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Patti McCracken

Longtime journalist; author of the highly-acclaimed historical true crime "The Angel Makers: Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring

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I like having conversations about the process of writing. I like talking about The Angel Makers. And ask me anything about my 20 years spent in the former Soviet bloc, and I'll be off and running (cue: there's a laundry detergent used in that part of the world called Barf)

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Writing is very solitary, and I'm a very slow writer, so I welcome an opportunity to mingle with the other humans.

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Patti McC.

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The Angel Makers

Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring

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The horror occurred in a rustic farming enclave in modern-day Hungary. To look at the unlikely lineup of murderesses--village wives, mothers, and daughters--was to come to the shocking realization that this could have happened anywhere, and to anyone. At the center of it all was a sharp-minded village midwife, a "smiling Buddha" known as Auntie Suzy, who distilled arsenic from flypaper and distributed it to the women of Nagyrév. "Why are you bothering with him?" Auntie Suzy would ask, as she produced an arsenic-filled vial from her apron pocket. In the beginning, a great many used the deadly solution to finally be free of cruel and abusive spouses.

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But as the number of dead bodies grew without consequence, the killers grew bolder. With each vial of poison emptied, a new reason surfaced to drain yet another. Some women disposed of sickly relatives. Some used arsenic as "inheritance powder" to secure land and houses. For more than fifteen years, the unlikely murderers aided death unfettered and tended to it as if it were simply another chore--spooning doses of arsenic into soup and wine, stirring it into coffee and brandy. By the time their crimes were discovered, hundreds were feared dead.

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Anonymous notes brought the crimes to light in 1929. As a skillful prosecutor hungry for justice ran the investigation, newsmen from around the world--including the New York Times--poured in to cover the dramatic events as they unfolded.

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"[C]ompulsively readable . . . This is a must for true crime fans."

— Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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