In the decade after the First World War, the men of a small Hungarian town died by the dozen, all suffering a similar fate. Eventually, the series of murders was exposed to have been due to arsenic poisoning. Multiple women were arrested for killing their husbands and charged with no less than 140 cases of murder. In the words of a local priest, during a police interview:

"These villages, gentlemen, are utterly dominated by women. And the men are all afraid for their lives!"

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Resources:

Web

Murderpedia

Articles

Unearthing Hungary husband murders

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

Everything You Need to Know About Arsenic Poisoning

The deadly angel makers of Nagyrév who mass murdered their husbands and poisoned 300 people

The angel makers of Nagyrév and the truth around murderous women of myth

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

History of divorce, origins and meaning

A brief history of divorce

Amerikai címlapon a gyilkos magyar falu The Angel Makers of Nagyrév



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