Giulia Tofana: The Poisoner

A woman named Giulia Tofana assisted over 600 women in murdering their husbands during the 17th-century Italian Renaissance, spanning a period of 50 years. Her poisonous creation, known as Aqua Tofana, was believed to be laced with arsenic, lead, and belladonna. It was sold mixed into cosmetics.

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