America's Most Evil Mom

Shelley Notek was America's most evil mom.

Born April 15, 1954 in Battleground, Washington.

Her name was Michelle. Everyone called her Shelley.

Pure evil from the start. Or so it seemed.

But evil is often born, not made.

She was abandoned at age six.

Her birth mother Sharon was an alcoholic and abusive.

The home was violent. Chaotic. Toxic.

One day Sharon dropped Shelley and Chuck at their father's door.

Then she disappeared forever from their lives.

Shelley moved in with father Les and stepmother Lara.

Lara tried hard to be a good mother figure.

Shelley was the stepdaughter from hell.

She told Lara daily: I hate you.

She refused school. Refused chores. Refused everything.

Her father Les enabled every single tantrum.

Shelley had strange power over her brother Chuck.

She controlled him like a puppet master with strings.

She turned him against their gentle stepmother.

Her grandmother Anna was equally evil.

Anna ran nursing homes with a brutal iron fist.

She beat employees. Made them wash her feet.

She shoved their heads down toilets while flushing.

Shelley worshipped her. Learned her tactics.

In 1967, her birth mother Sharon was murdered.

Beaten to death in a motel room by an abusive boyfriend.

Shelley did not cry. Did not mourn. Nothing.

Her grief turned to rage instead.

She put broken glass inside her siblings' shoes.

Then waited to watch them scream in agony.

She tried to set the house on fire once.

She made up lies about her parents' abuse.

At fifteen she accused her father of rape.

Physical exam proved she was still a virgin.

They found a True Confessions magazine hidden under her mattress.

She had stolen the story. Made it her own.

She moved between relatives. Caused chaos everywhere.

She put Glass in other kids' shoes while babysitting.

She barricaded children inside rooms for hours.

Every family she touched fell apart.

By eighteen, she had learned one crucial lesson.

She could manipulate anyone into anything.