191. The Angel Makers of Nagyrév | Hungary

In 1929, a series of arsenic murders was exposed, and a group of women were arrested on suspicion of poisoning their husbands and relatives. The leader of the group was the local midwife, Julia Fazekas, and it is believed she extracted arsenic from flypaper. It took police a decade to catch on to the horrific crimes being committed in the small town of Nagyrév.

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Unearthing Hungary husband murders

Arsenic's Afterlife: How Scientists Learned to Identify Poison Victims

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Arsenic: A Murderous History

The Changing Role of Women

How Wives Gained Power By Mass-Murder of Husbands - Hungary 1929

Zsuzsanna Fazekas (Olah), Murder Syndicate Leader – Hungary, 1929

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Amerikai címlapon a gyilkos magyar falu The Angel Makers of Nagyrév

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Narrated by Noel Vinson

Researched & Written by Nikki Smith

Music: “Nordic Medieval” by Marcus Bressler

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