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Monday, November 21, 2005

A village of killer wives in Hungary

The sleepy Hungarian village of Nagyrev near here does not at first glance seem to be the kind of place where wives could have poisoned husbands. Old women in 'otthonkas' - the flowery all-in-one uniform of elderly women across Hungary - water their plants, farmers tend their crops and time passes in a languorous, pastoral haze.

But these elderly villagers nurse dark memories of the time when the women of the village embarked on a killing spree that saw scores of abusive husbands poisoned to death under the supervision of the local midwife.
Prof. Hex at 2:53 AM
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