The Woman Who Poisoned 600 Men with Her Makeup

She’s the most successful serial killer whose name you’ve never heard. Giulia Tofana killed hundreds of men in 17th-century Italy when she turned her makeup business into a poison factory, selling a deadly concoction called Aqua Tofana. Her crimes place her among the most deadly female serial killers in history, alongside the Russian noblewoman who killed over 100 people and the Hungarian Blood Countess who may have killed 650 people.

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[Munchkin]

((whispers in my Bailey Sarian voice)) Aqua

[Nobody-s]

I can hear Bailey Sarian whispering "Aqua Tofana"

[michellewilson]

I totally love this narrator. Especially in this series. In high school I will probably would have done better in history. Keep up the good work man!

[ZoeAlleyne]

As soon as I saw this thumbnail and title, I did my *Bailey Sarian whisper* Aqua

[DeadboltDame]

Higher body count than Vlad? Big difference between her 600 and his 80, 000+.

[CwL-]

Hell hath no fury than a woman scorned

[leslietarkin]

Being a domestic violence survivor, I can understand how women thought Aqua Tofana was the only way to survive. Italian women in that time didn't have any rights. I call it self-defense.

[Onora]

Bailey Sarian did an exccellent video on Giulia Tofana.

She's one of the few serial killers in history you can kinda empathize with, especially as a woman. She wasn't helping people kill a ton of men because she got off on it, she was trying to rescue her fellow women stuck in what was usually incredibly absuive relationships. Something she knew about first hand. She was probably a hero to many women who won their freedoms (at least for a while) because of her. She obviously made a huge amount of money, but she likely saved as many lives as she vicariously claimed, so it's hard to outright dismss her as a monster like you would Bundy or Gacy. I know she's classified as a serial killer, but at the same time it doesn't seem like she got her rocks off on it so much as she wanted to help women and make money at the same time.

I'm not condoning all the times she's murdered people by any means, but we've all seen or heard of cases where it seems like the only way someone so evil will stop is if they are stopped....so enter Gilulia Tofana. If women were allowed to leave their husbands then Giulia Tofana probably would have an entirely different (and less deadly) side hustle.

[btetschner]

10:43 I am not certain..but some of the fashion in the film Amadeus seems like that of the Macaroni fashion trend.

That Weird History video "The Ridiculous History of Macaroni Fashion" is such a great video!

[edwardleemiller-eojp]

“Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.”

[lovelynordichome]

very interesting. never heard of her. love old cases

[btetschner]

0:13 Reminds me of the poisoned apple the Evil Queen gave Snow White in the Disney film.

[btetschner]

0:49 My older brother had that album Poison by Bel Biv DeVoe.

We listened to the song "Poison" a lot.

[kaseipierce]

I saw the title and immediately said it's Aqua Tofana

[randofromiowa]

**Whispers..."Aqua Tofana"....thank you Bailey Sarian lol

[RobbieBarton]

Babe wake up weird history just uploaded

[meaghanlacelle]

A new video just in time for bed woohoo! I’ve fallen asleep to this voice and it’s random facts so often 😂

[v.emiltheii-nd.]

Ah, so 600 men dead from poisoning is the same equivalent to 20.000 impaled victims.
Pretty good math there.

[MichaeldeBidart]

Things REALLY went bad for Borgia when he crossed the Audatore family

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