Nannie Doss - Revision history

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			[[Nannie Doss]] (born December 26, 1909 – died April 21, 1985) was an American serial killer known as the "Giggling Granny" due to her habit of laughing during interviews and court proceedings. She was convicted of murdering her four husbands, two children, and a grandchild, though she claimed to have killed only her husbands. Her crimes, committed between the 1930s and 1950s, shocked the public and sparked widespread media coverage.
	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nannie_Doss

			{{H2\|Early Life}}
⚫	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LBh0jKM3AY
			Born Nannie Loy Doss in Grundy, Virginia, she married her first husband, George Haynes, in 1929. After his death in 1932, she married John Doss, a World War I veteran, in 1933. The couple had two children, Melvina and Nancy, before Doss allegedly began her pattern of killing. {{cite web\|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Melvina-Haynes/6000000030549952503\|title=Melvina Haynes - Geni\|publisher=Geni\|accessdate=2023-10-05}}

			{{H2\|Crimes}}
⚫	https://allthatsinteresting.com/nannie-doss-giggling-granny
			Doss's first known murder occurred in 1934, when she poisoned her husband John Doss with strychnine. She later claimed she did so to escape an abusive marriage, though this was never proven. Over the next two decades, she allegedly poisoned four more husbands, including her third husband, Elmer Bland, and her fourth husband, Harry F. Doss. She also confessed to killing her daughter Melvina and her granddaughter, though these claims were disputed. {{cite web\|url=https://www.allthatsinteresting.com/nannie-doss-giggling-granny\|title=[[Nannie Doss]] - The Giggling Granny\|publisher=All That's Interesting\|accessdate=2023-10-05}}

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	Daughter Melvina:
			Doss was arrested in 1954 after her fifth husband, William "Bill" Doss, disappeared. Police discovered his body in a shallow grave, and forensic evidence linked her to the crime. During her trial, she admitted to killing her husbands but denied killing her children. She was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1955. {{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LBh0jKM3AY\|title=[[Nannie Doss]] - YouTube\|publisher=YouTube\|accessdate=2023-10-05}}

			{{H2\|Legacy}}
⚫	https://www.geni.com/people/Melvina-Haynes/6000000030549952503
			Doss became a media spectacle, with journalists dubbing her the "Giggling Granny" due to her calm demeanor during interviews. She died in 1985 at the age of 75 while serving her life sentence at the Virginia State Penitentiary. Her story has been featured in documentaries, books, and online articles, though many details remain unverified. {{cite web\|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Nancy-Doss/6000000030549817683\|title=Nancy Doss - Geni\|publisher=Geni\|accessdate=2023-10-05}}

			{{H2\|See Also}}
⚫	https://www.geni.com/people/Nancy-Doss/6000000030549817683
			- [[Serial killer]]
			- [[United States criminal law]]

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		⚫	- [All That's Interesting](https://www.allthatsinteresting.com/nannie-doss-giggling-granny)
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		⚫	- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LBh0jKM3AY)
		⚫	- [Geni](https://www.geni.com/people/Melvina-Haynes/6000000030549952503)
		⚫	- [Geni](https://www.geni.com/people/Nancy-Doss/6000000030549817683)

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Robert Brockway at 06:16, 28 August 2023

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Robert Brockway at 01:19, 3 September 2022

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Robert Brockway at 01:19, 3 September 2022

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			Daughter Melvina:

			https://www.geni.com/people/Melvina-Haynes/6000000030549952503

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