Top 10 Worst Mothers in History

some crimes are simply unforgettable I think that Gertrude carved the words I am a prostitute and proud of it and Sylvia's stomach because she was already planning to murder her welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 worst mothers in history before we begin we publish new videos every day so be sure to subscribe for more great content for this list we're looking at real-life mothers who did terrible and unthinkable things to their children and that's all I can say number 10 Susan Smith in 1994 Susan Smith reported that her car had been hijacked with her 14 month old and three year old son inside I want to say to my baby adding racial tension to the mix she claimed they were taken by a quote black man for the next week she pleaded for their safe return and drew sympathy from the entire nation nine days later she confessed to strapping her boys inside her car and driving it into a lake where they drowned Smith's confession caused nationwide outrage and despite claims of postpartum depression she was sentenced to life in prison number nine Teresa nor nor was a single mother of six who tortured her children the abuse they experienced was so severe that it inspired the horror movie the afflicted come on open wide I'm saying you gotta hit this you've gotta eat it although all six children were made to suffer the eldest daughter Susan and Sheila received the worst of it Susan was stabbed shot subjected to home surgery and finally burned alive by her brothers at her mother's instruction nor forced Sheila into prostitution and later hogtied and starved her to death in a closet Terry Nora's youngest daughter eventually brought justice for her sisters when she escaped and alerted authorities nor received two consecutive life sentences number 8 Mary Anne cotton a real-life 19th century black widow cotton buried three husbands due to quote intestinal problems which are now believed to have been arsenic poisoning eleven of her children died of similarly suspect causes the motive behind these murders it would appear to be financial she was big on collecting life insurance cotton got away with murder for 20 years until she made the mistake of complaining about her stepson to a parish official when the healthy boy died less than a week later an investigation was launched Mary Anne cotton was found guilty of murder and hanged for her crimes and find the legs cap over her head Oliva and Don Chico number seven Clare Biggs Clare Biggs was known to authorities and social workers her prior convictions including drug abuse led to the removal of her first child but her second child Reese fell through the cracks and so he remained in the custody of Biggs and her boyfriend Paul husband who had prior convictions for sexually assaulting a child the infant would need to have been savagely beaten as the autopsy showed 13 broken ribs a broken shoulder and wrist biggs and husband were jailed for their crimes but since the exact cause of death could not be determined Biggs received just eight years for assault and husband got a little over two years for neglect number six Stacey Parsons but just because she's a mother doesn't mean she doesn't have the potential to kill what Parsons husband Gary Wyatt threatened her with divorce and she retaliated by killing their four-year-old daughter Victoria she drove Victoria to a bridge where she stabbed her in the chest delivered blunt-force trauma to her head and drowned her Parsons then placed her in the trunk of her car where she was found by Wyatt the distraught father attempted CPR but Victoria was already dead family members say that Parsons was always jealous of Victoria and was disappointed that she wasn't a boy Parsons turned herself in to police just hours after the murder number five Casey Marie Anthony once labeled the most hated mom in America Anthony says she knows many people still think she killed Caylee when a child suddenly goes missing most parents would be on the phone with police within an hour but Casey Anthony apparently waited a month in fact it was her mother who alerted authorities Anthony also lied to police multiple times when they were looking for the two-year-old when young Kayla's remains were found her death was ruled a homicide and Anthony was the prime suspect after a long and very public trial however there wasn't enough evidence to convict Anthony of the murder and she went free in 2011 public outcry following the verdict was significant as many felt Anthony was directly responsible the murder number for Belle Gunness this nineteenth-century criminal might remind you of Marianne cotton gunness mainly killed men starting with her husband's to claim insurance money her children and stepchildren were used as pawns and she killed them when it suited her she went so far as to put advertisements in the newspaper calling for male partners to help at her farm only to kill and Rob them when henchman ray Lamphere threatened to expose her she staged a fire that killed her three children and seemingly planted a female body to fake her own death she had withdrawn most of her money shortly before the fire and though there were countless sightings she was never verifiably seen again number three gertrude bennett chef ski lester and betty likens left their teenage daughter Sylvia and Jenny in the care of Gertrude Bennett chef ski while they worked with a traveling carnival when payments for the girls care came late bennett jet skis true character was revealed and she began physically and emotionally abusing the girls particularly silvia she encouraged her own children and those from the neighborhood to torment the girl Silvia lived through various tortures suffering burning and blunt trauma until she eventually died bennett chefs key served just under 20 years in prison while her children were also prosecuted for their roles in the murder the case inspired multiple novels including the girl next door number two Kai yang this mother of four took her two-month-old daughter Mirabelle and put her in a microwave for up to five minutes Mirabel suffered severe burns her internal organs were damaged and she died as a result yang who had been suffering from epilepsy claimed she was having a seizure and was unaware of her actions despite her defense she'd been inconsistent with her account of the events telling police that she dropped Mirabelle on a space heater when police found a pacifier in the microwave and radiation was discovered in Mirabel stomach yang admitted to killing her baby and was sentenced to life in prison for first-degree murder before we unveil our number one pick here are some honorable or in case dishonorable mentions and I want to tell you something else I'm fighting for his freedom I've written to the governor and to everybody and I'm never gonna rest until I set him free would you please sit down number one sanaya mo mu de this single mother of two was tired of taking care of her three year old daughter and one-year-old son so she repeatedly left them alone in her apartment while she spent time with her boyfriend she would typically leave the children for a few days but in June 2010 she simply didn't go home concern neighbors could hear the children crying and social services reportedly passed by but finding no one home the children were never rescued after a month locked in the apartment their bodies were discovered the children most likely having starved to death shamone was sentenced to 30 years in prison for her crime [Music] you [Music]

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Length: 8min 18sec (498 seconds)

Published: Sun May 14 2017