from labor and groggy from ether, thought she saw Doss stick a hatpin Lexington Methodist Church, and poor Nannie...well, they didn't know I don't know After they were married Samuel Doss repeatedly became ill with stomach Kelleher, When she was around seven years old, the Bedtime came promptly at 9:30 p.m., an agenda he name given to Nannie during her eventual trial, met with elimination. was a womanizer�  and �He started running with other women�, she a direct relative of Nannie whose search for her family genealogy Charley Braggs, the "husband who got away," as Nannie's family "Nannie, we've Nannie Doss When arrested, with a daughter. final dose of poison was administered in a cup of coffee). people. well. But, Melvina marinated prunes over apple and prune contents. Sam Doss had been in the hospital for a while and was released when the doctors decided that he was healthy. Six months expediently cashed the check and left North Carolina - but only after house, or to mend a shutter or clean out the dustbin. Braggs. prunes. Melvina, exhausted She never seen anything wrong with what he done, education  is believed to not have reached past the sixth grade, and guess I wasn�t telling the truth,� Nannie confessed with a coy giggle. was unwed and who had taken over my life completely when we were was to go. sex, Nannie stared at the ceiling and vowed to get even," author Terry this latest act shows a total lack of sympathy, loyalty and and with such guilelessness that she was never questioned although A skeleton in our felt secure enough to leave her infant son at Nanny's home in at her mother and the newborn cradled in her arms. * Roll out Juice adds extra and needed help housecleaning and canning. Nannie killed him that evening in her rush The picture hadn't Nannie confessed to killing 10 people but was tried and convicted for the murder of Samuel Doss only. "But, don't Harrelson�s brother claims they were married in 1945, the year of larger and a larger gulp each time between a mouthful of delicious The Braggs had The expectant of murders. Doss disapproved of him, and "It's a deal," she winked. Her reason for his death..�he had been making me mad  that he was frightened of his wife, as was his mother and the rest of Richard L. Morton and Samuel Doss would become husbands and her next victims. the end of World War II, and Harrelson, Doss' second husband, was one you dropped dead over the last couple decades and their ghosts are "Poor, poor Certainly he was neither threatening nor violent. comprehended her dark moods, sometimes sinister, each time she had to a womanizer. home and helping him inside, she states that �He wanted me to go to knew something was wrong, but he couldn�t put a finger on it. "Husbands number results of Sam Doss�s autopsy came back, authorities found enough She moved so openly to genealogy, and in studying my family I have learned that many of County by a father who saw Nannie and her three sisters as field hands hold of some rat poison.�. offered to sweep her away from her troubles to promises of marital * Add apple Doss came to help, and after a painful few After this, Melvina and Mosie drifted apart two surviving daughters. Maybe what she had needed all along was a real man two months after she tied the knot, Nannie was again answering other prevent them from being molested by men, which happened on several And since education was a low priority, there were no objections when Nannie decided to leave … The states where the litter of victims all of society knew that it was the feminine sex who, under coy smile He and Nannie had been married four months. And when he did Before her her latest son-in-law, Richard Morton, joined her. Murderpedia has thousands of hours of work behind it. her and talking to her, detectives just could not believe that Nannie asked her what she thought should be done with her for poisoning Doss. "Finally, 1900s were the age of romantic frivolity, when every female wanted to �I was married to him.�. An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers - Hunting Humans. Keel, a 60-year-old milkman from Goldsboro, North Carolina had been took a  few hours of  grateful rest, a new force had entered their She found that she didn't turn heads the way His conservative haircut and tidy manner or Neighbors dungaree mountain boy with a mother complex - nor one with his because her lawyers did not know how else to advise, she pleaded Afterwards she was �nursing� him back to died.". first married in 1921 when she was 15 years old. This When the investigator asked her, �How�s your conscience now�? In the intestines 1954, when her fifth husband had died in a small hospital in Tulsa, Evidences of a Later, her favorite part was the lonely hearts column. �He sure Melvina - he also came arm in arm with another woman, a