This woman is still considered one of the most "creative" serial killers in US history.Pretending to be visionary, she predicted the date of death of the victims, among whom were four husbands (the fifth, she also tried to poison, but he survived).All in all Tilly and her cousin Nelly Kulik, which Klimek shared secrets poisoner - at least 20 poisoning, 14 of which resulted in the death of the victims, among whom were children.
future serial killer was born in 1876 in Poland under the name Otilliya Gburek.Shortly thereafter, the family emigrated to the United States and settled in Chicago, where at that time was a large community of immigrants from Poland.
At the age of 15 Gburek married Jozef Mitkevich and conducted more than 20 years is not particularly remarkable life of a married emigrant, who could not even properly learn the language of the country, which has become her second home.
Suddenly Tilly in 1914 announced that it has opened the gift of foresight.She began to tell others that it pursue dreams about the imminent death of her husband, and even the exact date when my dear husband will go to the forefathers.The day called Jozef morning fell ill and died in the evening.The death certificate wrote that the man died of heart disease.
Two months have jumped widow married a neighbor, Jozef Ruskowski.And soon, she again had a dream that the husband will soon go into another world.And so it happened, but before marriage factory worker Ruskowski differed excellent health.
for the District of rumors about the prophetic gift Tilly, who soon married a third time.The marriage with another husband, Frank Kupzhikom lasted six months, after which, having eaten little wife cooked vegetable soup flavored arsenic husband died.This was preceded by the death and dire predictions of his wife.
It took about a year, and on the hand and the heart was a new bidder Tilly - Jozef Guzhkovski.After a year of marriage with a black widow he died.
After this death Tilly has enjoyed among Polish immigrants in Chicago are very sinister reputation.She herself now and then loudly cursed his ill-fated vision and constant bad luck, as potential suitors for a long time was not.
some time cohabited with a certain widow Myers, who at some point disappeared.
From a certain point prophetic dreams Tilly stopped touching only her husband: she once predicted plague one of the neighboring families.Soon, all three children in the family had died quite painful death.With children Gburek dealt because of a quarrel with their parents.
Nensmotrya on the terrible reputation of Tilly in 1921, she has another fiance, Anton Klimek.He did not believe in superstitions, laughed out loud gossip about Gburek widow combined and offered him a legal marriage.Tilley said yes.
After a while Anton was in good health, suddenly fell ill.And then his worried relatives did what Tilly did not expect that as soon as the relatives learned that Klimek feels worse and worse, they rushed home to spouses and, despite the protests of his wife, her husband was taken to the hospital.There, doctors found that patients who were in the balance of the death had been poisoned.And they hunted him long podsypaya his food and drink arsenic.
The incident immediately notify the police.Tilley was arrested almost immediately.
motif of her crimes was obvious: in all cases, the spouses were addressed to each other wills, and in each case after the death of her husband Tilly received money on their insurance policies.
For Mitkevich she received $ 1,000 (by today's standards it is more 70000USD), after the death of her Ruskowski perepalo $ 1,200 cash and $ 722 for an insurance policy, the death of Frank Kupzhika made her richer by $ 1000, she received the insurance.Only Guzhkovski widow left with nothing, because no money, no insurance policy he did not have.
At trial, Tilly admitted only in an attempt to poison Klimek, and all other incriminating episodes denied it.Her cousin Nelly Kulik which Tilly was believed to have taught the skill poisoner, was also taken into custody, but after some time it had to be set free due to lack of evidence.
total, according to the researchers, on account of two dozen women poisoning, 14 of which resulted in fatalities for victims.
Court Illinois Tillie Klimek sentenced to life imprisonment.She died in prison in 1935.
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