20 Worst Mothers in History

You'll want to hug your mom after watching this video. For this list, we’ll be looking at the most horrible cases of moms committing crimes. Our countdown includes Susan Eubanks, Lanaya Cardwell, Gertrude Baniszewski, Mary Ann Cotton, and more. What do you make of these stories? Let us know in the comments below!
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[@WatchMojo]

What do you make of these stories? Let us know in the comments below! For more True Crime, check out our playlist!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJykhKSGftl0n5Y

[@marcocastillo1087]

@WatchMojo Top ten upcoming movies of 2023.

[@nightshadowsstudios]

They're sad and very tragic 😥 😔

[@nightshadowsstudios]

Feel so bad for the children 🕊🕊🕊

[@kenterminateddq5311]

Since you made a video on her not too long ago, I wouldn't be surprised if Casey Anthony is in the top 10. One of the biggest videos of my channel is on Susan Smith and A LOT of people bashed Susan's "crying". Seriously, "mothers" like Susan Smith, Diane Downs, Casey Anthony and others can burn in hell!

[@aliastheabnormal]

So its more or less stuff that my mother did to me as a child. Only i didn't die from it. I even got the Sanamura treatment at a regular basis.

[@momojojo590]

I will forever be angry that Andrea Yates’s husband was not held liable for leaving their children home alone with her after repeatedly being warned that she was a danger to them because he “didn’t want her to become totally dependent on others” to take care of their children.

[@nyxspiritsong5557]

Amen!! It's prob an unpopular opinion, but I think he was more guilty than she was. Post partum psychosis is way worse than post partum depression. It's a full on psychotic break. She needed help so bad and her husband, doctors and support system totally failed her. Her doctor took her off medication that was helping her, rusty was told NOT to leave her alone with the kids but decided "half an hour would be fine" until his mother got there....I feel a lot of compassion for Andrea. She's close to where I live and it's said she refuses to attempt getting released because she doesn't feel like she deserves it after what happened. Rusty will hopefully get what he deserves. The interviews I've seen of Rusty scream "narcissistic asshole" to me. He makes my skin crawl.

[@momojojo590]

@@nyxspiritsong5557 - My unpopular opinion is that she isn’t the same as the other “mothers” on this list. Yes, what she did was horrific, but she was legitimately mentally ill and it’s well documented. Her husband kept her at home with 5 kids aged 7 and under with little to no support because in his eyes it was her job. He denied her birth control and psych meds she needed because his religion wouldn’t allow birth control and the psych meds would be bad for a baby if she got pregnant again. He disregarded EVERYTHING the doctors told him about her illness because he thought he knew better. And he had the nerve to do interviews at the time of her trial talking about when this is over and she gets better she can come home and we can have more kids. I hate that he’s just out and about living his life like 5 kids aren’t dead because he had to have his way instead of listening to the doctors.

[@nyxspiritsong5557]

@@momojojo590 100 % agree. The interviews I've watched also pissed me off at her doctors. One literally told her she just needed to "think positive"... this was AFTER her first psychotic break. She was doing well on the Risperdal and the doctor took her off of it because RUSTY wanted her to... everything about that piece of shit pisses me off. I still don't understand how he wasn't at the very least charged with child endangerment.... they were specifically told not to leave her alone with the kids... he disobeyed that because he thought he knew better than an actual doctor, then he gets to walk away Scott free.... of course he then divorces Andrea asks remarried...I really hope his new wife realizes what a piece of garbage he is. No clue if he's still married. Hopefully God denied him more children....

[@momojojo590]

@@nyxspiritsong5557 - Last I read he and the new wife divorced, but they do have one kid that should be around high school age now.

[@nyxspiritsong5557]

@@momojojo590 yeah I just Googled him out of curiosity....I hope he gets his judgement some day... whether here or after this life. I'm not sure why this case upsets me so much, but God I feel so bad that Andrea was failed by those that should've helped her. I guess the good thing is now PPP and PPD are addressed more than they used to be. Hopefully society continues to help women with this issue instead of rug sweeping it then acting all shocked when the worst happens because nobody helped.

[@SirAsdf]

The fact Casey Anthoney made a documentary to try and rewrite the narrative surrounding her horrendous crime really shows you how much of an unrepentant monster she really is.

[@kyleshiflet9952]

She should've gotten life with out parole

[@mrhumble2937]

Yea people shouldn't use that steaming service just for that. Then you have idiots with boring lives that want the mystery in their lives believing it.

[@TheThora17]

She's a sad excuse for a human, nevermind a mother!

[@FungiRy91]

The fact you think Casey Anthony made a documentary is hilarious and scary because that's not how that documentary went down. She didn't make shit, she was just in it. 😂

[@mrhumble2937]

@@FungiRy91 the fact that you think her and her lawyers didn't have total control in what was produced is comical.

[@jarrettowens4215]

the fact that some MOTHERS did these horrendous things still shocks me to this day.

[@billythekidder7182]

Why? Women can be evil too.

[@kingalexander43]

@@billythekidder7182 Facts

[@kingalexander43]

@@Rokabur Exactly. But ppl conveniently gloss over that fact.

[@3rrlia661]

These are only 20 of them. Motherhood is a noble virtue not giving birth and good mothers are rare actually . Just think how dangerous is when some monster is given the badge of honor just because she gave birth

[@kingalexander43]

@@3rrlia661 😂

[@pennyc11]

Gabrial's case is so heartbreaking. Knowing how hard his teacher fought trying to save his life.😥

[@Powerfulchange712]

I often think about him😢

[@sarahlewars1376]

As do I. That case makes my blood boil!

[@amandamadyara5635]

💔💔

[@vaklemptone4444]

I miss my mom very much, she had ten kids and raised us all by herself, we were poor but she did everything in her power to love and take care of us!

[@eh-i1841]

That’s so sweet..R.I.P.,your lovely mom.

[@vaklemptone4444]

Thank you so much, happy holidays!

