Goeie Mie - De Leidsche Giftmengster
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naj16
N 52° 09.771 E 004° 29.800
31U E 602370 N 5780207
The location of Goeie Mie’s house.
What’s the reason so many people died in the vicinity of Maria?
Waymark Code: WMGJ4Y
Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 03/11/2013
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Maria Catherina Swanenburg (Leiden 9 September 1839 – Gorinchem 11 April 1915), was accused of murdering least 27, and was suspected of killing more than 90 people.
Her nickname was Goeie Mie, which she got for taking care of children and ill people in the poor neighbourhood of Leiden in which she lived.
She probably poisoned at least 102 people with arsenic of which 27 died (16 of those were her relatives) between 1880 and 1883.
The investigation included more than ninety suspicious deaths. Forty-five of the survivors sustained chronic health problems after ingesting the poison. Swanenburg's motive was the money she would receive either through the victims' insurance or their inheritance. She had secured most of the insurance policies herself. Her first victim was her own mother in 1880; shortly after this, she killed her father too. She was caught in December 1883.
Her trial began on April 23, 1885. Maria Swanenburg was found guilty of murder of her last three victims and sentenced to live in a correctional facility for the rest of her life.
Structure Type: Stone
Link to the Homestead: Not listed
History if no Link: Not listed
Additional Parking or Point of Interest: Not Listed
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