October 22, 1894Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaMartha Needle is executed for the murder of her fiancé’s brother, though she was suspected of killing 4 members of her family as well The first suspected victim of Martha’s poisoning spree was her 3-year-old daughter Mabel, who died in February of 1885. Four years later, in October 1889, Mabel’s father…
Woman executed for driving truck into a crowd of people
March 12, 1975 Prague, Czechoslovakia Olga Hepnarová is hanged for driving a truck into a group of people, killing 8 and injuring 12 The murders took place on July 10, 1973. Her targets were people waiting for a tram, and those killed were elderly between 60 to 79 years old. Her alleged motive for the…
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