ISBN-13: 9780063275034
The Angel Makersis a true-crime story like no othera 1920s midwife who may have been the centurys most prolific killer leading a murder ring of women responsible for the deaths of at least 160 men.The horror occurred in a rustic farming enclave in modern-day Hungary. To look at the unlikely lineup of murderessesvillage wives, mothers, and daughterswas to come to the shocking realization that this could have happened anywhere, and to anyone. At the center of it all was a sharp-minded village midwife, asmiling Buddha known as Auntie Suzy, who distilled arsenic from flypaper and distributed it to the women of Nagyrv.Why are you bothering with him? Auntie Suzy would ask, as she produced an arsenic-filled vial from her apron pocket.In the beginning, a great many used the deadly solution to finally be free of cruel and abusive spouses.But as the number of dead bodies grew without consequence, the killers grew bolder. With each vial of poison emptied, a new reason surfaced to drain yet another. Some women disposed of sickly relatives. Some used arsenic asinheritance powder to secure land and houses. For more than fifteen years, the unlikely murderers aided death unfettered and tended to it as if it were simply another chorespooning doses of arsenic into soup and wine, stirring it into coffee and brandy. By the time their crimes were discovered, hundreds were feared dead.Anonymous notes brought the crimes to light in 1929. As a skillful prosecutor hungry for justice ran the investigation, newsmen from around the worldincluding the New York Timespoured in to cover the dramatic events as they unfolded.The Angel Makerscaptures in expertly researched detail the entirety of this harrowing story, from the early murders to the final hangingthe story of one of the most sensational and astonishing murder rings in all of modern history.
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ISBN-13: 9780063275034
The Angel Makersis a true-crime story like no othera 1920s midwife who may have been the centurys most prolific killer leading a murder ring of women responsible for the deaths of at least 160 men.The horror occurred in a rustic farming enclave in modern-day Hungary. To look at the unlikely lineup of murderessesvillage wives, mothers, and daughterswas to come to the shocking realization that this could have happened anywhere, and to anyone. At the center of it all was a sharp-minded village midwife, asmiling Buddha known as Auntie Suzy, who distilled arsenic from flypaper and distributed it to the women of Nagyrv.Why are you bothering with him? Auntie Suzy would ask, as she produced an arsenic-filled vial from her apron pocket.In the beginning, a great many used the deadly solution to finally be free of cruel and abusive spouses.But as the number of dead bodies grew without consequence, the killers grew bolder. With each vial of poison emptied, a new reason surfaced to drain yet another. Some women disposed of sickly relatives. Some used arsenic asinheritance powder to secure land and houses. For more than fifteen years, the unlikely murderers aided death unfettered and tended to it as if it were simply another chorespooning doses of arsenic into soup and wine, stirring it into coffee and brandy. By the time their crimes were discovered, hundreds were feared dead.Anonymous notes brought the crimes to light in 1929. As a skillful prosecutor hungry for justice ran the investigation, newsmen from around the worldincluding the New York Timespoured in to cover the dramatic events as they unfolded.The Angel Makerscaptures in expertly researched detail the entirety of this harrowing story, from the early murders to the final hangingthe story of one of the most sensational and astonishing murder rings in all of modern history.
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