[@brokenangel2224]

She must have been a WONDERFUL Mother!!! And you were Blessed to have her. But I'm Sure you already know that.

[@vaklemptone4444]

Yes, she was wonderful, thanks! We miss her so much specially around this time of year. She had 23 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren some she never got to meet😥 Happy holidays!

[@simgobel]

Yeah so sorry

[@jonnuanez7183]

Louise Turpin. No, none of the children died. But to suffer through all that neglect while the parents went on spending sprees; being chained, starved, and no ability to bathe; etc...that made me sick. I saw the 2 hour special with the 2 daughters and it made me cry.

[@luisumana1238]

Yes, thank you!

[@artistesmith85]

Absolutely

[@CNYTE]

Yes, totally.

[@romancorey6796]

Lisa Lesher is another one. What she did to her daughters was horrific.

[@chayden153]

That woman deserves to rot under the prison

[@rayahnsingleton3215]

As someone who has suffered multiple miscarriages this is so heartbreaking. The universe makes no sense sometimes.

[@tanyadodson6847]

so sorry 😢 bless you

[@KougajiCalling]

I find this too relatable... I would take these babies in a heartbeat.

[@carastone3473]

I’ll never forget the case of Susan Smith. I KNEW she did it. When she was on the news pleading to ‘the carjacker’ to bring back her sons, her voice was cracking like she was crying, but there were no tears. I knew right away. I talked to a couple classmates about it and told them what I thought. They all said a mother would never do that. Sadly, I was correct.

[@Paige-pk8dr]

There's a show called 'How it Really Happened' and they have 2 episodes on her. The most heartbreaking part of it is her ex-husband (the boys father) he was so upset about it and in total shock when she admitted she did it. He admits he screwed up as a husband but he was a good dad

[@briroberson]

😯

[@ohwell94]

Me too

[@pennyc11]

And blaming black men. I knew just from that she was lying. I mean she was one messed up women, to be sure. I look to the father too. Most men choose to ignore their children even when they know their mother is disturbed because they do not want the responsibility. My father included until he had no choice once the truth of our abuse came out. This is why you need to nurture both boys and girls to be good caretakers of children. You cannot always judge how good a person will be with children until you have one. They should use these cases to sell condoms. Only one thing will protect men from becoming fathers. A condom. Sadly, for a guy? Other than a vasectomy? Which is also better than a dead baby.

[@emilynotley6627]

@@Paige-pk8dr she also has a section on deadly women as well

[@alexranger1909]

the sylvia lykens death was one that i think was one of the most well known ...it was so tragic that there was actually a movie about the situation the pour girl was put through

[@jarrettowens4215]

I know. That is so disturbing. What's even worse is Gertrude whatever-the-hell-her-last-name-is only got 20 years!!!! That's what we call in Texas a load of BULL FUCKING HORSE SHIT!!!! If the trial was in Texas, oh boy, it would have been 5 times more than when she was paroled, or maybe even the Death Penalty. If I was the judge, I would have put her on Death Row with no hesitation.

[@nyxspiritsong5557]

I was horrified that that evil witch- with-a-b was released. That's just.....disgusting.

[@alexranger1909]

@@jarrettowens4215 for sure i agree 100% ive heard of many people in these types of situations let off with maybe a few years to 20ish ... so they are still able to get out.. as i say someone like that should get what they deserve if murder is involved then the person or people should never be able to get out

[@alexranger1909]

@Sky Kvlt yeah it was quite depressing seeing what she went through

[@alexranger1909]

@@nyxspiritsong5557 yeah i heard that she only got 20 years

[@madds5903]

i remember the first time i watched a video on gabriel’s story i bawled and bawled and went to tell my parents i loved them, that case will always stick with me

[@janeanrice2975]

That little boy is hanging onto that cop for dear life I can tell he doesn’t want to leave his arms. It’s heartbreaking to watch and think about is so sad.

[@lindaouellette6656]

It warms my heart a little bit.. to hear some of these momsters having a tough time in prison.

[@semajjphilly88]

I LOVE how y’all don’t ranked things like this anymore! It shows humanity. Bravo!

[@charliejoson9145]

Watchmojo also learned from their mistakes. They made Watchmojo lists that does not exist anymore and Watchmojo lists that have not aged well.

[@blondegiraffe2023]

Not many things are sadder than children being attacked by the one who was meant to protect them.

[@brokenangel2224]

It's the Worst.

[@Here_Kitty_x]

After I’m done raising my own children, I hope I can be a foster mom and provide love/support to as many as I can.

[@real_womanonamission9528]

I remember Diane downs from the 80s laughing and carrying on after one of her kids died, one was paralyzed and one is just mentally scarred after seeing what her mom did. Evil woman!

[@mainecoon6514]

DD is up for parole every 10 years. She's been turned down each time with good reason.

[@rampagerichard]

Never forget about Susan Smith and Casey Anthony

[@daniroseheart620]

And Lacey Spears

[@jeremy19175]

@@daniroseheart620 jessica howell she watched her boyfriend rape her child

[@alexwelsh0811]

Seeing the home video of Smith with her kids on August 7th 1994 was 4 days before my birth, just rocks me to my core. My mom was so disturbed by her actions back then

[@MangoMonst3r]

I’m surprised that the heart children were given back to those women 😞

[@yuyufan43]

It infuriated me how many of these monsters get sent to hospitals. I was in the state hospital for a suicide attempt. A woman in another ward was there for killing her husband with an ax. We’re not the same but recorded THE SAME treatment. It made me lose all faith in the healthcare and prison system.

[@melodyclark1944]

How many of them?

[@akhnatenra6603]

Contrary to the common belief, that a Mother is a symbol of Love, this video is evidence that not all Mothers are good. And the same applies to Fathers.

[@binarydark4811]

Some of these people deserve worse.

