[Music] according to an attraction she was born in 1836 in Romania the daughter of a wealthy cattleman by 18-49 Ana resided in the Banat military frontier area of the Austrian Empire more specifically at the village of Vladimirovich which no lies within Serbia she attended a private school in pancha Ville and following her time in education she returned to live in her father's house when she was 20 years old she had a passionate affair with an Austrian officer however the relationship turned sour when he abandoned her deserting Anna who had contracted syphilis from him within the
confines of her father's home Anna dedicated her time to reading publications mainly regarding medicine and chemistry and preferred to live a solitary life furthermore throughout her isolation Anna learned five languages her father then arranged the marriage of his daughter to a much older man named either pissed off or depeche Tanya sources differ on the exact details Once Wed the couple became parents to eleven children over the course of 20 years however despite the marriage reportedly being a happy one Anna pissed over and her husband endured heartbreaking loss of their 11 children only one survived into
adulthood and became a merchant during her fifties Anna was widowed one wing of her dwelling became what she called an alchemists workshop where she experimented with various herbs spaces she hired a meet who spread the word about her work telling of her extraordinary capabilities as a healer and herbalist unattended to sit alone by a window staring out onto the village streets wearing all black and a headscarf she would often go outside and converse with passers-by as her reputation flourished Anna was given the Serbian Croatian name Babar Anika translated into English as grandmother Annie farmers waves
were her most frequent customers who sought out healing medicines for their hard-working husbands and through the treating of her homemade products Anna earned enough money to live comfortably soldiers would knock on her door pleading for her to cope one of her magic potions as she called them so that once ingested they would be so sick that they would not have to participate in military service other popular products from her laboratory included magic water love potions and Devils water the two former in particular had traces of poison within them such as mercury and were bought by
many women who wished to kill their spouses the love potion contained traces of arsenic and various other untraceable elements in the presence of her clients who wanted the poison Anna would ask how heavy as the sacrifice or how heavy as the problem in other words she was requesting the estimated weight of the intended victim once known she would be able to calculate the exact dosage required to end the person's life which she also perfectly predicted as being eight days after ingestion a few of the clients themselves were unaware that the bottles contained any type of
poison and rumors circulated around vladimirovich baba annoyed car held abilities of a sorceress gaining her many nicknames such as the Banat witch and the witch of vladimirov arts many of those who fell victim to her potions were young and healthy men and it was estimated that anna's alchemy was responsible for between 50 and 150 deaths in 1914 anna was put on trial for pervading poisons for many murders however she was acquitted during the 1920s anna's business had become majorly successful and she hired a saleswoman called you bina malankov who brought clients to anna's home the
value of her magic water skyrocketed between two thousand and ten thousand dinars which despite being obsolete in today's terms would be between nine hundred and four thousand five hundred great British pounds or one thousand one hundred and five thousand five hundred US dollars at the time no suspicions were raised due to the fact that almost all of Anna's clients were the ones murdering members of their family and autopsies or further investigations were not requested by any loved ones or friends of the deceased a loyal client named Stannah Mammadov who had bought healing medicines and arabs
from anna in the past purchased baba and Micah's infamous magic water in January of 1924 with the intention of killing her husband Lazar Ladakhi as expected Lazar died within the space of eight days stana quickly moved on from the death of her husband and married another man from her local village her new husband's uncle mysteriously died a few months later and police were brought in to investigate having questioned Stannah she did not hesitate in incriminating baba Anika two years passed with no further action by authorities in terms of confronting Anna in December of 1926 she
sold another bottle of her magic water to Sima Mammadov no known relation to Stannah and his wife Sophia the couple plotted to murder Seamas 17-year old father Nicola Mammadov allegedly Nicola was an alcoholic who had been abusive towards his son and his family Sophia heard whispers of Baba anika from a woman named Danica stowage and paid her a visit where she purchased some magic water sofia gave the poison to august Erza Nicola mommy loves 16 year old granddaughter it is unknown whether Olga who was ordered to pour the concoction into one of Nicholas drinks was
aware that the liquid was poisonous Nicola drank the water and died 15 days later on the 15th of May 1928 baba anika at the age of 90 was arrested by authorities stanner Mammadov Seema and Sofia Mahmoud off yo bina malankov Danika stoic and August Erza were arrested and charged with the murders of Nicola mommy roof and Lazar madoski the bodies of Lazar and Nicola were exhumed and autopsies were performed on both men at the University of Belgrade the doctor who conducted the autopsies testified at trial that traces of arsenic were found in it Nicola and
Lazarus bodies the trail of baba anika began in June of 1929 and results from analysis of chemicals found at Anna's property confirmed both her possession and use of poison the prosecutor of the case sought the death penalty for all of the accused men and women except for August Erza for whom he believed a prison sentence was more yet as she was a Mainer Seema and Sophia defended themselves at Trail making the point that they were both unaware that the medicine contained poison the couple stated that they strongly believed in Anna's alleged supernatural abilities and it
was some sort of dark magic that had claimed niccola's life when Stella took to the stand she claimed that she bought a bottle from Anna because she wished to cure her husband Lazar of alcoholism and once again stated that she was not aware that the door she gave him would be fatal August Erza defended herself by saying that she was a Manor at the time of the murders and was also completely unaware that the drink she gave to her grandfather Nicola would kill him Sophia challenged Olga's claims stating that the 16 year old dead have
knowledge that the liquid contained poison when baba anika spoke at her trial she denied the charges and insisted that she had never sold any magic water or love potions and that the entire case against her was a web of lies created by her alleged sales agent you Pina malankov shifting responsibility of her own crimes onto the defenseless elderly lady the verdict was announced on the 6th of July 1929 baba annoyed kerr was sentenced to 15 years in prison being named as an accomplice to the murders of Lazar and Nicola Stan a moment of and Sophia
Mammadov were both given life sentences as the women were named as the main perpetrators Sophia's husband Sima was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment and you be no malankov was sentenced to eight years of incarceration charges against dannika stoic and uber Sturt sir were dropped as the Pierre we're officially acquitted the defendant and the prosecutor were unhappy with the verdict and both appealed the decision the prosecutor believed that the convicts should face capital punishment as a result Sofia and Sima admitted that they did in fact have knowledge of the poison however the other defendants stuck by
their original statements on the 30th of November 1929 the final verdict was delivered baba annoyed Kerr was once again sentenced to 15 years behind bars with the addition of hard labor stana and Sofia were given the same sentence as before life imprisonment Seema's sentence was extended from 15 years to life imprisonment and nabila's sentence was extended from 8 years to 10 years Olga and Danica where for the second time acquitted at 98 years of age Baba Anika was released from prison due to old age she lived at her late father's house in vladimirovich for a
further two years before passing away in 1938 having lived for over 100 years leaving behind her notorious reputation as one of the oldest serial killers on record you
