The Making of a Female Serial Killer

"In America's First Female Serial Killer, McBrayer offers us a complexand terrifyingportrait of a killer who seemed almost doomed from birth." Kate Winkler DawsonAmerican Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI

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For readers who are fascinated by how serial killers are made.

This book is for listeners of true crime podcasts and readers of both fiction and true crime nonfiction. It is for watchers of television shows likeDeadly WomenandMindhunter, who are fascinated by how killers are made. It's for self-conscious feminists, Americans trying to bootstrap themselves into success, and anyone who loves a vigilante beatdown, especially one gone off the rails.

America's first female serial killer was not always a killer.novelizes the true story of first-generation Irish-American nurse Jane Toppan, born as Honora Kelley. Although all the facts are intact, books about her life and her crimes are all facts and no story. Jane Toppan was absolutely a monster, but she did not start out that way.

Making of a serial killer.When Jane was a young child, her father abandoned her and her sister to the Boston Female Asylum. From there, Jane was indentured to a wealthy family who changed her name, never adopted her, wrote her out of the will, and essentially taught her how to hate herself. Jilted at the altar, Jane became a nurse and took control of her life, and the lives of her victims.

Readers ofAmerica's First Female Serial Killer:

• Will gain insight into the personal development of a severely damaged person without rationalizing her crimes
• Experience the rarely told story of a female serial killer
• Understand that even monsters were humans, first

If you enjoyed books such asIn We Keep the Dead Close,Mindhunter, orIn Cold Blood; you will love readingAmerica's First Female Serial Killer.