[@celticpoet21]

There are many episodes of deadly women on that exact subject including "mothers who kill", "the sacred bond", "sacrifice their blood", "Murder of innocence", "bury their babies", "evil guardians" etc. Lets also not forget Angela McNulty, Lydia Sherman, Ellen Etheridge, Martha Rendell (technically Ellen and Martha were stepmothers), Rachel Pfitzer, etc.

[@PhoenixRising87]

Ellen and Martha were real-life wicked stepmothers. I saw the Rachel Pfitzner story and it pissed me off to the point that I wanted to book a flight to Australia just to chase her down with my wheelchair.

[@MerSorax2007]

Or Awilda Lopez

[@pooky-bellegaming4089]

You forgot the episodes “Kill Their Own” and “No Mercy”.

[@victorialomax1585]

Casey Anthony, Amber Portwood, Farrah Abraham, Jenelle Evans, etc

[@willrodgers136]

For the future, I suggest adding Mitchelle Blair, the Freezer Mom to your list.

[@thedoximama4110]

Maybe a part 2 should be done. You are missing Mitchelle Blair, Marybeth Tinning,Casey Anthony, Lacey Spears, Louise Turpin. Guess there are a lot more evil mothers out there

[@PhoenixRising87]

Agreed. Mitchelle Blair legitimately frightens me.

[@TopHat2375]

How could a parent hate their child for their Gender?! Especially if their that exact same gender?!

[@romoc0p]

I hate to say it, but give Andrea Yates a break. Her husband was equally nuts and she broke first.

[@nyxspiritsong5557]

She had the post partum psychosis.... legit, horrible mental break. Rusty is just a narcissistic psychopath who had to control his wife. Andrea was completely failed by her doctors (who took her off psych medication that was helping her), rusty (who was told NOT to leave her alone with the kids), and her support system (who stood by and didn't do shit when she was struggling)

[@gregzgurl2004]

Agree! Religious trauma!

[@christineash2916]

I don't think she should be on this list xx

[@emmagatewood3898]

And unlike the other women on this list, Andrea never tried to hide what she did. She called 911 on herself right after it happened, and asked the dispatcher to send the police... That doesn't excuse what she did. But it does give you the sense that she was suffering from some very mental illness at the time. She didn't do it because she wanted to go party, or to get a new man, or to get revenge on an ex, or because she was a sadistic bully. She was just very sick in her mind.

[@christineash2916]

@@emmagatewood3898 your very right with everything you said, I think the husband should have been been done as well he was given so many warnings etc. I don't condone what she has done but she was very mentally ill she's got to live with that for the rest of her life, for her sake I hope she's on a lot of medication I would want to be. Rest in peace to the Yates children 😪😇

[@DrHill2k7]

The microwave killing is got to be one of the most sick and sadistic things I've ever heard of 😞 and for her family to plead for her life to spared is beyond me smh she should've tortured for doing that to that poor baby 🥺

[@WhoIzJ3i]

Suprised that Casey Anthony aint on the list. Next up 20 Worst Fathers In History & 20 Worst Kids In History

[@olvialee7221]

I can’t stand it with people killing babies. It’s just awful and evil

[@DixielandDelight1977]

How is Casey Anthony NOT on this list???

[@WillianyAmill]

Well, ask yourself why she didn't make the ranks above these other women. How many children did Casey Anthony kill? More than some of these women? Just one? Was the murder fast and in the heat of the moment or did the child stay alive during a long and extensive amount of time being tortured until subcumming to injuries? Was Casey's motivation based on letting a evil man into her daughter's life and letting him abuse the child cause she has more favor prioritizing the man over her own child? Did she kill the child to be petty and hurt someone else? Just because she is evil doesn't mean she outranked these other evils. It's called the hierarchy. There's no room for the more mediocre when you have an extensive collection of the most disgusting and unforgivable cases. I'm basically saying in absolute truth that Casey Anthony next to the rest of them is the basic bitch of all evil mothers. You don't appreciate her not being on this list because you where at least born and alive when she was relevant to have focus on the news for months so you don't hold the same shock about more older and historically documented cases.

[@ricorofficial]

casey who

[@ninaharper6282]

I think many of these women deserved the death penalty.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Evil knows no gender.

[@Rae0814]

I remember hearing that Ma Barker was an inspiration for the conception of Ma Beagle.

[@millicentpepion]

Just when I started thinking I was doing a bad job. Thanks Mojo!

[@MITCH_61]

What’s more sickening then these monsters killing there children are the sentences some of them got..30 yrs for killing 6 children!?!?… Utah should be a shame of them selfs.

[@terrellellis9400]

What about the mom from that book "a child called it" she should be on this list

[@AJj-p8j]

What kind of a mother puts her child in the oven then turns it on? Makes me sick. Just evil.

[@101shadeira]

Prison board members need to stop letting out murderers 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@moemuxhagi]

I like this lower, more somber voice. It pays respect to the victim. I wouldn't have liked the video had it had the usual upbeat and quirky voiceover, like this subject was just like any other top ten list. No. People died. Children. Real children. This deserves a serious talk. Good job on this one :)

[@Elta.]

I nominate Casey Anthony to this list. How do you lose your daughter for over a month and not report her missing? Guilty af

[@ineedanewname9595944]

Just do not understand how you could hurt your own child, or any child.

[@darpanpatel3303]

"A mother would never harm their child" POV: Think again

[@meghanmcclamma1662]

What terrible mothers! There's no excuse for abuse!

[@roguejester4986]

Out of all of them, Isabel Martinez scared me the most. Never have I seen someone so proud of what they do to her own children than her.

[@Qunillious]

I will be so pissed if I was one of Isabel's kids!

[@roguejester4986]

@@Qunillious She's worse than my own mother.

[@Qunillious]

@@roguejester4986 A lot worse if I do say so myself! Isabel should never ever see herself in the light of day again especially after what she did to her own kids!

[@mariabunn]

My mom should be on this list from her being toxic to me her trying to manipulate me and take away anything good happening for me. Etc.

