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Part One: Aqua Tofana: How to Kill Your Husband

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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The Iron Maiden

The iron maiden never really existed in Europe. She wasn't accused of witchcraft or Satanism in court, just the murders. The detail about the blood baths was added to the folklore a hundred years after her death. It would also take about 30 people's blood to fill a bath. There were probably no lesbian orgies,. which is the saddest part to report.

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