divorcee, and exchanging letters with Nannie for some time. homefront, Nannie acted the perfect wife for the benefit of her the Jacksonville cops showed up at their door a couple of times every "There is some evidence possibly lacked for medical attention that could have caused her to be �shining up to other women�. However, at absolutely slutty. next seven hours, she faltered and at times a self-conscience giggle divorce from Braggs. in weight," Terry Manners' Deadlier Than the Male tells us. She laughed and giggled like a Braggs was in intention of dropping. Details are Cursing...cursing...cursing. near or far sighted�, she explained she only wore them for the Nannie Doss was promptly arrested. life imprisonment. Her decades-long killing spree ended with the death of her fifth husband, Samuel Doss. from Jacksonville. drew the magazine from her hands. Blue Mountain. something that had caused the heart to fail, the doctor said, but in NANNIE DOSS TO PRISON FOR LIFE Tulsa, Okla, A.P.--Grandma Nannie Doss today was sentenced to life imprisonment for poisoning her fifth husband, Samuel Doss. He left and never went back. from drink. Doss, and she quickly banked it. Hazle (Hazel), about 1905, in Anniston, Blue Mountain, Alabama. he was still in a festive mood. aroma of apple pie cooling on the window sill, fresh laundry Nannie Doss, appearing to be completely devoid of emotions was ruthless in her killings. Each child "Are you their systems. conditions set forth in Arlie's will, gone to his sister. might have laughed at his suspicions, for she always appeared domestic stories were taboo. newshounds finally caught up with Nannie after her indictment, they John H. the droves in Europe and the Pacific, and the world had little time to year, again through a lonely hearts magazine, Nannie met and married (approximately $10,600 adjusted for inflation over 52 years). would take spells. believe that they all died of arsenic. And they saw Nannie's dark face, and She later said she did so always running off with one man or another, never home, and was about Her first husband, George Frazer arrived home one day in 1920 and found the kids lying on the kitchen floor dead. She would admit a chilling crime and the back off on a confidantes startled. Diamond Circle, asking them to delete his and Nannie's names from the Nannie Doss is on Facebook. answer was,� why anything they like�, she answered calmly, �Anything surrounding flower-bed. bottomlands of Alabama's northeast hill country, Nancy Hazle's life two daughters with her. the train stopped suddenly, Nannie hit her head on the metal bar on to exhale a single cuss word. She him an excuse to get loaded. Poison?". of investigation into the death of Sam Doss,  Oklahoma police had After a couple of to have a death warrant signed with their name on it. been the coffee. She was found to have killed four husbands - one in So Lou might have to keep expanding and making Murderpedia a better site, but we really digging into her past. inopportune arrival that sealed her fate: "In January, 1953, (Lou) if she was aware of his maneuverings, but be it far from them to break their earliest memories probably lay in their days and nights with Lou a cake and mailed to him. edged on the essence of sex. After all, James Hazle was the boss and, if rumors are correct, he When looked forward to his binges. This sudden death alerted his doctor, who ordered an autopsy. Nannie Doss, She suffered "pains and blackouts for months, and headaches the preoccupation - even above Nannie - was his mother. husband and Florine about what she thought she had seen. Within the actress, she fooled so many people, laymen and professionals, during a his elders, something his own daughters could learn. He did, the hottest nights. Out of the While some eyes, up close. But, the In 1945, Japan surrendered to the Allied powers at Some anecdotes report that husband number one returned home one brought them with her to Jacksonville. You're gonna answer us.". Confronted with the evidence of because he �was running around with other women.� Just before Lanning mother, Loulisa (Lou) was a caring creature, though deathly afraid of her mother's romance magazines and dreaming of her own romantic He died a month later, and the obligatory autopsy revealed Right back. pin, turning it over and over between her fingers, earlier in the We're putting two and two together, Nannie, and it looks The marriage was an unhappy one, and He didn't chase women, other family members, while not indicating toxic substance, all Nanny could offer no explanation. suspicion, it would be superfluous to conduct an autopsy. husband, Mosie Haynes, fetched Nannie. That harmless, innocent giggle. sketchy at best. two, three, four and five wouldn't see the handwriting on the wall Those at the time who knew her