03033cam a2200457 i 4500 1370252948 OCoLC 20230509125331.0 221215s2023 nyua b 000 0deng 2022045998 9780063275034 (OCoLC)1370252948 (OCoLC)1329422933 (OCoLC)1352482188 DLC eng rda DLC YDX BDX TOH GK8 OI6 FLW IHZ UAP JVK e-hu--- HV6517 .M39 2023 364.152/3082 23/eng/20230308 McCracken, Patricia Nell, author. 13430 The angel makers : arsenic, a midwife, and modern history's most astonishing murder ring / Patti McCracken. Arsenic, a midwife, and modern history's most astonishing murder ring. First edition. New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] viii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent. unmediated n rdamedia. volume nc rdacarrier. Includes bibliographical references (page 313) "The horror occurred in a rustic farming enclave in modern-day Hungary. To look at the unlikely lineup of murderesses--village wives, mothers, and daughters--was 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, a "smiling Buddha" known as Auntie Suzy, who distilled arsenic from flypaper and distributed it to the women of Nagyrév. "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 as "inheritance 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 chore--spooning doses of arsenic into soup and wine, stirring it into coffee and brandy. By the time their crimes were discovered, hundreds were feared dead." -- Book jacket. Women murderers History 20th century. 13431 Women serial murderers History 20th century. 13432 Serial murders History 20th century. 13433 Serial murderers History 20th century. 13434 Murder History 20th century. 13435 Murderers History 20th century. 13436 Murder Hungary. 13437 Arsenic Toxicology. 13438 Poisoning. 13439 Hungary History 20th century. 13440 True crime stories. lcgft. 8501 Case studies. lcgft. 9574 ddc BOOK 28789 28789 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ NF 2023-05-09 32.99 6 1 364.15 McCR 64275 2025-05-20 2025-05-13 2023-05-09 BOOK 1