[@doranroberts4895]

The fact that some of these women didn’t even get the death penalty is crazy

[@annamay2921]

Did... did that one say the baby was in the MICROWAVE?!

[@munkustrap2]

Unfortunately, yes 🥺

[@annamay2921]

@@munkustrap2 Oh my Lord!

[@SolidSnake9630]

Prayers to the victims and their families.

[@lucyroberts2800]

I never understand how a mother can do this to her babies never 😢

[@thinkthensend9228]

It amazes me how people can still “try” drugs. Way too many stories out there. Kudos to those who can get out, but the first time you try drugs, kiss your life goodbye first.

[@gusteen3292]

Honorable Mention goes to Louis Monnierre, who locked her daughter Blanche in her mansion's attic for 25 years due to Blanche liking a poor lawyer who Louis didn't approve of

[@jackmitchelles2646]

I hope gertrude baniszewski is on this list. I don’t what makes me want to vomit more her crime or the fact that her and her lackeys effectively went unpunished

[@apv5774]

@12:41 a little more details. The one daughter "she loved" was sold by her mom. And after accusing her of trying to escape, she locked her up. Threatened the children with her gun literally at their faces if they helped the victim.

[@user-en7qh9jv4b]

Very interesting!

[@ijezzica]

The thing I hate about these gruesome murders of children is that it's MAJORITY BY THE MOTHER'S HANDS! Because of an disagreement with the husband/boyfriend or REVENGE. sickens me, I can't imagine what goes through a child's mind when their own mother whom is supposed to love, adore, and support them Kills their own blood! 💔 R.I.P. 🕊💜 To all the children whose lost their life to these deranged mother's! 💢

[@Terratetradon]

Because the video is about mothers

[@ijezzica]

@@Terratetradon am talking about people overall responsible for children death's

[@pauljeffers5495]

Why is it that the man is usually sentenced to death, while the woman gets a life sentence?

[@Robert-ey9xh]

They forgot Betty Broderick.True she didn't kill her children instead she killed her husband and second wife and still refuses to admit her guilt.

[@BigFella117]

These women prove that all children deserve mothers, but not all mothers deserve children

[@ElSuzerain]

What about Damien?

[@YutaOkutsu90]

Fax

[@ijezzica]

Couldn't have said it better 👏🏾

[@Terratetradon]

@@YutaOkutsu90 fAxXxzZz

[@sarahoataway871]

100%

[@crpman9401]

Casey Anthony should be on here too…how do you not report your daughter missing for 31 days, then she’s found dead months later and you don’t even help search for her? Suspicious…

[@billcurtis1157]

Agree

[@ChibiProwl]

Agreed

[@susanrobinson910]

I just made a comment about Casey Anthony not being on this list. I think she definitely earned a spot on the list. She is a revolting excuse for a mother AND as a human being…

[@nicholedelaney8152]

She should be #1! Maybe #2… Pearl Fernandez should be #1

[@divinedelaware7541]

She's not?!?! OMG how not. She was the first one I thought of. Because she was found "innocent" I guess😔

[@evelynschlukebir7661]

Andrea Yates was repeatedly failed my medical and mental health professionals. I strongly believe those kids would be alive if she was properly cared for and if her husband had noticed how bad it was

[@melodyclark1944]

You mean admitted? He knew how bad it was. She begged him to let her die. The doctor told him to not leave her alone with the kids.

[@musicgirl12357]

And not stayed in that cult that portrayed mental illness as evil.

[@coyoteclockworkstudios3140]

Yeah, I'm gonna lay everything at the feet of her ruthless Christian cult, the Quiverful movement, that says women must be mothers no matter what. They had zero regard for her mental health and zero regard for her children. From the top down, Yates wasn't gonna get help.

[@angeladelcid2589]

I agree and I would add how her husband being a moron failed her as well

[@sandrasabine1911]

Her husband did not want to know. What happened in that house is the fault of the husband and the health care workers who had seen her.

[@livvyb3583]

I can’t hear about Gabriel Fernandez without wanting to cry. What this poor boy went through was heartbreaking! He wasn’t just failed by his mother but the whole damn system!

[@susanrobinson910]

My God, the Netflix documentary about Gabriel is simply gut wrenching 😢 Can’t even imagine what that sweet baby went through…and yet he still loved his mom, right to the end! R.I.P. Little Angel

[@BigFella117]

If I ever saw evidence of abuse on a friend or a child I know, I don’t care if I’d get in trouble, I’d tell them they could stay at my house so they would be safe

[@nikkiej.5875]

I know some details of the story but I can't bring myself to watch the Netflix documentary. I know it's going to be really sad and I'll probably cry. I can't handle child abuse. It's too heartbreaking to hear about.

[@Emma-nuell]

Look for Lucio Dupuy case in Argentina, a 5 years old boy tortured and killed by his mother and her girlfriend, both feminists

[@sittingducks8801]

It’s not just Gabriel Fernandez because child abuse isn’t taken really seriously sometimes Other notable victims of abuse include Anthony Avalos (A ten-year-old American boy who was tortured and killed after being beaten and suffering internal bleeding from his parents) Judith Barsi (A ten year old child actress who was also a victim of severe child abuse by her father and her mother was also abused and both were murdered) Lydia Schatz (A 7-year-old American child of Liberian origins who was killed in 2010 by her adoptive parents in an attempt to discipline her.) And Riley Ann Sawyer (A two-year-old American girl who was beaten to death by her mother Kimberly Dawn Trenor and her mother's partner Royce Zeigler in a filicide.) There’s also Marina Sabatier (An 8 year old girl living in France who was abused and murdered by her parents)

[@lilith4413]

My bio mother abandoned my brother and I in a restaurant when we were young. I have memories of trying to keep my brother alive. One involving being 3or 4 years old and trying to figure out how to heat a frozen pizza. We survived and we're adopted. I feel horrible for all the children who didn't escape their evil mothers.

