Vera Renczi
Vera Renczi was born to a wealthy family in 1903. Renczi was beautiful, and she was known to be involved with older men from the age of 15. Early childhood friends described Renczi as possessive and jealous. Her first marriage was with a wealthy businessman, who fathered her son Lorenzo. Renczi suspected him of cheating, so she poisoned his wine with arsenic, claiming he abandoned her to anyone who asked.
Her second husband disappeared the same way a few months later. Renczi decided she had enough of marriage—but not of men. Her boyfriends kept vanishing until she was reported to the police by an angry wife (she dated married men too). Searching her house, the police found a scene right out of an Edgar Allan Poe tale in her wine cellar: 32 male bodies in various stages of decomposition, each in his own coffin. She also murdered her son Lorenzo when he discovered her secret. Renczi confessed to all the murders and was sentenced to life in prison, where she died of brain hemorrhage.
See what I mean? Men and women are equally as capable of horrible crimes, often times working together. Sometimes humans can be evil beyond belief, ya know?
Coffee out on the patio again this morning...OK?
Wow...Just wow!
ReplyDeleteThese stories have so many things going for them...
ReplyDeleteA 15 yo who liked older men (there are men younger than that?) and 32 bodies in the wine cellar. In coffins.
Stacked up or did she have a lot of floor space? This is another one of those "you can't make this stuff up" stories! Great choice!!
Sometimes I don't know which gender can be more cruel. This one is straight out of Edgar Allen Poe. She could have at least gotten rid of the bodies. Time to give Noah a call, still raining here.
ReplyDeleteHey Mamahen...
ReplyDeleteThat about says it all, I think.
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Hey Rob...
At least she had the decency to put them in a coffin.
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Hey Linda...
It does sound like something that Poe might have written, doesn't it?
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All I can say is...WOW!
ReplyDeleteHey Momlady...
ReplyDeleteSounds a little heartless, doesn't she?
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The devil made her do it!
ReplyDeleteDon't know how I missed your Sunday post, I didn't have to go anywhere and this morning is a rush to get the truck in for maintenance. Quick cup for me
What a way to ruin the aroma of a good wine cellar ! Not for me
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Glad I quit drinking 20 or 30 years ago. Now, I don't have to go down in anyone's wine cellar. My father-in-law used to grow wine grapes and made wine in his basement. He knew a fellow who used to make wine for another country's rulers and finally got to the USA where he grafted European vines onto American root stocks so they would thrive in this country. Oh my, that was some fantastic wine. BTW, he also made Champaign.
ReplyDeleteHey Jo...
ReplyDeleteVery possible excuse...as good as any, I reckon.
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Hey Sis...
Yeah, I'm thinking it would certainly do that.
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Hey Dizzy...
Sounds like an interesting man, for sure.
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