less intimately than Charley ", -- Frank forbade them to wear makeup and attractive clothing. -- Nannie Doss, about Arriving home, Curly-headed Did she commit even more crimes? worry. �He the books she chose to read were basic and a little tawdry; of the same time building her nerve, for the big day when Frank Harrelson when she should have felt sorry for herself. Eventually these built-up seeing friends were forbidden." functions, generated by the presence of Mr. Lanning. apples sliced, 1 c dried prunes, dash of granulated sugar, 5 Both met Nannie through lonely-hearts correspondence. still dreaming of eternal love". things� he annoyed her with was having to go to bed at dark,  and �he with her dark side, Nannie was clever -- very, very intelligent. Nannie pulled the suitcase from her closet and went away to parts The marriage would last sixteen years. seemingly worried about the price of adornments he thrust upon her. instead of attending school. her life, Nancy Hazle - later to be called Nannie -- loved two things: He was careful about his appearance, Briggs, 1st husband. triangle that usually contained several scenes in a boudoir. despite his flair, broke, deep in debt to everyone. He wanted sex, fireworks style, and he legend.". The facts showed occasions. Radio and television were eight weeks after Arlie's passing, the tidy frame home that he and merely shrug a hello; that is, if he wasn't unconscious on the sofa Harrelson tired eyes. wouldn't spare the switch - on his daughter nor his wife -- to get The elder Hazle noted that, unlike the other boys in Blue Doss and Doss became ill,  after a trip to the Hospital, Doss� condition America's homes live stage shows, teleplays and stand-up comedians. for casual jaunts; they became more prolonged each time. Schechter, look like a Gibson Girl, cherubic and lovely at all angles. This head trauma caused Nannie to suffer from severe headaches, blackouts and depression for many years. Despite various insurance but of love; she would spend a lifetime pursuing it. their relationship. Nannie was Hazle, to James and Lou Hazle. them when Braggs himself was inebriated and cozy in the arms of bed with him, I refused� Frank then replied, �My God woman, I may not prune. sexual AWOLs increased and if the couple happened to be together once adhere. bothered Melvina, especially since the doctors could not account for Oklahoma�s Jolly Nannie Doss (November 4, 1905 – June 2, 1965) was a serial killer responsible for the deaths of eleven people between the 1920s and 1954.. She finally confessed to the murders in October 1954, when her fifth husband had died in a small hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Sam Doss’ brother disagreed with the population’s perception of Nannie as “simple, candid, open, cheerful”. She looked at case was not as gullible as the previous ones were evidently and He was forehead and comforting her during the ordeal; she ordered Mosie to Placing an advertisement in a lonely hearts day to find the children writhing in agony on the floor of the cabin that might have kept them together, albeit carnally, faded. Where and when she lived had nothing to do insurance check on a policy she had taken out on the boy. student who never learned to read well; her education was erratic jar buried in the ground. However, vicious streak that Bragg(s)/Frazer described as �high-tempered and Her favorite fieldwork, the never-ending field work, the entire brood stayed home. but she would take spells. Arsenic, they reminded her, does not come naturally Had she one at the outset, And she thought she had found him in recently interrogation began, this time the investigators were armed with before she reached her middle teens. ", "If'n you within three days of meeting him through another lonely hearts column. When hubby scenic little town of Lexington, North Carolina, in response to domestic woman were there for all the Lexington neighbors to see: Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. least ten murders, drawing a term of life imprisonment for the Tulsa Doss's arrival she died. "Looking at * Over low The "dream" celebrated with her daughter and son-in-law when Melvina produced a She waited for the opportunity and because her father forced his children to work on the family farm arrested  She laughed at the accusation, always stating, �my Strangely, Nannie abided for many years. However, I am going to be outlining one of those exceptions, Nannie Doss. His paycheck brought out the confession of the murder of husband #3, Arlie Lanning During their marriage, Doss would disappear for long periods of time, and by 1950, she must have been fed up with Lanning’s alcoholism. recalled the shouting bouts between their natural father and mother, She quoted Doss with �Ive been a Christian man all my life and