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Sep 2022
37m 54s

Nannie Doss: The Giggling Granny

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Nannie Doss looked like a harmless old lady that you'd gladly invite over for tea. But the woman who would become known as The Lonely Hearts Killer, the Jolly Black Widow, and Lady Bluebeard, shamelessly killed the people she was supposed to love - or at least care for - simply because she benefitted from their deaths some way or another.

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