Anna Maria Zwanziger
German serial killer (1760–1811)
Anna Maria Zwanziger | |
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Born | Anna Margaretha Zwanziger (1760-08-07)7 August 1760 Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire |
Died | 17 September 1811(1811-09-17) (aged 51) Kulmbach |
Cause of death | Execution by beheading |
Conviction(s) | Murder |
Criminal penalty | Death |
Details | |
Victims | 4 |
Span of crimes | 1801–1811 |
Country | Germany |
Anna Margaretha Zwanziger (7 August 1760 – 17 September 1811) was a German serial killer.[1] She used arsenic, which she referred to as "her truest friend".
From 1801 until 1811, Zwanziger was employed as a housekeeper at the home of several judges in Germany. She would poison her employers with arsenic, and then nurse them back to health to gain their favour.[1] She poisoned three people and attempted to poison several others[1] She killed four people, one of whom was a baby.[2]
Zwanziger was judged guilty of murder and sentenced to death. Before she was beheaded, she said it was probably a good thing she was to be executed, as she did not think she would be able to stop.[2]
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- ^ a b c Dan Norder, Wolf Vanderlinden and Paul Begg, Ripper Notes: Madmen, Myths and Magic, Inklings Press, 2004, p. 17
- ^ a b "Anna Marie Zwanziger at Serial Killer True Crime Library". Archived from the original on 7 July 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2015.