Daisy De Melker | The First Female Serial Killer in South Africa

Daisy De Melker: South Africa's First Female Serial Killer Meet Daisy de Melker — a trained nurse turned poisoner whose crimes shocked South Africa in the 1930s. Accused of murdering two husbands with strychnine for their life insurance and later her own son with arsenic, Daisy's 1932 Johannesburg trial became a media sensation, drawing crowds who watched her wave to onlookers like a celebrity. Though acquitted of her husbands' murders, she was convicted of killing her son and hanged at Pretoria Central Prison on 30 December 1932 — only the second woman ever executed in South Africa. This is the chilling true story of the woman remembered as South Africa's first serial killer. 🔔 Subscribe for more true crime stories 👍 Like if you enjoyed this video 💬 Share your thoughts in the comments #TrueCrime #DaisyDeMelker #SouthAfrica #SerialKiller #TrueCrimeStory