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|fullname = Gertrude Nadine Baniszewski | |fullname = Gertrude Nadine Baniszewski | ||
|alias = Nadine Van Fossan<br>The Torture Mother | |alias = Nadine Van Fossan<br>The Torture Mother | ||
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|origin = Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | |origin = Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | ||
|type of villain = Sadistic Torturer | |type of villain = Sadistic Torturer | ||
|crimes = [[Murder]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Child Abuse|Child abuse]]<br>Mutilation<br>Psychological abuse<br>Sexual abuse | |crimes = [[Murder]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Child Abuse|Child abuse]]<br>Mutilation<br>Psychological abuse<br>Sexual abuse<br>[[Misandry]]<br>[[Misogyny]] | ||
|goals = Kill Sylvia Likens (succeeded) | |goals = Kill Sylvia Likens (succeeded) | ||
|hobby = Torturing Sylvia}} | |hobby = Torturing Sylvia}} | ||
{{Quote|Also known as the Torture Mother, Gertrude Baniszewski was an Indiana divorcee who oversaw and facilitated a prolonged torture, mutilation, and eventual murder of a teenage girl, Sylvia Likens. It was later discovered that the death and majority of the torture was actually carried out under Baniszewski’s instruction by her teenage children and other kids from the neighborhood. When the woman was convicted of first degree murder in 1965, the case was called, “the single worst crime perpetuated against an individual in Indiana’s history."|Description of Gertrude Baniszewski on List 25's ''25 Most Evil Women in History'', on which she was the 25th entrant.}} | {{Quote|Also known as the Torture Mother, Gertrude Baniszewski was an Indiana divorcee who oversaw and facilitated a prolonged torture, mutilation, and eventual murder of a teenage girl, Sylvia Likens. It was later discovered that the death and majority of the torture was actually carried out under Baniszewski’s instruction by her teenage children and other kids from the neighborhood. When the woman was convicted of first degree murder in 1965, the case was called, “the single worst crime perpetuated against an individual in Indiana’s history."|Description of Gertrude Baniszewski on List 25's ''25 Most Evil Women in History'', on which she was the 25th entrant.}} | ||
'''Gertrude Baniszewski''' (September 19<sup>th</sup>, | '''Gertrude Baniszewski''' (September 19<sup>th</sup>, 1928 - June 16<sup>th</sup>, 1990) was an American woman who tortured and murdered a 16 year old girl named Sylvia Likens in her own home in the state of Indiana. She encouraged her children and their friends to join in the torture-murder. The crime was considered to be the worst in the state's history. | ||
==Early Life== | ==Early Life== | ||
Baniszewski was born on September 19<sup>th</sup>, | Baniszewski was born on September 19<sup>th</sup>, 1928 to Mollie Myrtle and Hugh Marcus Van Fossan, Sr. She dropped out from high school six years after her father died in front of her, and she then married an 18-year-old deputy by the name of John Stephen Baniszewski and had five children with him. They divorced ten years later. | ||
She later moved in with her 18-year-old boyfriend and had one child with him. He later left her after the child was born. Both of her boyfriends were abusive and were theorized to be the reasons why she was so vicious towards Sylvia Likens, in addition to her deteriorating health and appearance. | She later moved in with her 18-year-old boyfriend and had one child with him. He later left her after the child was born. Both of her boyfriends were abusive and were theorized to be the reasons why she was so vicious towards Sylvia Likens, in addition to her deteriorating health and appearance. | ||
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