ISBN号:9780063275058
书名:The Angel Makers
作者:Patti McCracken
出版日期:2022-12-26
英文简介:
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.
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.
中文简介:
天使制造者是一个与众不同的真实犯罪故事——一位 1920 年代的助产士，她可能是本世纪最多产的杀手，领导着一个女性谋杀团伙，对至少 160 名男性的死亡负责。
恐怖发生在现代匈牙利的一个乡村农业飞地。
看看这不太可能的杀人犯阵容——村里的妻子、母亲和女儿——就会令人震惊地意识到，这可能发生在任何地方、任何人身上。
这一切的中心是一位头脑敏锐的乡村助产士，一位被称为苏西阿姨的“微笑的佛陀”，她从捕蝇纸中提取砒霜并将其分发给 Nagyrév 的妇女。
“你为什么要跟他计较？”苏西阿姨会问，因为她从围裙口袋里拿出一个装满砒霜的小瓶。
一开始，许多人使用致命的解决方案最终摆脱了残忍和虐待的配偶。
但随着尸体数量的增加而没有造成任何后果，凶手的胆子也越来越大。
随着每一瓶毒药的倒空，一个新的理由浮出水面，需要再次吸毒。
一些妇女处置了生病的亲戚。
有的以砒霜为“遗药”，以保田保房。
在十五年多的时间里，这些不太可能的凶手无拘无束地助长了死亡，并照料它，就好像它只是另一件苦差事——用勺子把一定剂量的砒霜倒入汤和酒中，搅拌成咖啡和白兰地。
当他们的罪行被发现时，数百人恐怕已经死亡。
匿名笔记在 1929 年揭露了这些罪行。
当一位渴望正义的熟练检察官进行调查时，来自世界各地的新闻工作者——包括纽约时报——涌入报道这起戏剧性的事件。
天使制造者以专业研究的方式捕捉了这个悲惨故事的全部细节，从早期的谋杀案到最后的绞刑——现代历史上最轰动和惊人的谋杀案之一的故事。
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