Talk:Nannie Doss

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Did you know... that serial killer Nannie Doss was given the moniker "The Jolly Black Widow" after confessing to the murder of four of her five husbands?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/December.

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The Early Life paragraph implies a census was taken in November or December of 1905, which seems highly unlikely. I wouldn't argue with "records show" instead of "census records show".

I read that Nannie Doss was a friend of Lucille Ball —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.142.45.254 (talk) 06:05, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Could anyone cite where that book might be unreliable? I'd be hesitant to believe something like that w/o proof. Cs92 00:22, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

More information[edit]

This article stops just when it's getting interesting. Why did she confess if she hadn't been detected? Was she charged and tried with murder? If she was, and was found guilty, was she sentenced to death? (I see she died of leukaemia). What happened? 86.155.207.81 (talk) 10:36, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've been rewriting it, but I've been busy so unfortunately it isn't complete yet :( Red rocket boy 13:23, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There, I tagged it as "In process". That should hold most people at bay for a while. Padillah (talk) 15:34, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How did this get in?[edit]

"...after one particularly stimulating evening, he raped her." How is that not the most disgusting statement ever uttered? Rape is not stimulating nor should it be portrayed as pleasant. I changed it to "heavy drinking" but I can't verify that's what fueled the attack. Could we verify the factual reason for the attack and try and get some NPOV language in here to present it without glorification? Thanks. Padillah (talk) 13:31, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Um, stimulating isn't describing the rape, it's describing the evening! Please re-read. If you need some sources, look in my sandbox, I have a link to the crime library and another useful site where most of the information was sourced from (as well as a book). Red rocket boy 13:39, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Then how about "After a night of particularly stimulating celebration he lost control and raped her." There have got to be other ways to phrase that. "Stimulating" has a positive connotation and anything it describes will gain from that positive connotation. Padillah (talk) 13:53, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Who did she kill?[edit]

The list of victims at the begining of the article and the one at the end do not match. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.69.190.75 (talk) 15:19, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. The Crime Library article appears to confuse things, as well, clearly describing Robert Lee Haynes as Nannie's grandson in chapter 6, but then calling him her nephew in chapter 16. Also, I didn't read anything about Nannie killing two sisters, only one.

As I count it, her victims were as follows: her two middle daughters (not confessed), her newborn granddaughter (her daughter Melvina's daughter) (not confessed), her grandson Robert (Melvina's son), Frank Harrelson, Arlie Lanning, Arlie Lanning's mother, her sister Dovie, her mother Louisa, Richard Morton and Sam Doss. That's four husbands, a mother-in-law, a sister, her mother and a grandson, and possibly two daughters and a granddaughter. 70.123.110.179 (talk) 02:22, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Can the family tree be made a bit clearer? 3.1 is a mess, Robert dies in 1943, then Robert dies in 1945... Sorry, but that is just confusing. Poogasmic (talk) 04:02, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mosie[edit]

Who the hell is Mosie? He/she just turns up in one part of the article, but there's no explanation of who he/she actually is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.23.22.224 (talk) 17:16, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Gender[edit]

Is it true that she was spared capital punishment due to her gender, as the article states? Wow. I always thought, in America, people are equal and not advantaged or disadvantaged due to their sex (especially facing the fact that other women have been sentenced to death). -- Orthographicus (talk) 09:26, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Who the heck is "Harrelson"?[edit]

One character in the article is named Harrelson, but there is no explanation or description of who he was. None. Does anyone have a clue?--75.164.148.155 (talk) 19:36, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The giggling aspect[edit]

She got the nickname Giggling Granny from her lack of remorse during her confession, I think that should at least have a mention. I thought it did at one point but that might be Mandela twisting my arm 2601:681:5600:1DE0:714D:A0E7:60BA:BDD3 (talk) 15:55, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Burial is wrong[edit]

She died and is buried in Oklahoma. Oak hill cemetery, find a grave will confirm 50.27.121.164 (talk) 01:08, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]