Lavinia Fisher

"if you have a message for the Devil, tell me now for i'll be seeing him soon."

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Lavina Fisher (1793-1820) is said to be the first female serial killer in Amercan history. She and her husband John lived in Charleston,South Carolina where they would prey on the wealthy tourists coming in through town. Lavinia would question them about their lives, then invite them up to their room where they drank tea that she poisoned. then her Husband John would come in once they were out cold, John would come in and stab them to death to seal the deal. one guest, John Peebles was offered tea, but hated it; so he through it out without having a room. as he left, Lavinia found him a room. finding her interrogating him suspicious, so he slept in a chair in the room. when he discovered what they were up to, he jumped out and alerted the authorities. Lavinia tried to use her marriage to John to avoid being executed by claiming they could not execute a married woman. john allegedly converted to Catholicism, but he was executed. Now with no excuse, Lavinia threw herself off the gallows, but the noose did not snap her neck; it took around 15 minuted for her to die. it is said that she haunts the Old Charleston Jail.