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In 1930s Philadelphia, men all over town were dying\u2014some in strange accidents, and some of a swift, excruciating illness. Their widows were devastated, of course\u2014but it being the Great Depression and all, they were somewhat comforted by the substantial payouts they received from their late husbands\u2019 life insurance plans. In medical examiners\u2019 offices across the city, one death certificate after another was stamped \u201cNatural Death\u201d or \u201cAccident.\u201d One family doctor after another signed off: So sad, but these things happen. Nothing suspicious here. And in the cellar of one tailor shop, candles and skulls lined the walls. Incantations whispered through the air as little glass vials were carefully filled with deadly poison. The City of Brotherly Love? Not today.

Sources:
Poison Widows by George Cooper
Rachel Snyder: https://vtuhr.org/articles/10.21061/vtuhr.v5i1.43/print/
David Lohr, True TV, "Philadelphia's Poison Ring"
Jim Goad, Thought Catalog: https://thoughtcatalog.com/jim-goad/2019/12/witchs-brew-how-the-philadelphia-poison-ring-exploited-unhappy-wives-and-killed-100-people/
https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bolbermorris1.htm
Investigation Discovery's "Most Evil," Episode "Gangs"
Investigation Discovery's "Deadly Women," Episode "Brutal Brides"

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