Difference between revisions of "The World's Worst Women"
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| − | 'Woman' writes the author, 'is without parallel when she enters the realm of crime.' Sex and money are the root causes of most of the crimes described in this book, but one thing seems certain - bad women are much the same the world over. (1) There was Belle Gunness, a veritable | + | 'Woman' writes the author, 'is without parallel when she enters the realm of crime.' Sex and money are the root causes of most of the crimes described in this book, but one thing seems certain - bad women are much the same the world over. (1) There was Belle Gunness, a veritable Bluebeard in skirts; (2) the Austrian-born humbug known as the Swami, who styled herself as 'The SWAMI Bride of the Lord'; Martha Wise, known as the 'Borgia of America'; (3) OGRESS of Paris; (4) Beheaded in Bridal Array; (5) Vampire of Kansas City; (6) Sphinx in Crepe; (7) the Poisoning Nurse; (8); She Loved Funerals; (9) They Kissed before they Killed; (10) Red Witch of Buchenwald; Nazi's; (11) First Acid Bath Murderers; (12) Poison Widow of Liege; (13) Angel makers of Nagzrev; (14) the Amorous Undertaker; (15) Queen of the Underworld; (16) the Mercy Poisoner; *** Crimes might well make the strongest of men turn pale. Everything described in this book actually occurred in the 20th century, and only proves once again that 'truth is much stranger than fiction'. |
==Cover Variation (By Release Date)== | ==Cover Variation (By Release Date)== | ||
Latest revision as of 19:31, 10 June 2011
| By Bernard O'Donnell | |
| Publisher | Harlequin Romance #327 |
| Release Month | 1955 (US) |
| Harlequin Romance Series # | |
| Preceded by | Girl Intern |
| Followed by | The Wife Trader's |
- Author: Bernard O'Donnell
- Publisher: Harlequin Romance #327
- Year: 1955
Book Description
'Woman' writes the author, 'is without parallel when she enters the realm of crime.' Sex and money are the root causes of most of the crimes described in this book, but one thing seems certain - bad women are much the same the world over. (1) There was Belle Gunness, a veritable Bluebeard in skirts; (2) the Austrian-born humbug known as the Swami, who styled herself as 'The SWAMI Bride of the Lord'; Martha Wise, known as the 'Borgia of America'; (3) OGRESS of Paris; (4) Beheaded in Bridal Array; (5) Vampire of Kansas City; (6) Sphinx in Crepe; (7) the Poisoning Nurse; (8); She Loved Funerals; (9) They Kissed before they Killed; (10) Red Witch of Buchenwald; Nazi's; (11) First Acid Bath Murderers; (12) Poison Widow of Liege; (13) Angel makers of Nagzrev; (14) the Amorous Undertaker; (15) Queen of the Underworld; (16) the Mercy Poisoner; *** Crimes might well make the strongest of men turn pale. Everything described in this book actually occurred in the 20th century, and only proves once again that 'truth is much stranger than fiction'.
