There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

We have a...

We have a...

...described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.

It's difficult to understand how a person could hurt a child.

It is especially difficult to understand when the violence comes from a woman who genetically tend to have maternal instincts

to make us into mothers and caretakers. On October 7th, 1874, a woman was born who would,

after the strangulation of 10 children in her presence, be dubbed the ogress. So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled,

sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder. Gianne Weber was born on October 7,

1874 in a small fishing village in France. When she was 14 years old,

she left home and moved to Paris to find work.

She married in 1893.

However, her life and marriage were not a happy one.

Her husband was an alcoholic

and two of her three children died in 1905,

after which she began drinking heavily herself. On March 2nd,

1905, her sister-in-law asked her to watch her two daughters. Sometime during their stay with

their aunt, 18-month-old Georgette suddenly fell ill and died. The examining physician failed to notice a strange bruise on the girl's neck,

and her death was seen as a tragic accident.

On March 11th, Jan was asked again to watch her niece,

and, like before, 2-year-old Suzanne died while in the care of her aunt.

The doctor claimed it was unexplained convulsions.

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