# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martha-needle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:39:58.855Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martha-needle"
name: "Martha Needle"
slug: "martha-needle"
description: "Martha Needle was an Australian serial killer who was hanged for poisoning her husband, three children, and prospective brother-in-law. She was convicted for the murder of Louis Juncken, brother of her fiancé Otto Juncken, on 15 May 1894. Although Needle collected substantial sums of insurance money, her exact motive for murdering her family has not been determined. Several times she stated her innocence, but she was eventually hanged. She has been nicknamed The Black Widow of Richmond."
tagline: "Australian murderer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martha_Needle_c1880s.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1864-04-09"
deathDate: "1894-10-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.57
  momentum:             11.16788321167883
  historical:           4.82358
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Needle"
    title: "Martha Needle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Needle"
    title: "Martha Needle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Needle"
    title: "Martha Needle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Needle"
    title: "Martha Needle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Needle"
    title: "Martha Needle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6774507"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump