{"id":27406,"date":"2023-07-26T08:50:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T06:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=236973"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:11:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T13:11:35","slug":"a-ring-of-poisoners-hungarys-most-notorious-murders","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/a-ring-of-poisoners-hungarys-most-notorious-murders\/","title":{"rendered":"A ring of poisoners: Hungary\u2019s most notorious murders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Journalist Patti McCracken discusses the \u201cAngel Makers of Nagyr\u00e9v\u201d \u2013 the all-female murder ring whose poisonings shocked early 20th-century Hungary <\/p>

By Jon Bauckham\n \t\t<\/p>

2023-07-26 06:50:04<\/p>

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In 1929, a sensational murder trial took place in Hungary. A group of women, all hailing from the same tiny village, stood accused of murdering dozens of men \u2013 including sons, lovers and husbands \u2013 over the course of more than a decade. But why did they do it? How did they do it? And how did they remain undetected for so long? Award-winning journalist Patti McCracken talks to Jon Bauckham about the so-called \u201cAngel Makers of Nagyr\u00e9v\u201d, and sheds light on the wider social and economic factors that may have motivated them to murder.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Patti McCracken is the author of The Angel Makers: The True Crime Story of the Most Astonishing Murder Ring in History<\/em> (Mudlark, 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n