Midwife Schmidt, Serial Black Widow – Germany, 1897

FULL TEXT (Translated from German): Midwife Schmidt was sentenced to death by the jury court in Verden for murder and attempted murder, and also to twelve years imprisonment, permanent loss of honor and heavy fines. Schmidt had poisoned her first two husbands and tried to murder her current husband using poisoned food.

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FULL TEXT: Vom Schwurgerichte in Verden wurde die Hebamme Schmidt wegen Mordes und Mordversuches zum Tode, außerdem zu zwölf Jahren Zuchthaus, dauerndem Ehrverlust und Traguug der Kosten verurtheilt. Die Schmidt hatte ihre beiden ersten Ehemänner vergiftet und ihren jetzigen Mann mittels vergifteter Speisen zu ermorden versucht.

[“Ein weiblicher Blaubart.” Prager Tagblatt (Prague, Bohemia), Mar. 5, 1897, p. 10]

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Verden an der Aller, also called Verden or simply Verden, is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, on the river Aller. It is the administrative centre of the district of Verden. Verden is famous for a massacre of Saxons in 782, committed on the orders of Charlemagne, for its cathedral, and for its horse-breeding.

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For more than two dozen similar cases, dating from 1658 to 2011, see the summary list with links see: The Husband-Killing Syndicates

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For more cases of “Baby Farmers,” professional child care providers who murdered children see The Forgotten Serial Killers.

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