Martha Wise was obsessed with funerals - so much so that the Medina County woman made sure she had plenty to attend. She pretended to have a rat problem and bought massive amounts of arsenic under the pretense of wanting to rid her rural homestead of rodents. But it wasn't rats she was feeding the poison to; it was more than a dozen members of her own family. In this episode, 19 News reporter Jen Picciano digs into the dark and disturbing story of how this wicked widow's behavior took a turn from strange to deadly, and why she later claimed, "The devil made me do it."
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Cleveland's Wicked Women: The Original Desperate Housewife
The Kaber House along Lakewood’s wealthy Gold Coast looked like a happy home from the outside. But behind closed doors, Eva Kaber was slowly poisoning her husband. When the arsenic she was putting in his food didn’t kill him fast enough, this original ‘Desperate Housewife’ hired a couple of hitmen to finish the job. And it seems Eva wasn’t the only ferocious female in the family. In this episode, 19 News reporter Jen Picciano breaks down how three generations of women committed the cold blooded murder-for-hire that to date is the only case of its kind.
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Cleveland's Wicked Women: Velma's Hammer
Velma West craved the Cleveland nightlife so much that she killed for it. In 1927, the young flapper bludgeoned her husband to death with a claw hammer. In this episide, 19 News reporter Jen Picciano goes inside the scandalous lifestyle that landed "The Modern Murderess" a life sentence. You'll also hear what daring move the party girl pulled off the very night she murdered her husband, and how she managed to escape prison for one last wild adventure.
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Cleveland's Wicked Women: The Carnegie Con
Around the turn of the century, Cassie Chadwick conned Clevelanders out of millions of dollars - and she did it all by claiming to be the illegitimate daughter and heir of steel titan Andrew Carnegie. In this episode, 19 News reporter Jen Picciano unravels the wild story of the original "Queen of the Con," who also operated as a jewel smuggler, a brothel madam, and a clairvoyant.
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Who Killed Amy Mihaljevic?
After 35 years, the answer to the question, "who killed Amy Mihaljevic" may finally be answered thanks to new DNA testing and a group of dedicated scientists working in labs from coast to coast. In this episode, 19 News anchor Nichole Vrsansky takes us inside the Florida lab that uncovered new DNA in the case. Find out how they did it and how soon experts can go from science to a suspect.
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