Many infamous serial killers were men. But, in the 1800s, the Smithsonian says the deadliest ones often wore corsets. So many women were arrested for serial poisoning the era is known as the “Golden Age of Arsenic.”
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Many infamous serial killers were men. But, in the 1800s, the Smithsonian says the deadliest ones often wore corsets. So many women were arrested for serial poisoning the era is known as the “Golden Age of Arsenic.”
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This headline does just read as men in corsets being the most effective serial killers.
gunna need some pics, or male serial killers wearing corsets didnt happen
Guess what happens when ya make it really difficult to get out of a marriage?
Haha funny as if women who lashed out after most likely being abused and stripped of their autonomy can be put in the same category as deranged serial killers
Were the serial killers the woman in town who supplied wives who were stuck with abusers with poison and instructions? Because that is definitely different from murdering innocent people.
…. how many of those women actually did what they were accused of though? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not at all saying there aren’t women serial killers or that women aren’t capable of doing bad things. But falsely accusing women in order to manipulate marital, financial, or other circumstances was pretty common during the time referenced.
One of the deadliest ladies, Belle Gunness, didn’t just use poison, she also just bashed skulls with a hammer.
Did they also have old lace?
That explains so much
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“Rough on Rats” was a common arsenical rat poison available from 1872 through the early 20th century. You could buy it anywhere. The company also published almanacs and dream books. “Rough on Rats” was so popular that its name was a genericized trademark for rat poison.
One word: Marriage
Breaking news, women have just the same capacity to be evil heartless people as men do. Also, today was Wednesday. Tune in for weather at 11.
1st husband died of mushroom poisoning, so did the 2nd husband, the 3rd died from a blunt trauma to the head….. he wouldn’t eat the mushrooms.
Hmmm, I wonder why? Maybe keeping women under men’s thumbs their whole lives has consequences
Giulia Tofana understands.
It’s a half-hour podcast on Lydia Sherman, who poisoned a shitload of people with arsenic.
Hmm let’s see. Women couldn’t divorce without cause, domestic violence wasn’t a crime and was often encouraged, women couldn’t own property, have a bank account, take out a loan, or work a reputable job, and they wouldn’t get custody of their kids even if a divorce was granted.
So the only way to take care of themselves was to be married, but the only real way to leave a bad marriage was death.
Just a side note, men dying randomly/from poison plummeted after no fault divorce was legalized