood; 1994; USA; TV

McGinnis, Virginia Rearden – (1937-2011) USA 
Justice for Annie: A Moment of Truth Movie; 1996; USA/Canada; Dir: Noel Nosseck 

Moore, Blanche Taylor – (1933- ) US
The Black Widow Murders; 1993; US; TV; Dir. Alan Metzger; Elizabeth Montgomery

Nain, Kusuma – (1961- ) India
Beehad: The Ravine; 2013; India; Dir. Krisna Misra

Negroiu, Rodica – (1940- ) France
Rodica Negroiu: L'empoisonneuse de Maxeville; 2013; France; TV (90 min); Dir.: Bernard Faroux; Frédérique Lantier

Maria Bonita, rainha do cangacieros; 1968; Argentina; Dir. Miguel Borges
O Lamparina; 1964; Argentina?; Dir. Glauco Mirko Laurelli (comedy)
O Cangaciero Trapalhao; 1983; Portugal; Dir. Daniel Filho (comedy)
O Cangaciero; 1953
A Luneta do Tempo; 2014; Brazil; Dir. Alceu Valença (musical)

Parihar, Seema – 2000 - India
Wounded; 2007; India; Dir. Krishna Mishra; Prod. Shree Ari Hom Films

Phillips, Charmaine – (1964- ) South Africa
Durban Poison; 2013; South Africa; Dir. Anrew Worsdale; Cara Roberts

Prades, Pilar – (1928-1959) Spain
El Caso De Las evenendas de Valencia (La Huella Del Crimen series); 1985; Spain; Dir. Pedro Olea; Terele Pávez 

Qadiri, Mahin – (1977-2010) Iran
Mahin; 2018; Iran; Dir. Mohammad Hossein Heidari

Raya and Sekina aly Hammam – (executed 1921) Egypt
Raya wa Sekina (Raya and Sakina); 1953; Egypt; Dir.; Negma Ibrahim; Zouzou Hamdy El-Hakim, Ismail Yassine
Ismail Yassine yukabel Raya wa Sekina (Ismail Yassine Meets Raya and Sekina); 1955; Eqypt; Dir.
Hamada Abdel Wahab
Raya and Sakina; 1984; Eqypt; Dir. Ahmad Fuad; (comedy)
Raya and Sakina; 2005; Egypt; TV series; Dir. Gamal Abdel Hamid
Raya and Sakina; Egypt; TV; Presented by Hala Fakher and Ghada Abdel Razek

Tuba S. – (1981-) Germany
Crime Time: Auf den Spuren einer Serienmörderin (“Crime Time: “In the footsteps of a serial killer”); 2020; Director: Markus Cebulla, Production: Timeline Film + TV. Hessischer Rundfunk

Saltykova, Darya – (1730-1801) Russia
Krovavaya Barinya (The Blood Lady); 2018; Russia; TV; Marta Timofeeva, Yulia Snigir

Swanenberg, Maria “Goie Mie” – (1839-1915) Netherland
Goie Mie Recomposed; 2016; Netherlands; Dir. Henny Harteveld

Tann, Georgia – (1891-1950) US
Stolen Babies; 1993; US; TV; Dir. Eric Laneuville; Mary Tyler Moore
Missing Children: A Mother's Story; 1982; Dir. Dick Lowry; (loosely based on Tann case)

West, Rosemary – (1953- ) England
Appropriate Adult;2011; England; TV (2 eps.); Monica Dolan

Wuornos, Aileen – (1956-2002) US
Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story; 1992; TV; Dir. Peter Kevin
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer; 1992; US; Dir. Nick Broomfield (documentary)
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer; 2003; UK/US; Dirs. Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill (documentary)
Monster; 2003; US; Dir. Patty Jenkins; Charlise Theron, Christina Ricci

Young, Lila Gladys – (1899-1969) Canada
Butterbox Babies; 1995; Canada; Dir. Don McBrearty

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Inspired by Amy Archer-Gilligan – (1873-1962) US
Arsenic and Old Lace; 1944; US; Dir. Frank Capra; Cary Grant

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Aldrete Villareal, Sara Maria – (1964- ) Mexico
Borderland; 2007; United States/Mexico; Dir. Zev Berman

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Aldrete Villareal, Sara Maria – (1964- ) Mexico
Bordertown; 2007; US; Dir. Gregory Nava; Jennifer Lopez, Martin Sheen, Antonio Banderas

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Aldrete Villareal, Sara Maria – (1964- ) Mexico
El Traspatio (Backyard); 2009; Mexico; Dir. Carlos Carrera

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Bai, Putli – Chati, India – (-1958)

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Bai, Putli – Chati, India – (-1958)

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Barnes, Gakirah – (1997-2014) USA
Secret Life of A Gang Girl (The Untold Story, series); US; 2019

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Bathory, Elizabeth – (1560-1614) Slovakia (Kingdom of Hungary)
Countess Dracula; 1972; US; Dir. Peter Sasdy

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Bathory, Elizabeth – (1560-1614) Slovakia (Kingdom of Hungary)
The Countess; 2009; France/Germany (English); Dir. Julie Delpy