[@angolson6108]

I'm sorry you had to go through that.

[@pennyc11]

You were so strong for someone so young. I hope your adoptive parents were decent. Wishing you an amazing, good life.💌

[@MariaDiaz-jg6il]

You’re amazing

[@lilith4413]

@@MariaDiaz-jg6il No, i'm just a person who did what I had to do, but thank you.

[@orange-xc4or]

Hopefully you have a better life ❤

[@musicgirl12357]

Susan Smith is particularly upsetting. If she wanted to be with that man so much, she could have literally just given full custody to her ex-husband. Killing them and lying about it being a carjacking absolutely disgusting.

[@nikiastafford7778]

Strongly agree

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

What's really disgusting about Susan Smith is that she originally tried to make it look like the deaths of her children were the result of a "carjacking" by a BLACK MAN! Not only that, but for a while, the public and the police believed her! It's almost unbelievable! Even in this modern age, where we're all supposed to be so "enlightened" about racial issues and relations, black people are still regarded as convenient scapegoats for crimes they didn't commit, and/or never happened in the first place. They used to do this in the old South, where black men were accused of raping white women and were often lynched without a fair trial. This happened in 1923, here in Florida, when a white mob, after hearing of a white housewife being raped by a black guy, destroyed the all-black town of Rosewood, killing several blacks (two white men were also killed, but those might have been acts of self-defense), and driving the rest of the residents out of the area forever. Ironically, there's a possibility that the "rape" that started the whole thing didn't occur at all. The theory is that the woman who made the accusation was having a love affair with a train engineer, but on the day in question (01/01/1923), she had an argument with him during which he hit her, and, fearing that her husband would find out about her infidelity, she made up the story of a "n****r" raping her. In that same year, 1923, James Montgomery, a black businessman in Waukegan, Illinois, became frustrated when the local Ku Klux Klan began working with the police to frame innocent blacks on bootlegging charges (Prohibition was in force at the time). Montgomery tried to urge his fellow blacks to fight back against such persecution. In retaliation, the Klan framed Montgomery on a charge of raping a deranged white woman named Mamie Snow, age 62. He was convicted after a trial lasting only TWENTY MINUTES, and sent to prison for life. Over twenty years later, a reporter took on the case and found evidence that Mamie Snow was never raped at all, that she was a virgin, that she failed to identify Montgomery at the police station, and that the prosecutor, who was himself a Klansman, had suppressed the medical report proving that Mamie Snow wasn't raped. Having been cleared of all charges, he was released from prison in 1947, after serving 24 years. Then there was the case of the Scottsboro Boys, a group of nine black youths, between the ages of thirteen and twenty, who were accused of raping two white girls on a freight train near Scottsboro, Alabama in 1931. They went through several trials conducted in an atmosphere of racial hatred, where witnesses and prosecutors alike openly made racist remarks in front of the jury, and where the accused were convicted and received death or prison sentences, even though a doctor testified that he examined the two "victims" and found no evidence of rape, and one of the girls recanted her testimony, stating that neither she nor her friend had been raped, that they made it all up to avoid being arrested for vagrancy. Nevertheless, the boys were in and out of prison or death row while their case went through endless appeals, which led to Supreme Court decisions that the defendants didn't get a fair trial because their first lawyer was a drunken incompetent, and because blacks were excluded from jury duty. Yet, the youths kept being convicted by all-white, all-male juries. Eventually, charges against some of the accused were dropped, while some of the others still remained in jail. Most of them were paroled, and then they went their separate ways. Some came to bad ends, a few went to prison for other crimes, and one, Clarence Norris, broke the terms of his parole and became a wanted man for thirty years, until 1976, when he received a full pardon from, ironically, Alabama Governor George Wallace, who used to be known as a bigot because of his original resistance to racial integration. And today, the framing of people of color continues.

[@Sharon-fw9qw]

What I hated about her was that she got on camera and fake cried with no tears. As opposed to the Dad who was weeping the whole time. She was so damn evil.

[@MichelleJ1822]

I remember it when it happened. I still see those sweet faces from TV. I can’t imagine how scared they had to be wondering where mommy was and why she wasn’t saving them.

[@tabijozwick]

I remember seeing the case on the news from when she shed crocodile tears for the return of the boys to her being sentenced to life with the possibility of parole It should be life WITHOUT parole.

[@alyshiakroll15]

Postpardum is no joke. I had it severely after my son was born, didn't know what was happening to me. Never hurt my son but I did hurt myself and ended up in the hospital. The doctor explained to me what was wrong with me and why I had been slowly losing my mind for months, I got the help I needed and learned a very valuable lesson. The lesson is to not be afraid to get help or ask for it, and not to have the mindset it will just work itself out or go away.

[@carltonthepug]

Postpartum*

[@bluescorpion7]

I feel you. I’ve been suffering from it for 3 years. Even to the point of postpartum psychosis. I think I’m ready to get some help because I have things to do

[@katymcginn4644]

@@bluescorpion7 OMGOSH, YOU POOR SWEETHEART 😢 I PRAY THAT YOU GET ALL THE HELP YOU NEED 🙏 PLEASE KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LOVE & CARE ABOUT YOU TRULY 😊😍❣❤ PLEASE TAKE GOOD CARE & STAY BLESSED 🙏 😊❤

[@katymcginn4644]

ALYSHIA KROLL & TJ 🙏 GOD BLESS YOU BOTH 🙏

[@anyal1987]

K but did you kill your kids? No. So why does it sound like you’re giving them that excuse

[@OneSong411]

I remember the story about Gabriel Fernandez. A lot of people ignored the signs of his abuse but Child Protective Services were contacted more than once by people suspecting abuse. Social workers actually got involved, and they still missed it. It's unimaginable. His body was riddled with unnatural injuries. I sincerely hope those social workers and the system in general feel the weight of what they allowed to happen for the rest of their lives. I know that's extreme, but it's almost impossible NOT to cry when the evidence of his injuries is listed, and hard to think it wasn't at least a little noticeable. That little boy was failed by every single adult in his life. And actually the system promised reforms to prevent this happening again but it has happened again. In the same area. More than once. This is supposed to be a time where adults getting involved is perfectly acceptable in order to save a life. It's not like when Sylvia Likens was tortured to death and people minded their own business.

