These are the entries that were accused of crimes. Whether it was extortion, tricking the public, treason, murder, or any other number of crimes, here are their names. Please note, some of these entries were accused but never convicted, and others were found guilty but were probably innocent, but here they are just the same….
Category: Criminals
704) Constance Kent
704: Constance Kent Murderess Who Brought Priest/Penitent Privilege to the Forefront Born: 6 February 1844, Rowde, (Also spelled Road or Rode), Wiltshire, United Kingdom Died: 10 April 1944, Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia Also Known As: Ruth Emilie Kaye Constance murdered her four-year-old half-brother when she was sixteen. She was arrested immediately after the crime…
678) Sada Abe
“I loved him so much, I wanted him all to myself. But since we were not husband and wife, as long as he lived he could be embraced by other women. I knew that if I killed him no other woman could ever touch him again, so I killed him…” 678: Sada Abe Well That’s…
677) Lulu White
677: Lulu White Entrepreneur and Madam Born: 1868, Alabama, United States of America Died: c.1931 Also Known As: Lulu Hendley, Diamond Queen, or Notorious Negress–yes really Lulu described herself as an octoroon. Though most are not familiar with the word today, in America’s not-so-distant-past, this word was used to refer to a person who had…
676) Hannah Duston
676: Hannah Duston Hannah’s Story is Tragic For Both Sides Born: 23 December 1657, Haverhill, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Present-day Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States of America) Died: 1736, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Present-day Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America) Hannah was kidnapped by the Abenaki Native American Tribe (most likely). However, her story is debated on…
674) Phryne
674: Phryne Greek Prostitute who was Put on Trial and Won Her Suit by Flashing Her Breasts to the Crowd Born: c.371 BC, Thespiae, Boeotia, (Near Present-day Thespies, Greece) Died: 310 BC, Athens (Present-day Athens, Greece) Original Name: Mnesarete Her lawyer argued that a woman sculpted so perfectly had to be done so by the…
666) Lucilla
666: Lucilla Empress of Rome Born: c.149, Rome, Roman Empire (Present-day Rome, Italy) Died: c.181, Capri, Roman Empire (Present-day Capri, Italy) Full Name: Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla Lucilla was Emperor Commodus’s Elder Sister. She was also the daughter of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina the Younger, and the wife of Lucius Verus. In 161, Marcus Aurelius…
647) Mary Mallon
647: Mary Mallon And This is Why Quarantine and Ethical Treatment Are So Important Born: 23 September 1869, Cookstown, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Died: 11 November 1938, The Bronx, New York, United States of America Also Known As: Typhoid Mary After immigrating to New York City from Ireland, Mary took on the job of being…
541) Julia Agrippina
Julia speaking on her son, “As long as he becomes emperor, let him kill me!” Original Latin: “Occidat dum imperet.” 541: Julia Agrippina Roman Empress and Wife of Claudius Born: 4 November 15 AD, Colonia Claudia Ara Agripinnensium, Roman Empire, (Present-day Cologne, Germany) Died: 23 March 59 AD, Roman Empire, (Present-day Miseno, Italy) Also Known…
525) Mary Pearcey
525: Mary Pearcey Murderess Born: 1866, London, United Kingdom Died: 23 December 1890, London, United Kingdom Original Name: Mary Eleanor Wheeler Little is known of her early life, except that when Mary was fourteen her father was hanged for murdering a local farmer. Mary used her first boyfriend’s last name (Pearcey) even after they broke…