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Podcast: History Unplugged Podcast
Episode: The 1920s Female Hungarian Murder Ring That Left 160 Dead
Description: The horror occurred in a rustic farming enclave in 1920s Hungary. Investigators would discover that a murder ring of women was responsible for the deaths of at least 160 men. It was an unlikely lineup of killersâvillage wives, mothers, and daughters. At the center of it all was a sharp-minded village midwife, a âsmiling Buddhaâ known as Auntie Suzy, who distilled arsenic from flypaper and distributed it to the women of NagyrĂ©v. âWhy are you bothering with him?â Auntie Suzy would ask, as she produced an arsenic-filled vial from her apron pocket. In the beginning, a great many used the deadly...