The Female Serial Killer Who Murdered Men "For Fun": JOANNA DENNEHY
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What is Joanna Dennehy's background and how did she become a serial killer?
Hello everyone, my name is Rachel and welcome back to another true crime video. So today's case is going to be another installment in my Halloween month series all about serial killers. This case is about a dark twisted serial killer who admitted that she killed people for fun. I wanted to cover this case because I personally had never heard of it, but also because I find female serial killers pretty fascinating. We don't often see women killing for the reasons that are outlined in this case. We typically see women killing for maybe attention, like the nurse, Lucy Letbee. Women serial killers are oftentimes nurses or women in medical positions of power, whether it be for attention or to make themselves look like heroes if they want to hurt their patients before trying to resuscitate them and look like the hero.
Sometimes women kill for financial gain, like we see in all of these cases popping up of women trying to order hits on their husbands who want to divorce them. But no matter the reason is, I don't think I've seen a case quite as sick and twisted as this one, especially when it comes to female serial killers. This is a case that involves a lot of names. There are a lot of moving parts. So I tried my best to make it as easy to understand as possible. But if you need to grab a pen and paper to write down names and keep track of everything that's happening as it's happening, then be my guest, because that's what I had to do while researching. This case is definitely a very interesting one in the way it progressed and how it happened from start to finish, and I'm really looking forward to hearing everybody's thoughts on this one.
Okay, so with that being said, let's just jump into today's case because there is a lot to unpack. Joanna Dennehy was born in St. Albans, Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom on August 29th, 1982 to parents Kevin and Kathleen Dennehy and she was the oldest of two daughters with her baby sister Maria being born two years after Joanna. Kevin, her father, worked as a security guard while Kathleen worked as a grocery store manager. The family raised their two girls in a nice four-bedroom home in Harpenden. By all accounts, Joanna had a normal, decent, middle-class upbringing. She did well in school growing up, getting along with her teachers and her peers. She was interested in history, but she wasn't too good at math.
She was active and loved playing rough and tumble sports like hockey. She loved music, taking private music lessons growing up. She loved animals, saying that she probably loved dogs more than humans, and that is something I can definitely relate to. Kathleen and Kevin loved their daughters and did everything in their power to give them the best lives possible. They always dreamed of their little Joanna growing up, going to college, and becoming a lawyer. However, in 1996, when Joanna was only 14 years old, she met an 18 year old boy who just was not good news. this 18 year old was a fairground worker who was on the run from his home life so she decided to run away with him as well of course kathleen and kevin were just terrified and devastated that their young daughter left their home at such a young age and so they set out to find her just a short time later they found her at a nearby milton keynes hotel and they brought her home kicking and screaming
This little stint seemed to be the first event that transformed Joanna from a straight edge good girl who didn't want to cause any trouble to a rebellious teen who fell into a very dangerous crowd. By the time Joanna started high school, she started associating herself with older boys who got her into things like alcohol, weed, and cocaine. She started to show very self-destructive behaviors. She was rebellious, and she started to really push back against authority figures like her parents, which caused constant arguing and acting out. Kathleen and Kevin did everything they could to rein her in and get her under control. They tried everything from grounding her and taking away privileges to sitting her down and trying to understand her and show her that they are only there to help her.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is Joanna Dennehy's background and how did she become a serial killer?
0:00–13:01
2
What events led to Joanna Dennehy's first murder?
13:01–36:20
3
How did Joanna's relationships influence her violent behavior?
36:20–1:14:52
4
What happened during Joanna Dennehy's attacks on her victims?
1:14:52–1:20:42