Martha Rendell (10 August 1871 – 6 October 1909) was the last woman to be hanged in Western Australia, for the murder of her de facto husband’s son, Arthur Morris, in 1908. She was also suspected of killing his two daughters, Annie and Olive, by swabbing their throats with hydrochloric acid.
Category: Crime
Jan 08
Jessie Hickman – the Wild Woman of Wollemi – Australia’s unknown outlaw
Australia had several women bushrangers, and their stories are only now being told. Jessie Hickman (1890-1936) – also known as McIntyre, Bell, Hudson, and Murray, was one such outlaw. We’ve pieced together a brief account of her life.
Jan 02
Dulcie Markham, Angel of Death
Dulcie May Markham was variously known in the media as The Angel of Death, The Black Widow, Pretty Dulcie, Australia’s most beautiful bad woman, Bad Luck Doll, and The One-Way Ticket. You see, of Markham’s lovers five were shot dead, while two were stabbed with one dying from those injuries.