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Monday Nov 04, 2024
Monday Nov 04, 2024
Anna Hauptrief was the first known female serial killer in Texas. Her 1924 case was known as one of the most sensational and unexplainable in Texas court history.
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Episode Sources
- The Houston Post: Suspect Mother of Poisoning Five. July 24, 1924.
- The Houston Post: Bodies Taken From Graves. July 31, 1924.
- Belleville Daily Advocate: Woman Held for Death of Five Persons. September 9, 1924.
- The Houston Post: Hauptreif, Although Crippled, By Wife’s Poison, Loves Her. October 14, 1924.
- The Austin American: Anna Hauptreif Hangs Herself in Jail. November 1, 1924
- The Waco News: Mrs. Hauptreif’s Burial Place is Changed By Her Father’s Demand. November 3, 1924.
- The Austin American: Hauptreif Goes to Grave. November 3, 1924.
- Unknown Gender History: Annie Hauptreif, Texas Black Widow Serial Killer – August 11, 2011.
- FindAGrave.com: William Louis Hauptreif
- San Marcos Daily Record: A San Marcos Serial Killer. October 31, 2019.
Episode Music
- Out of the Mines, courtesy of Ross Gentry, Asheville, North Carolina.
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