42: Baba Anujka

For today’s case we are going to Eastern Europe and back to the 19th century with the story of Ana Drakšin, more commonly known as Baba Anujka, one of the most prolific poisoners of late 19th-early 20th century Europe. Baba Anujka spent her life studying chemistry and herbalism and spent her twilight years helping women dispatch their abusive husbands with her special "magic water" laced with poison. This week we go through the whole, fascinating story. FURTHER READING: https://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/reportaze/aktuelno.293.html:792782-BANATSKA-VESTICA-ZAVILA-VLADIMIROVAC-U-CRNO-Baba-Anujka-je-bila-prvi-serijski-ubica-u-Srbiji-ubila-150-ljudi (BANAT WITCH COVERED VLADIMIROVAC IN BLACK Baba Anujka was the first serial killer in Serbia, she killed 150 people (Translated using Google)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHAv3Clhrhg (Baba Anujka: The Alchemist of Vladimirovac (YouTube)) https://darktales.blog/2020/05/29/the-90-year-old-serial-killer/ (The 90 Year Old Serial Killer) Check out our new merch, use code LAUNCH for 20% off until December 25th, 2020! https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/square-mile-of-murder (Square Mile of Murder Merch) ----------------------------------------------- https://pod.link/1499149474 (Like the show? Give us a rating and review!) Join our Patreon: https://patreon.com/squaremileofmurder (Patreon) Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/pg/squaremilepod/ (Facebook) https://www.instagram.com/squaremileofmurder/ (Instagram) https://squaremileofmurder.com/ (Squaremileofmurder.com) https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/square-mile-of-murder (Square Mile of Murder Merch) <a rel="payment" href="https://patreon.com/squaremileofmurder">Support this podcast</a>