[@spookybaby1313]

Yes! That’s the one case involving a child that really upsets me. The poor little boy was failed again and again. Poor little angel ❤

[@Townie7177]

No its that cps believed her

[@bonnytaylor7558]

I cannot express how this case, this child was ignored and was murdered breaks my heart. The mother should have received the death Penalty

[@grangrampa832]

I remember the little Gabriel fenandez this case hurt me so much that poor precious boy was tortured beyond I ever heard no one helped him i cried over that boy I wished I could have had him

[@vhobbs1000]

Well said. This one made me very grateful I never had kids. There are monsters in this world. Those poor children suffered.

[@amandabeaty1492]

Why have a kid if you're just going to mistreat them?!

[@angelaholmes8888]

Yeah exactly these monsters should had given there children up for adoption

[@PhoenixRising87]

1. Some kids are not planned. 2. A lot of people (not just women) have a romanticized view of raising children and they can't deal with it. 3. Honestly, some people are just egotistical monsters who don't care who they hurt.

[@mtrich8113]

I guess this is the reason why I'm pro-choice cuz you never know.

[@MopOperator]

Lack of abortion access

[@jarkachalmovianska7812]

@@PhoenixRising87 thatswhy there is contraception and abortion

[@RebeccaGallin]

I feel bad for Andrea Yates. Her husband knew she had post partum psychosis AMF he insisted they continue having children. He was a follower of a religious cult and thought prayer would cure her, not medication. I completely bllame him. He should have been arrested. She was seriously ill. I don't believe she belongs on this list. It was reported that she was able to leave the institution but she refused to leave bc of 'her' crime and remains there. Tragically sad 😔

[@Usedw0tm8]

I've aggressively defended Deena Schlosser for this exact reason. Her husband straight up refused to let her get treatment for postpartum psychosis when she said she didn't feel safe anymore, then had the nerve to be shocked when something happened. She shouldn't spend life in prison because she was sick and was denied help. She already has to live with what she did, that's punishment enough.

[@RebeccaGallin]

@Hannah Kaufman I completely agree! I know that Yates husband was told not to have more children, for her safety, but he sure as hell didn't care! He us culpable imo

[@koditheexhaustedcryptid4193]

I feel so bad for her, she wasn’t a bad person but she was incredibly sick even before they joined the cult.

[@illise]

Same. I remember reading that even after she was diagnosed her husband not only made her have more babies but also decided to move into an rv for a while. She even hurted herself several times while having thoughs of killing her kids

[@KanyeBreast4]

Oh please. She was a follower too, and she WILLINGLY had more children knowing how ill it made her. She also willingly refused to take her meds, and didn't follow any medical advice that was given to her. She's just as guilty as her rotten husband

[@productions-ex7rw]

Dishonorable mentions: The mothers (whose names we don't know) that gave their children to Ian Watkins for his sick, demented pleasures.

[@ericaburns8652]

Really ian was still the real evil one he should burn in hell

[@ChristopherBingham-xx8xl]

Yup

[@ChristopherBingham-xx8xl]

@@ericaburns8652 they were all evil. Those mothers gave their own children to that monster. That arguably makes them as evil as he is

[@susanrobinson910]

As the title of the video just says, “Horrible Mothers”, not “Horrible Mothers that Murdered their Children”, I am surprised Casey Anthony isn’t on this list… She may have been acquitted in Caylee’s murder, but she was definitely a horrible mother! And in my opinion, and even worse human being.

[@BigFella117]

That’s an understatement. Her acquittal is the biggest miscarriage of justice I’ve ever seen

[@3rrlia661]

They probably focused on convicted ones and this list is way too short anyway .Looks like casey anthony is hungry lately . She switched to the victim mode so she could get another sleazy attorney sue and win again .That woman killed her daughter ,killed her fathers character she is callous and shameless .

[@Scottie_S]

You could have knocked me over with a feather when I found out that she had been acquitted. There was so much evidence that pointed to Casey murdering her daughter, I thought it was going to be a slam dunk. 🤬🤬

[@brucenatelee]

You can't make a list of every single one, and she may have only been the most popular case. Granted, two women adopted kids and drove off a cliff. I'll also never understand punishing one parent by murdering the kids, as if they weren't innocent lives themselves.

[@nyxspiritsong5557]

@ALA-FREAKING-BAMA! from what I've read from the jurors themselves, they didn't think she was innocent. The prosecution over charged her so they had to legally acquit her. They had too much reasonable doubt for the amount of charges. They say that if they had only had to find her guilty of one of two charges it would've met the burden of proof better. Several also said they regret not just convicting her anyway... the thing is, what people don't get, is that in the judicial system, being found not guilty isn't the same as being innocent. If they thought she was innocent the judge would've thrown the case out. They just couldn't find her guilty of so many charges "beyond a reasonable doubt". It's messed up, but when the prosecution gets over zealous, it can confuse jurors who aren't lawyers. There's several interviews on KZbin with the jurors if you're interested. This is one time I would be totally ok with Anthony being charged AGAIN, double jeopardy aside.

[@Thatgirl1976]

Andrea Yates is a tough one. What a horrible unimaginable tragedy. However I feel that a lot of it should have fallen on her husband. I believe Andrea actually loved her kids and on that horrible awful day truly believed she was doing what was best for them.

[@starlite04]

She was in and out of mental hospitals and her husband didn't care. They were told to keep her on meds and stop having children, yet, her husband ignored doctors orders.

[@eh-i1841]

@@Thatgirl1976 I agree with you.Hers just seems different,from the other cases.