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Bathory, Elizabeth – (1560-1614) Slovakia (Kingdom of Hungary)
Bathory: Countess of Blood; 2008; Slovakia (English); Dir. Juraje Jakubisla

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Beck, Martha (& Raymond Fernandez) – (1920-1951) US
The Honeymoon Killers; 1970; US

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Beck, Martha (& Raymond Fernandez) – (1920-1951) US
The Honeymoon Killers; 1970; US

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Beck, Martha (& Raymond Fernandez) – (1920-1951) US
The Honeymoon Killers; 1970; US

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Beck, Martha (& Raymond Fernandez) – (1920-1951) US
The Honeymoon Killers; 1970; US

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Beck, Martha (& Raymond Fernandez) – (1920-1951) US
Lonely Hearts, 2006; US

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Beck, Martha (& Raymond Fernandez) – (1920-1951) US
Profundo carmesí (Deep Crimson), 1996; Mexico; Dir. Arturo Ripstein

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Beck, Martha (& Raymond Fernandez) – (1920-1951) US
Allelulia; 2014; Belgium/France; Dir. Fabrice Du Welz

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Bender, Kate (Bender Family) – (mid-1800s) US
Bender; 2016; US; Dir. John Alexander

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Besnard, Marie – (1896-1980) France
L'affaire Marie Besnard; 1986; France; TV; Dir: Yves-André Hubert

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Besnard, Marie – (1896-1980) France
Marie Besnard, L’Empoisonneuse; 1986; France; TV; Dir. Christian Faure

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Birnie, Catherine (& Raymond Birnie) – (1951- ) Australia
Hounds of Love; 2017; Australia; Dir. Ben Young (loosely based on the case)

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Blanco, Griselda – (1943-2012) US
Cocaine Godmother; 2019; US; TV; Dir. Guillermo Navarro; Catherine Zeta Jones

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Blauensteiner, Elfriede – (1931-2003) Austria
Die Gottesanbeterin (The Mantis); 2001; Dir. Paul Harather

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Bombeek, Cecile “Sister Godfrida” – (arrested 1979) Belgium
Suor Omicidi (Killer Nun); 1979; Italy; Dir. Giulio Berruti

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Bombeek, Cecile “Sister Godfrida” – (arrested 1979) Belgium
Suor Omicidi (Killer Nun); 1979; Italy; Dir. Giulio Berruti

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Brinvilliers, Marquise de, Marie Marguerite D’Aubray – (1630-1676) France
L’Affaire des Poisons (The Case of Poisons); 1955; France; Dir. Henri Decoin

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Anne & Alet, Girtmorderne Fra Arendal; 2013; Norway; Dir. Helge Jordal

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Cianciulli, Leonarda – (1893-1970) Italy
Gran Bollito (Black Journal); 1977; Italy Dir.; Shelly Winters, Max Von Sydow

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Cianciulli, Leonarda – (1893-1970) Italy
Gran Bollito (Black Journal); 1977; Italy Dir.; Shelly Winters, Max Von Sydow

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Cianciulli, Leonarda – (1893-1970) Italy
Leonarda; 2016; Italy; Dir. Luca Brinciotti

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Cianciulli, Leonarda – (1893-1970) Italy
La saponificatrice - Vita di Leonarda Cianciulli; 2008; Italy; Dir. Alessandro Quadretti (documentary)

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Cotton, Mary Ann – (1832-1873) England
Dark Angel; 2016; UK; TV miniseries; Dir. Brian Percival; (Oct. 31 – Nov. 7, 2016)

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Diehl-Armstrong, Marjorie – (1949-2017) US
Evil Genius; 2018; US; TV miniseries (documentary)

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Fazekas, Julia; Juliana Lipka; Suzie Olah (Tisza Valley [Nagyrev] poisoning syndicate; 1929) Hungary
The Angelmakers (Angyalcsinálók; Les faiseuses d'anges); 2005; Netherlands; Short (33 min); Dir. Astrid Bussink

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Fazekas, Julia; Juliana Lipka; Suzie Olah (Tisza Valley [Nagyrev] poisoning syndicate; 1929) Hungary
Hukkle; 2002; (satire); Hungary; Dir. Pálfi György.

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Fazekas, Julia; Juliana Lipka; Suzie Olah (Tisza Valley [Nagyrev] poisoning syndicate; 1929) Hungary
Hukkle; 2002; (satire); Hungary; Dir. Pálfi György.
 
