S3: Nannie Doss: The Murderous Giggling Granny

Crimes of the Centuries

Amber Hunt and Audioboom

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

This week we dive into our archives for a look back at one our episodes from the first season of "Crimes of the Centuries." Check out this episode and all our episodes from seasons 1 and 2, and we'll see you next week for a brand-new tale!

When widower Sam Doss was rushed to the hospital with abdominal pains in 1954, his doctor was flummoxed by his life-threatening yet mysterious illness. But Doss got better and came home -- then died the next day. That's what prompted police to look at his matronly, sweet-talking new wife, Nannie.

Born Nannie Hazle, it turned out this missus had left a trail of dead husbands behind her -- not to mention several relatives, all of whom died of sudden and inexplicable illnesses. By the time Nannie was done confessing, she'd earned nicknames like The Giggling Grandma and The Black Widow.

"Crimes of the Centuries" is a podcast from the Obsessed Network exploring forgotten crimes from times past that made a mark and helped change history.

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0:00.0	Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they change laws, change society, or even
0:14.6	earn the label crime of the century.
0:18.5	But the stories that made headlines and decades passed aren't necessarily remembered today.
0:25.1	I remember hunt, a journalist, and author, and in each episode of this show, I'll examine
0:30.2	a case that's maybe lesser known today, but was huge when it happened.
0:36.7	This is crimes of the centuries.
0:53.6	Today's story begins in 1953.
0:56.8	This is the year Dwight Eisenhower became president.
1:00.1	The USSR began testing the hydrogen bomb and the United States developed a polio vaccine.
1:05.9	It was also the year in which a farmer and minister in Oklahoma, named Samuel Doss, died
1:11.5	a mysterious and painful death.
1:14.8	Sam's doctor was flummoxed.
1:17.2	Sam had been admitted originally around early September with searing abdominal pain
1:22.2	in other bizarre symptoms, but he'd fought back.
1:26.1	His doctor wasn't sure what had triggered the initial illness, but it seemed odd.
1:31.2	Sam had always been healthy with an iron stomach.
1:33.9	The 50-year-old had survived incredible emotional hardship too, and he'd bounced back from
1:39.1	it.
1:40.1	In fact, just a few months before he fell ill, he'd married for the second time in his
1:44.4	life.
1:45.4	It was the beginning of what should have been a beautiful second act for a man who had
1:50.4	endured unspeakable loss.
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