[@vante2129]

@@Thatgirl1976 A mother who loves her kids wouldn't kill them you sound crazy as hell saying that. This is another example of women deflecting blame off another woman blaming postpartum depression when alot of women go through this and haven't murdered their innocent children.

[@vante2129]

Can't believe you said killing kids was best for them 💀what a very ridiculous thing to say robbed the kids of a future but it' was best for them

[@Thatgirl1976]

@@vante2129 I never said that. I was saying that her mind was so messed up at that point, SHE thought it was better to send them to heaven. Was it? No, of course not. She was in psychosis.

[@kbf9644]

“We can’t bring the dead back to life.” Which is exactly why their killer shouldn’t be brought back to normal life.

[@buffieludlam1699]

Andrea Yates was SCREAMING for help!!!! Her husband shoulders some of the blame for ignoring the advice of her therapist!

[@mrsjoy8831]

That is no F**KING excuse to off her kids!!!!

[@buffieludlam1699]

@@mrsjoy8831 Did I say it was? Those 5 children did not have to die and if her husband got his head out of his ass, they'd be grown adults now! Andrea Yates was left alone with her 5 children after repeatedly stating that she was afraid she would harm them. Her doctor told her husband not to leave her alone with them, not to have anymore children. But what did he do? Sure didn't listen to the doc! Had he listened to the doctor and allowed Andrea to get the mental help she was SCREAMING FOR, those children would still be alive.

[@mrsjoy8831]

@@buffieludlam1699 She is a grown ass women! If she felt like she was gonna hurt those kids her ass should have checked herself in, at what point does accountability come to play. She had sense enough to know she was gonna hurt those kids

[@buffieludlam1699]

@@mrsjoy8831 I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you! How fortunate for you that you seem to live a charmed life unmarred by mental illness. Mental illness is just as serious as physical illness. I suggest you revisit the facts of this case. Andrea wasn't allowed the time to heal, wasn't allowed to get the help she needed. She was failed. Those poor children were horrifically failed! Have you ever heard the phrase - 'not in their right mind?' It happens. Have you heard of postpartum psychosis? This is not an isolated case. It's just one of the worst because 5 innocents were murdered so of course it got much media attention. If you can't understand these things, oh well. Have the day you deserve.

[@mrsjoy8831]

@@buffieludlam1699 Charmed life??? Nope! I have a mental illness and have seeked help. I have no sympathy for anyone who kils children

[@addisonblair5342]

Where is Louise Turpin?? She should be on this list. I feel like the "house of horrors" was very tragic and upsetting. It still shocks me to this day how any mother can do what any of them on this list did.

[@emilyclare9002]

I wonder if they will do a parents list rather than just mothers

[@thegeekgirl346]

​@@emilyclare9002they made one 5 years ago

[@ChristopherBingham-xx8xl]

Yup

[@AndrewGolldar]

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[@georgeanthony7282]

The problem with these parole boards is that they simply don't understand that people who commit horrendous crimes should never be paroled, and in fact most of these assailants simply cannot be rehabilitated!

[@mikitz]

It depends; if you have certain personality disorders, you'll never change, and even if you convince someone you have changed, it's just a mask of sanity. When it comes to something like a psychosis, it can be very different.

[@Plumbing.repairs]

Aren't you Casey Anthony's dad?

[@melissaharris3890]

people do change. Now, if you murder your own children, your not going to change that much. parole isn't a given.

[@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars]

And what exactly is the parole system for the families of the victims? They get their lives changed forever yet they committed no crime! Life should be life. These creatures need to die in jail. The system is flawed.

[@Suga29838]

I agree a bit. My brother should've never been paroled. It only made him worse as he went right back to doing what he did before....selling drugs, threatening to kill me and my little family and others, beating on women, until one of his girlfriends said he wasn't gonna do it again and someone shot him. I was giddy with happiness. Went to his funeral and smiled the entire time. The street will do what the law won't😁

[@antoniacosta6221]

I'm surprised Casey Anthony, Lori Vallow, and Christy Sheats aren't on here

[@linda10989]

And DeeDee Blanchard!

[@xxthatsnotmexx]

Lori hasn't been convicted yet that's probably why. Although we all know she's guilty af.

[@adnanjusufovic5177]

@@xxthatsnotmexxthat’s true, I literally said to myself she was the new Diane Downs and Casey Anthony, she didn’t pretend to care nor showed any remorse whatsoever

[@carltonthepug]

And Michelle Kokomo

[@johnnygeorge9365]

And Marilyn Lemak

[@andsprite3034]

How broken is the justice system, wherein a mom who killed one son is sentenced to life without parole, but a mom who killed 6 kids is sentenced to 30 years?

[@zaubermaus8190]

poor sylvia likens, i always have to cry when i hear her story :(

[@juliemcintyre428]

Yeah, it heartbreaking.💔 That lady wasn't a mother, she was a monster!

[@ManderzArl]

I saw the movie with Elliot Page as Sylvia. That girl was a hero to her sister. Just wish they would have been braver, to go get help.

[@Buzzbar94]

How Rebecca (watchmojos queen) was able to keep it together reading through all of these terrible stories is a true testament to her strength. Thankyou for bringing these stories to the front, watchmojo. As horrible as they are, they must be spoken about to ensure many more lives can be spared.

[@bowdenproductions]

I do a lot of voice work and I wouldn’t be surprised to find out she possibly needed to voice this video in sections given how heavy this shit is.

[@sonyabowles538]

Oh wow. I was almost asleep when I heard Stacy Marie Parsons. I still can't get over what she did. She endured some of the worst abuse of any kid that I've ever heard about. She was a good kid. This just makes me sad every time I hear about her. She was abused by her birth mother and then abused by her adopted family. The whole situation is heartbreaking. 😭

[@williamsummerson1204]

The Diane Downs interview is very disturbing and spine chilling.

[@munkustrap2]

Everything about that bitch is disturbing

[@qunilliousbrown375]

Yeah man! Diane is totally evil!