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Posham Pa: A Childhood Game That Never Ended; 2019; India; Dir. Suman Mukhopadhyay

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Las Poquianchis; 1976; Mexico; Dir: Felipe Cazals

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Gottfried, Gesche – (1785-1831) Germany
Effigie: Das Gift und die Stadt (Effigie: Poison and the City); 2020; Germany/US (German/English);  Dir. Udo Flohr

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Gottfried, Gesche – (1785-1831) Germany

Bremer Freiheit, Frau Geesche Gottfried – Ein bürgerliches Trauerspiel“ ("Bremen Freedom: Ms. Geesche Gottfried - A bourgeois tragedy"); 1972; Germany; Filmed stage play (1971); Fassbinder; Margit Carstensen

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Gunness, Belle – (1859-1908 (?)) US
Belle; 2018; US; short; Dir. Director: Stephen Ruminski; Ann Hagemann

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Gunness, Belle – (1859-1908 (?)) US
The Farm; 2021; US; Dir. Tom Logan; Traci Lords, James Reynolds, Amber Nelson

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Hilley, Audrey Marie – (1933-1987) US
Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Audrey Hilley Story; 1991; US; Dir. Mel Damski; Judith Light

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Hindley, Myra – (1942-2002) England
The Moors Murders; 1999; England; TV (3 30 min eps.); Sheila McBride (documentary)

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Hindley, Myra – (1942-2002) England
See No Evil; 2006; England; TV (2 eps.); Maxine Peake

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Hindley, Myra – (1942-2002) England
Longford; 2006; UK; Dr. Tom Hooper; TV

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Homolka, Karla (& Carl Bernardo) – (1970- ) Canada
Karla; 2006; US; Dir. Joel Bender; Laura Prepon

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Jadeja, Santokben - (2011) – Porbandar, Gujarat State, India

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Jegado, Helene – (1803-1852) France
Fleure de Tonniere (The Poisoning Angel); 2016; France; Dir. Stéphanie Pillonca

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Jegado, Helene – (1803-1852) France
Fleure de Tonniere (The Poisoning Angel); 2016; France; Dir. Stéphanie Pillonca

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Jones, Genene – (1950- ) US
Deadly Medicine; 1991; TV; Dir. Richard A. Colla; Veronica Hamel

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Kempamma, K. D. – (1970- ) India
Cyanide Malika; 2019; India (Kannada); Dir: Guru

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Knorr, Theresa – (1946- ) US
The Afflicted; 2011, US; Dir: Jane Stoddard

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Knorr, Theresa – (1946- ) US
The Afflicted; 2011, US; Dir: Jane Stoddard

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La Quintrala; 1954; Argentina; directed by Hugo del Carril; Screenplay: Eduardo Borrás

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La Quintrala; 1954; Argentina; directed by Hugo del Carril; Screenplay: Eduardo Borrás

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La Quintrala; 1986; Chile; Dir. Vincente Sabatini (TV Miniseries)

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La Doña; 2011; Chile; TV; Claudi Di Girolamo (2011-2012; 92 episodes)

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Lynch, Susie Sharpe Newsom – (1946-1985) USA
Bitter Blood; 1994; USA; TV
 
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McGinnis, Virginia Rearden – (1937-2011) USA 
Justice for Annie: A Moment of Truth Movie; 1996; USA/Canada; Dir: Noel Nosseck 

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Nain, Kusuma – India – (1961- )
Beehad: The Ravine; 2013; India; Dir. Krisna Misra
 
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Negroiu, Rodica – (1940- ) France
Rodica Negroiu: L'empoisonneuse de Maxeville; 2013; France; TV (90 min); Dir.: Bernard Faroux; Frédérique Lantier

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Maria Bonita, rainha do cangacieros; 1968; Argentina; Dir. Miguel Borges

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Parihar, Seema – 2000 - India

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Phillips, Charmaine – (1964- ) South Africa
Durban Poison; 2013; South Africa; Dir. Anrew Worsdale; Cara Roberts
 
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Prades, Pilar – (1928-1959) Spain
El Caso De Las evenendas de Valencia (La Huella Del Crimen series); 1985; Spain; Dir. Pedro Olea; Terele Pávez

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Qadiri, Mahin – (1977-2010) Iran
Mahin; 2018; Iran; Dir. Mohammad Hossein Heidari
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Raya and Sekina aly Hammam – (executed 1921) Egypt
Raya wa Sekina (Raya and Sakina); 1953; Egypt; Dir.; Negma Ibrahim; Zouzou Hamdy El-Hakim, Ismail Yassine

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Saltykova, Darya – (1730-1801) Russia
Krovavaya Barinya (The Blood Lady); 2018; Russia; TV; Marta Timofeeva, Yulia Snigir

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Swanenberg, Maria “Goie Mie” – (1839-1915) Netherland
Goie Mie Recomposed; 2016; Netherlands; Dir. Henny Harteveld

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West, Rosemary – (1953- ) England
Appropriate Adult;2011; England; TV (2 eps.); Monica Dolan

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Tann, Georgia – (1891-1950) US
Stolen Babies; 1993; US; TV; Dir. Eric Laneuville; Mary Tyler Moore

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Wuornos, Aileen – (1956-2002) US
Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story; 1992; TV; Dir. Peter Kevin

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Wuornos, Aileen – (1956-2002) US
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer; 1992; US; Dir. Nick Broomfield (documentary)

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Wuornos, Aileen – (1956-2002) US

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer; 2003; UK/US; Dirs. Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill (documentary)

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Wuornos, Aileen – (1956-2002) US
Monster; 2003; US; Dir. Patty Jenkins; Charlise Theron, Christina Ricci

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Young, Lila Gladys – (1899-1969) Canada
 Butterbox Babies; 1995; Canada; Dir. Don McBrearty

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