The Woman Who Scheduled Her Husbands’ Deaths: Tillie Klimek

Several of Tillie Klimek’s husbands became sick and died.Then one survived.When doctors found arsenic in Joseph Klimek’s body, investigators began looking into Tillie’s past. They reopened old graves, questioned her neighbors and uncovered stories about mourning clothes, a discounted coffin and a woman who seemed to know exactly when death was coming.But Tillie was convicted of only one murder. So how many of the deaths connected to her were real poisonings—and how much of her reputation was shaped by sensational newspaper coverage?In this episode of Her Strange Hour, Ivy Monroe examines the case of Tillie Klimek, the Chicago Poisoner, and separates the evidence from the legend.Follow Her Strange Hour Podcast for more strange history, unsolved stories and forgotten women.Tomorrow’s release schedule