Serial killers who brutally murder innocent people have existed throughout history. But some of these killers were dangerous enough to terrify even the most ruthless criminals. Ana di Pištonja, better known as the Witch of Banat, the Witch of Vladimirovac or Baba Anujka, was one of these dangerous serial killers. Because Baba Anujka was as far from the profile of a serial killer as possible. First of all, she was 90 years old when she killed dozens of people! Moreover, he had spent most of his life as a healer who treated sick people. Here’s what you need to know about Baba Anujka, the world’s oldest serial killer who poisoned 150 people to death.
Ana di Pištonja was born in Romania in 1833 or 1836
Ana di Pištonja opened her eyes to life in a wealthy family engaged in animal husbandry and moved to the settlement of Vladimirovac in Serbia in 1846.
She had the opportunity to get a good education in the Vladimirovac region. At the age of 20, she met an Australian officer who would change her life forever.
She married the Australian officer she fell in love with but was soon betrayed
The shocking betrayal allegedly caused the young woman to develop a deep hatred for all human beings. It was this betrayal that would turn her into Baba Anujka, the world’s oldest serial killer.
However, Ana di Pištonja had another marriage later in life. She married a rich landowner. From this marriage she gave birth to 11 children. However, only one of the young woman’s children survived. Successive losses would also play a decisive role in Ana di Pištonja’s life.
Ana di Pištonja, an intelligent woman, was interested in chemistry from her youth
Pištonja, who had the opportunity to develop himself in this field thanks to the good education he received, focused on chemistry, especially after the death of his children. His most skillful field was the production of medicines from plants.
After the death of his second wife, he turned his house into a laboratory and made a living by selling his own medicines
His medicines, ointments and creams made Pištonja a popular healer in his region. She was also an extremely helpful person. She became a kind-hearted grandmother who devoted her old age to healing people. However, her talent for chemistry would open up a whole new career opportunity for this caring woman!
The woman who came to be known as Baba Anujka (Grandma Anujka) started her criminal career by preparing poison for young people who did not want to serve in the army!
His concoctions that would make those who did not want to enlist sick for a while, but would not kill them, soon revealed the dark side of Baba Anujka. So these simple poisons were replaced by “love potions”!
Baba Anujka’s love potions were the last resort for women who wanted to get rid of their evil husbands. Yet these deadly poisons quickly gained immense popularity!
Baba Anujka, who developed a great hatred for people, especially men, because of a betrayal in her youth, has killed 150 people over the years. Of course, she was not the one who committed the murders. But she never turned down women who approached her to kill their husbands.
The oldest serial killer in history was captured in 1929 at the age of 90
The story of the capture of the world’s oldest serial killer is quite interesting. Anujka was caught because of a woman who bought poison from him 3 times and killed her husbands with these poisons. The authorities suspected a woman whose husbands died one after another, and when they deepened their investigation, they reached the “healer” behind the deaths, Baba Anujka!
Baba Anujka, directly responsible for the deaths of 150 people, sentenced to life imprisonment
But this was not a frightening punishment for a woman who was already 90 years old. Moreover, after serving only 8 years in prison due to old age, she was released and returned home. Baba Anujka, the world’s oldest serial killer, spent the last years of her life in peace in her own home. She died two years after her release, at the age of 100.
