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British Couple Go On Bonnie & Clyde Murder Spree

Joanna Dennehy and her boyfriend Gary Stretch killed for fun.

Pranshu "Maverick" Dwivedi
5 min readJul 4, 2021
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Some people need a psychiatric examination to determine if they’re mentally ill, there are others still who just are obviously outright crazy.

Imagine a woman who commits a third murder and calls up a friend and sings Britney Spears’ “Oops I did it again.” That’s how crazy British woman Joanna Dennehy was when she decided to kill men for fun.

How could a woman so crazy live a normal life and suddenly go on a killing spree of three murders over the space of ten days, in addition to two attempted murders?

Well, maybe she was never quite normal, and the world just found in a horrendous manner.

Joanna Dennehy’s troubled life

Joanna was born to Kevin and Kathleen Dennehy in 1982, and also had a younger sister called Maria who was a couple of years younger than her.

She showed early signs of trouble when she was sent home from school for drinking during her teenage. Her mother kicked her out of the house at the age of 15 due to her habits.

She met a man named John Treanor, who was 6 years her senior, while he was walking his dog in a park. Joanna was fond of dogs and…

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Pranshu "Maverick" Dwivedi
Pranshu "Maverick" Dwivedi

Written by Pranshu "Maverick" Dwivedi

Stay-at-home-dad who "retired" from a 12-year career in finance at the age of 35. Curious thinker with an opinion on nearly everything and is here to share it.

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