Anna Maria Zwanziger

Anna Maria Zwanziger
Born Anna Margaretha Zwanziger
(1760-08-07)7 August 1760
Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
Died 17 September 1811(1811-09-17) (aged 51)
Kulmbach
Cause of death Execution
Criminal penalty Death
Conviction(s) Murder
Details
Victims 4
Span of crimes
 1801–1811
Country Germany

Anna Margaretha Zwanziger (7 August 1760 – 17 September 1811) was a German serial killer.[1] She used arsenic, which she referred to as "her truest friend".

From 1801 until 1811, Zwanziger was employed as a housekeeper at the home of several judges in Germany. She would poison her employers with arsenic, and then nurse them back to health to gain their favour.[1] She poisoned three people, and attempted to poison several others[1] She killed four people, one of whom was a baby.[2]

Zwanziger was judged guilty of murder and sentenced to death. Before she was beheaded, she said it was probably a good thing she was to be executed, as she did not think she would be able to stop.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dan Norder, Wolf Vanderlinden and Paul Begg, Ripper Notes: Madmen, Myths and Magic, Inklings Press, 2004, p. 17
  2. 1 2 Anna Marie Zwanziger at Serial Killer True Crime Library
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