Nancy is manipulative, using her sweet old lady persona as a means to earn the trust of strangers and lure them into dangerous situations. "Black" Nancy earned her nickname from the locals in the area in reference to the death that surrounds her. She has been married three times, each husband either mysteriously disappearing or becoming a victim of an unexplained death. She killed a woman and took in her son, Johnny, who she raised into a her perfect Mamas boy.