Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Tiza Lublinitsch (Lublimetch), “The Witch of Navibazar”: Serial Killer – Serbia, 1936


FULL TEXT (Translated from German): Belgrade is reporting on a trial that would fit in with the 14th or 15th century, yet which will make a big splash in the enlightened 20th century.

The heroine of the trial was the 67-year-old Tiza Lublinich, known by the name of “The Witch of Navibazar” and is dreaded by the rural population, “because she could do anything she wanted.”

A woman had, as testified in court, she has seen it with some eyes, how the “witch” turned into a cat and, when it suited her, took back her old human form.

Other witnesses were so afraid of the power of the “witch” that they could not be persuaded by any argument. The fear of the old man drove villagers to commit a horrible crime. There was a man in the village, Stojakovich, who had no fear of the witch.

In revenge, the old woman persuaded people that Stojakovich had made a covenant with the devil and was enabled by him to make the cattle sick, to produce hail, and so on.

The stupidly ignorant people, on instigation of the “witch,” one day apprehended Stojakovich, who was “in league with the devil,” tied him to a tree and beat the devil out of him.

Finally, the old woman killed him with a dagger.

The dead man’s mouth was filled with pieces of glass, which she considered necessary to prevent the corpse from joining the devil. The corpse was buried in the field, where the police sent him out.

The investigation also revealed that the old woman had another five poisoning murders on her conscience. The “witch” was sentenced to death, several of the bewitched were sentenced to perennial imprisonment.

[“‘Witch’ sentenced to death for six murders.” Oedenburger Zeitung (Oedenburg, Hungary), March 29, 1936, p. 3]

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FULL TEXT: Sofia, Bulgaria – The “Witch of Novibazar” has been sentenced to be hanged for six weird murders. She is Tiza Lublimetch, sixty-seven-year-old crippled, hairless and toothless peasant.

In January of last year she convinced peasants that her enemy, Stoyevitch, had sold himself to the devil and thereby obtained supernatural powers which he used to damage crops.

Led by Tiza, the peasants dragged Stoyevitch from his home, tied him to a tree and beat him. Tiza finally stabbed him in the heart. Tiza finally stabbed him in the heart. Then she filled the dead man’s mouth with glass splinters, “to prevent him from communicating with the devil and casting further spells.”

The body was buried in a field, where it was found by police who discovered that the “witch” had poisoned five other persons.

[“Witch” Must Hang For Murdering Six – Hairless And Toothless Peasant Induced a Mob To Help Slay ‘Devil’s Chattel’,” Intelligencer Journal (Pa.), Feb. 24, 1936, p. 1]

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Novi Pazar (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Пазар, lit. "New Bazaar" is a city located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia.

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FULL TEXT: Aus Belgrad wird über einen Prozess berichtet, der in den Nahmen des 14. oder 15. Jahrhunderts hineinpassen würde, dem ausgeklärten 20. Jahrhundert aber eine grosse Schonde bereitet.

Die Heldin des Prozesses war die 67jährige Tiza Lublinitsch, unter dem Namen die “Hexe von Navibazar” bekonnt und von der Landbevölkerung gefürchtet, “denn sie konnte alles, was sie wollte.”

Eine Frau hatte z. B. vor Gericht ausgesagt, sie habe es mit einigen Augen gesehen, wie sich die “Hexe” in eine Katze verwandelte und als es ihr passte, wieder ihre alte Menschengestalt annahm.

Andere Zeugen hatten solche Angst vor der Macht der “Hexe”, dass sie zu keiner Aussage bewogen werden konnten. Die Furcht vor der Alten bewog die Leute zur Verübung eines scheusslichen Verbrechens. Es selbte im Dorfe ein Mann Stojakowitsch, der keine Furcht hatte vor der Hexe.

Aus Rache redete die Alte den Leuten ein, dass Stojakowitsch mit dem Teufel einen Bund geschlossen habe und von diesem besähigt wurde, das Vieh krank zu machen, Hagel zu erzeugen usw.

Die viehisch dummen Leute übersielen auf Anstiftung der “Hexe” eines Tages den mit “dem Teufel verbundeten” Stojakowitsch, banden ihn an einen Baum und prügelten den Teufel aus ihm heraus.

Zum Schluss ermordete die Alte ihn mit einem Dolchstich.

Den Mund des toten Mannes füllte sie mit Glassplittern, was sie als notwendig bezelchnete, um den Leichnam zu verhindern, mit dem Teufel in Verbindung zu treten. Schliesslich wurde der Leichnam auf dem Felde verscharrt, wo ihn die Polizei aussand.

Die Nachforschungen ergaben ausserdem, dass die Alte noch weitere fünf Giftmorde auf dem Gewissen hatte. Die “Hexe” wurde zum Tode verurteilt, mehrere Behexte wurden zu mehrjährigen Gefängnistrafen verurteilt.

[“‘Hexe’ wegen sechachem Mord zum Tode verurteilt.” Oedenburger Zeitung (Oedenburg, Hungary), 29. März 1936, p. 3]

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For more cases of this type, see: Occult Female Serial Killers 
 
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