Nannie Doss
Bumped Off: 11 assorted husbands and relatives between 1927 and 1954. Convicted of eight.
"He sure did love those stewed plums," was one of her more notorious chuckles, while gleefully recounting one hapless husband's agonising death from arsenic poisoning. Er, LOL!
Starring: Kathy Bates, in more or less a straight reprisal of her screamsome Misery lead.
Robert Hansen
Bumped Off: 17 to 21 Alaskan sex workers in the 1980s. 'Only' convicted of four, in return for info on further grave sites.
Why A Movie? In a vile twist ideal for tacky exploitation horror, Hansen would fly captives in his Piper Super Cub out from suburban Anchorage to a mountain cabin, then release and 'hunt' them through the surrounding woods.
Starring: Mark Hamill, especially if he'll bring his Joker laugh . And yes, we know that's entirely too much. Sorry.
Gilles De Rais
Bumped Off: 200? 800? 6000? Impossible to say; this French knight's child-slaying rampage lasted from 1435 to 1440, when he was hanged AND burned. Just in case, like.
Why A Movie? Mostly for the historical context - before 'torturing sex maniac', he was more nobly known as a companion-in-arms of Jeanne d'Arc.
Starring: Check that bowl cut - Gérard Depardieu, obviously.
