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100 1  McCracken, Patti,|eauthor. 
245 14 The angel makers :|barsenic, a midwife, and modern 
       history's most astonishing murder ring /|cPatti McCracken.
246 30 Arsenic, a midwife, and modern history's most astonishing 
       murder ring 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bWilliam Morrow, an imprint of 
       HarperCollinsPublishers,|c[2023] 
264  4 |c©2023 
300    viii, 316 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (page 313). 
520    "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.  
       Anonymous notes brought the crimes to light in 1929. As a 
       skillful prosecutor hungry for justice ran the 
       investigation, newsmen from around the world--including 
       the New York Times--poured in to cover the dramatic events
       as they unfolded.  The Angel Makers captures in expertly 
       researched detail the entirety of this harrowing story, 
       from the early murders to the final hanging--the story of 
       one of the most sensational and astonishing murder rings 
       in all of modern history."--|cAmazon.com. 
520    "THE ANGEL MAKERS is a true-crime story like no other-a 
       1920s midwife who may have been the century's most 
       prolific killer, leading a murder ring of women 
       responsible for the deaths of at least 160 men"--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Women murderers|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Women serial murderers|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Serial murders|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Serial murderers|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Murder|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Murder|zHungary. 
650  0 Arsenic|xToxicology. 
650  0 Poisoning. 
651  0 Hungary|xHistory|y20th century. 
655  7 True crime stories.|2lcgft 
655  7 Case studies.|2lcgft 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aMcCracken, Patricia Nell.|tAngel makers
       |dNew York : William Morrow, 2023|z9780063275058|w(DLC)  
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