#4 Mrs. Tillie Klimek, 50, was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison on March 31, 1923 for poisoning her third husband, Frank Kupczyk, to death and sending her fourth, Joseph Klimek, to the hospital with arsenic poisoning. Klimek was described by the Chicago Tribune as the “Poison Widow” for the poisoning of over 20, including husbands, relatives and friends. Fourteen of those poisoned died, six lived, and Klimek was only charged with one of the murders.

A Look at Female Criminals of the Early 1900s

#4 Mrs. Tillie Klimek, 50, was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison on March 31, 1923 for poisoning her third husband, Frank Kupczyk, to death and sending her fourth, Joseph Klimek, to the hospital with arsenic poisoning. Klimek was described by the Chicago Tribune as the “Poison Widow” for the poisoning of over 20, including husbands, relatives and friends. Fourteen of those poisoned died, six lived, and Klimek was only charged with one of the murders.

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