Mary Jane Jackson

Mary Jane Jackson (1837 – December 20, 1897) was an American serial killer, sex worker, and criminal active in New Orleans, Louisiana, from the 1840s to the 1860s. She was nicknamed "Bricktop" due to her bright red hair.

Murders Jackson committed her first murder in 1856 at the age of 19, beating a man to death after he called her a "whore". The following year, she fatally stabbed a man nicknamed "Long Charley" due to his height of almost seven feet. who was seated nearby, asked her to stop cussing, she continued to do so louder out of spite. Laurent got up and slapped Jackson across the face, after which Jackson and the two other women stabbed him to death. When police arrived, they found Fleury's pants pocket and money in Jackson's possession. She was brought to Parish Prison but was released after an autopsy failed to establish Fleury's cause of death. She returned to the city at an unknown date and died there in 1897.