Active for 7 years
(1895-1901) in United States

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4. General Information
5. Characteristics
6. Childhood
7. Cognitive Ability
8. Incarceration
9. Death
10. 11 Timeline Events
11. Serial Killers Active During Spree
12. Boolean Statistical Questions
13. 8 Books Written About Jane Toppan
14. 8 External References
15. Internal References

Jane Toppan born Honora Kelley, an American serial killer nicknamed Jolly Jane. On October 29, 1901, she was arrested for murder. By 1902, she had confessed to 31 murders. On June 23, in the Barnstable County Courthouse, she was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed for life in the Taunton Insane Hospital. Died on August 17, 1938

Profile Completeness: 41%

Books that Mention Jane Toppan

Harold Schechter

The Serial Killer Files

Harold Schechter

The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers

Harold Schechter

The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers

Peter Vronsky

Female Serial Killers

Harold Schechter

Fatal

Martin Gilman Wolcot...

The Evil 100

Katherine M. Ramslan...

Inside the Minds of Healthcare Serial Killers

Rodney Cannon

The Serial Killers

8 Books that mention Serial Killer
Jane Toppan

ISBN10	Book Title	Author	Killers Mentioned	Killers
0345472004	The Serial Killer Files	Harold Schechter	20 Total Including Anatoly Onoprienko	20
1439138850	The A to Z Encyclopedia o...	Harold Schechter	8 Total Including Sipho Agmatir Thwala	8
1416521747	The A to Z Encyclopedia o...	Harold Schechter	7 Total Including Vasili Komaroff	7
0425213900	Female Serial Killers	Peter Vronsky	30 Total Including Marybeth Tinning	30
1476729123	Fatal	Harold Schechter	Jane Toppan	2
080652555x	The Evil 100	Martin Gilman Wolcot...	18 Total Including Andrei Chikatilo	18
0275994228	Inside the Minds of Healt...	Katherine M. Ramslan...	8 Total Including Ahmad Suradji	8
1537890581	The Serial Killers	Rodney Cannon	Jane Toppan	1

Jane Toppan (August 17, 1854 – October 29, 1938), born Honora Kelley, was an American serial killer, nicknamed "Jolly Jane". After her arrest in 1901, she confessed to 31 murders. She is quoted as saying that her ambition was "to have killed more people—helpless people—than any other man or woman who ever lived".

External References

1. Jane Toppan on en.wikipedia.org, Retrieved on Sep 13, 2018.
2. Juan Ignacio Blanco, Jane Toppan on murderpedia.org, Retrieved on Sep 13, 2018.
3. Emily Allen, Alana Averill, Jane Toppan on maamodt.asp.radford.edu, Retrieved on Sep 13, 2018.
4. The Clinton Morning Age, Jul 27, 1902 (Page 3) on news.google.com, Retrieved on Sep 23, 2018.
5. The Daily Star, Jun 26, 1902 (Page 4) on news.google.com, Retrieved on Sep 23, 2018.
6. Akron daily Democrat. (Akron, Ohio), Nov 07, 1901 (Page 1) on chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, Retrieved on Sep 23, 2018.
7. Q447564 on www.wikidata.org, Retrieved on Oct 9, 2018.
8. Jane Toppan on www.alcatrazeast.com, Retrieved on Jan 10, 2019.

Internal References

Jane Toppan is included in the following pages on Killer.Cloud the Serial Killer Database

1. #3 of 75[ Page 1 ] of Female Serial Killers sorted by Confirmed Victims
2. #3 of 38[ Page 1 ] of Serial Killers with birthdays in March
3. #4 of 42[ Page 1 ] of Aries Serial Killers sorted by Confirmed Victims
4. #7 of 327[ Page 1 ] of Serial Killers active in the United States
5. #32 of 651[ Page 3 ] of serial killers sorted by Confirmed Victims
6. #224 of 651[ Page 15 ] of serial killers sorted by Years Active
7. #494 of 651[ Page 33 ] of serial killers sorted by Profile Completeness
8. #595 of 651[ Page 40 ] of the A-Z List of Serial Killers

Statistics:

Serial Killers Statistics, charts Jane Toppan is included in: Active Serial Killers by Country, Serial Killers By Gender, Age of Serial Killer by Date, Killers By Astrological Sign, Killers By Birth Month, Active Serial Killers by Year and Statistical Boolean Questions.

Years Active:

• 1900
• 1901