Bertha Gifford
Bertha Gifford | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bertha Alice Williams 30 October 1871 Morse Mill, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | (aged 79) Missouri State Hospital, #4, Missouri, U.S. |
| Criminal penalty | Committed to mental facility |
| Details | |
| Victims | 3–17 |
Span of crimes | 1900s–1928 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
Date apprehended | 1928 |
Bertha Alice Williams Graham Gifford (October 30, 1871 – August 20, 1951) was a farmwife in rural Catawissa, Missouri during the early 1900s who was accused of murdering three members of the local community and suspected in 15 additional deaths. Some consider her to be America's fifth solo female serial killer, behind Belle Gunness, Lydia Sherman, Jane Toppan, and Nannie Doss.