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Elisabeth Wiese
Elisabeth Wiese (1 July 1853 – 2 February 1905) was a German serial killer from Hamburg, convicted and executed for the killing of five children. Early life As a young woman, she worked as a midwife. She already had a daughter, Paula, when she married the tradesman Heinrich Wiese. After being convicted of carrying out illegal abortions she was prevented from carrying out her profession, and money grew scarce. Tensions grew between herself and her husband. She tried to murder him on several occasions, firstly by poisoning his food and then by attempting to cut his throat with a razor while he slept. She was not successful and was sent to prison after being convicted of several crimes. Murders Upon release from prison, she offered her services as a child-carer to women who could not raise their children themselves, or who had illegitimate children. Initially, she charged the mothers a one-time fee for handing the children over to adoptive parents, who in turn had to be pai ...
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Bilshausen is a municipality in the Göttingen (district), district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is part of the Eichsfeld. References

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