Iran’s Black Widow Can’t Remember How Many Husbands She Poisoned
56-year-old Kolsum Akbari stands accused of poisoning and killing 11 husbands over a period of 22 years, but she claims the number could be even higher; she just doesn’t remember exactly.
For more than two decades, Kolsum Akbari was able to get away with systematically marrying elderly men before poisoning them with diabetes drugs and industrial alcohol so she could inherit their possessions and dowries. No one suspected a thing because the men seemed to die of natural causes due to their advanced ages and precarious health conditions. She also operated in various cities to avoid attracting attention to herself. Her killing spree began in 2000 and continued until 2023, when the son of her last victim, 82-year-old Gholamreza Babaei, became suspicious and alerted the police. She now stands accused of killing 11 husbands, but the black widow herself claims the number could be between 13 and 15.
“I don’t know how many I killed. Maybe it was 13 or 15 people. I don’t remember exactly,” Akbari said during interrogation.
Kolsum Akbari was first married at the age of 18. It was a short union with a man suffering from mental health problems, but her second marriage wasn’t much better. She wed a much older man with children from a previous marriage who constantly beat and humiliated her. It was after her second husband’s death that her killing spree began. She went around telling people she was willing to marry elderly, lonely men, and after confirming their financial standings, she agreed to marry them for high dowries.
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For more than two decades, Kolsum Akbari was able to get away with systematically marrying elderly men before poisoning them with diabetes drugs and industrial alcohol so she could inherit their possessions and dowries. No one suspected a thing because the men seemed to die of natural causes due to their advanced ages and precarious health conditions. She also operated in various cities to avoid attracting attention to herself. Her killing spree began in 2000 and continued until 2023, when the son of her last victim, 82-year-old Gholamreza Babaei, became suspicious and alerted the police. She now stands accused of killing 11 husbands, but the black widow herself claims the number could be between 13 and 15.
“I don’t know how many I killed. Maybe it was 13 or 15 people. I don’t remember exactly,” Akbari said during interrogation.
Kolsum Akbari was first married at the age of 18. It was a short union with a man suffering from mental health problems, but her second marriage wasn’t much better. She wed a much older man with children from a previous marriage who constantly beat and humiliated her. It was after her second husband’s death that her killing spree began. She went around telling people she was willing to marry elderly, lonely men, and after confirming their financial standings, she agreed to marry them for high dowries.
https://www.odditycentral.com/news/irans-black-widow-cant-remember-how-many-husbands-she-poisoned.html