Matricide (or maternal homicide) is the act of killing one's own mother. Amastris, queen of Heraclea, was drowned by her two sons in 284 BC. Cleopatra...

is an umbrella term that can be used to refer to acts of matricide and patricide. Matricide refers to the deliberate killing of one's own mother. Patricide...

and he eventually follows through. Consequently, after committing the matricide, Orestes is now the target of the Furies' merciless wrath and has no choice...

and was arrested on July 31, 2000. He stated that his motives to commit matricide were his mother's silent telephone calls to the woman with whom he had...

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (/ˈnɪəroʊ/ NEER-oh; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and...

(born 9 June 1946), better as "Big Wayne" is a Canadian criminal whose matricide is one of the best known murders committed in Toronto. Ford served as...

Longlegs is a 2024 American horror-thriller film written and directed by Osgood Perkins, and starring Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Blair Underwood, and...

Henry Lee Lucas (August 23, 1936 – March 12, 2001), also known as The Confession Killer, was an American convicted murderer. Lucas was convicted of murdering...

/ 37.2668°N 93.3182°W / 37.2668; -93.3182 Type Murder by stabbing, matricide Motive For Gypsy-Rose to escape abuse by Dee Dee Murderous fantasies of...

years old or younger. Matricide is most frequently committed by adult sons. In the United States in 2012, there were 130 matricides (0.4 per million people)...