[@williamsummerson1204]

@@qunilliousbrown375 absolutely.

[@sjk6101983]

My mom was eight months pregnant with me at the time!

[@williamsummerson1204]

@@sjk6101983 That's crazy.

[@roxannedrummond1859]

every kid deserves a mother not every woman deserves to be a mother.

[@jarrettowens4215]

3:08 Killed six babies, and she gets 30 years? 30 YEARS!??!!

[@themirrorsofmymind]

Yes! Especially when you consider the fact that she said she couldn't afford to pay for drugs AND care for a child, so she chose the drugs!

[@TheMrfoxguy]

Because the courts can be a little simpish

[@ericaburns8652]

30 years to life actually

[@cheripiez67]

ugh seeing Devonte Hart is just heartbreaking i remember he was giving out hugs,and after finding out what happened to him, I wondered if maybe it was Devonte who needed the hug

[@amyjohnson6237]

One could see the pain in his eyes in the photo. He indeed was the one in need of the hugs. It was probably the most attention and love he ever experienced in his life. It's heart breaking. 🥺

[@luisumana1238]

And that just makes what those two women did to all 6 children even more infuriating! Seriously, I cannot say this emphatically enough. Fuck Those Cunts, I hope they're decaying in Hell!

[@twatwafflearttheclown]

Poor baby boy didn’t deserve any of that torture🥺,rest in peace Gabriel never forgotten🙏💔

[@celieboo]

As someone who struggled with secondary infertility (i was able to have one child before infertility started), these types of stories are beyond infuriating.

[@Jsal17]

Maybe if you had another kid, you would have lost your mind to stress and ended up murdering. It can happen to anyone under stress.

[@mimiosa6430]

@@Jsal17 Not really, not everyone is unstable.

[@peterlawrence6815]

Crlieboo yeso

[@peterlawrence6815]

@@mimiosa6430agree

[@mypeopleskillsarerusty4569]

Dee Dee Blanchard, Gypsy Roses mother

[@munkustrap2]

I agree, though I think Gypsy Rose learned to be just as manipulative from her. She's no innocent.

[@PhoenixRising87]

@@munkustrap2 1. Gypsy Rose did live with her mother with few other influences, so of course she learned manipulative behaviors from her. 2. Imagine, if you would, if your parents essentially held you hostage into your 20s, put you through medical procedures that could kill you, manipulated you into thinking you could never survive without them...and you eventually caught on that it was all a lie. Wouldn't *you* do whatever it took to get away from them?

[@ChristopherBingham-xx8xl]

Yup

[@Mimi-cq4bg]

Rusty Yates should’ve been locked up. He knew she needed help, she needed medical care and he guilted her, manipulated her and denied her the meds she needed. She was sick. He was a monster.

[@mrkos87]

Sylvia Likens aka Cooky ❤ Such a disturbing case, with so many witnesses, and nobody helped her :( What she has to endure in that time she was there. I will never forget her 💖

[@gottalovetheinternet]

Oh my god just read about that on Wikipedia and now I can’t sleep! It’s hard to believe such evil exists… disgusting

[@kellycuckoo3143]

Thirty years in prison for murdering six babies is absolutely a horrendous injustice! Fly high little angels❣️

[@NaturalHigh21]

Thank God other people in the comments are mentioning Casey Anthony. She probably wasn’t on this list because she wasn’t actually charged, but it’s so obvious that she killed her daughter and got away with it. Her horrible acting job and the fact that she wasn’t found guilty is insane

[@CraigMcGuinn]

I agree. But Casey Anthony was charged: she just wasn’t convicted

[@monicaderenan3484]

What is wrong with people?!?!?! 😭

[@bluejem1315]

This just makes me miss my mom even more .

[@jarrettowens4215]

Sorry to hear about that. May she rest in peace. If she passed away.

[@saimsadit5046]

Yeah I can feel your pain my dear friend I have lost her too. I pray for you to Almighty God that you may find peace and happiness in your life.

[@leonardolim8976]

I would love it if Karla holmolka is on here too. She may not done horrible things to her children but the fact she's a former serial killer is soo Damm beyond awful, even tho her children isn't the target. She'd be above shanai

[@PhoenixRising87]

I need to call my mom tonight; tell her I love her.

[@leonardolim8976]

@@PhoenixRising87 I need to remind myself that my mom does everything for me despite how many times she lost her temper

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

2:52....You could've just not had ANY children in the first place.

[@bestnameeverf]

Kinda reminds me of Marybeth Tinning who kept on having babies (10 I think) just to kill them each time. If ya don’t want kids stop giving birth!

[@ashleighstratmann7783]

Interesting fact: not only the case of Theresa Knorr was on Deadly Women, but her son William even interviewed for Evil Lives Here. I wish Terry lived to give an interview for Evil Lives Here too though, so people can hear both sibling's side. But I hope she is at peace with her two older sisters now. Anyone curious about the Evil Lives Here episode, I think the title of the episode is 'The Face of My Tormentor'

[@constanceklagge]

has to do with Theresa. I feel bad not returning Terry's call but was in hiding from Howard and the rest of them.

[@constanceklagge]

I'm so happy for Billy, he was such a good kid. I did see the movie which is way off, also everything that

[@constanceklagge]

Ok so this is strange how my comments posted, 1st one was actually the end of my comment.

[@ashleighstratmann7783]

@@constanceklagge Probably a glitch or something when you posted it.

[@stacithompson9537]

Terry gave a king and fascinating interview with Bill Kurtis on “American Justice”, back when A&E was a decent network.

[@sophiaisabelle01]

Not all mothers truly care for their own children. Looks can be deceiving for the most part.

[@jpage813]

All of these stories are heartbreaking, but after watching the Gabriel Fernandez documentary, his story especially tore me up. A complete systematic failure.

[@MsRitax0x]

Casey Anthony immediately came to mind for this list. Don't let her get away with what she did!