I agree that access to household poisons and the fact that murder by poison could go unnoticed by a town in the throes of a TB or flu epidemic or several other things totally makes sense. Most poison murders were not or are not obvious murders and it seems that catching poisoners either while they are still working on…

Well, depending on the poison, it isn't messy (we have enough cleaning to do!), it goes unnoticed by the victim and anyone else who might mind, until very recently it was highly available in almost every home, and at least arsenic was not usually traced. In all seriousness, there's a theory that women use guns less…

Or just for preferring their spouse's money or their insurance money over their spouse. Here are some of the more infamous:

And yet the most prolific FSK are those who were nurses or had other jobs in healthcare and had access to vulnerable patients and not one of them stood to gain any money from killing their patients. I can think of two cases where women fleeced vulnerable low income, addicted and/or psychologically impaired men of…

Now science proves it!

Did she poison most of them?

Yes, this is a terrible, lazy analysis. Some folks just wanted to do a serial killer study and get some press.

Seriously! She just keeps being victimized!

Yes, I agree and I also cringe when I see women (or men, but I feel like I'm more aware of seeing women cast in these roles) playing roles as double-crossers or using sex to get goods or just symbolizing the worst cliches of female behavior. She confirms some peoples stereotypes — and then just to seal the deal she…

"I Didn't Know I Was President"

I was wondering that too! It's so specific.

*sheepishly* Thanks, I got the point but am such a pedant I wanted to fix that too.

So I had a friend whose fiance was into some porn she really hated and he was also a state senator. She went so far as to say she would not marry him if she ever learned he was still consuming it — part of her worry was that in her eyes he was too cavalier about it because he would have it on his smartphone and work…

To HER they're kinky! And I swear that the French maid thing sounds made up or like someone's first time "trying to be kinky" and just not feeling it. Of course, I would totally believe that she made this up.

*Now* you're speaking my language!

Exactly, this isn't like Eliot Spitzer.

Y'see, it's a he, and if he's heterosexual/could possibly have the slightest interest in fucking her I can't take his opinion about her seriously. I mean, aside from the fact that I'm just reading a comment on the internet ...

*Now* you're talking!

But, as funny and true as your point is, I actually think it's a fairly typical extension of a male-dominated society: they have ALL of the control, including but certainly not limited to, money. EVEN democratic state senators! That's just how life is for them, they cannot even conceive of being ineffective in all…

Yes, I think you are right on and despite some of the comments here about how dumb she must be, I bet she IS aware that she inherited her money and didn't "earn" it so therefore she has a different relationship to her money (sadly). With these relationships, whether it's an online scam or an abusive asshole living…