Ottilie "Tillie" Klimek (born Otylia Gburek; 1876 – November 20, 1936) was a Polish American serial killer, active in Chicago. According to accounts, she pretended to have precognitive dreams, accurately predicting the dates of death of her victims, when in …

Tilly Klimek was a Polish-American serial killer and poisoner who operated actively in Chicago. She initially posed as a psychic and fortune-teller, accurately predicting the death dates of her future victims.

Feb 24, 2012 · Until a couple of recent TV profiles, Tillie Klimek was nearly forgotten as a serial killer. While she was only convicted of one murder, police suspected her of many more.

Nov 19, 2020 · “Mrs. Tillie Klimek, convicted thirteen years ago of poisoning a former husband in one of Chicago’s most sensational murder trials, died today at the woman’s reformatory at Dwight, Ill,” the paper reported. Convicted and sent to prison for life in 1923, the 64-year-old widow killed her second husband Frank Krupezk, the report said.

Ottilie "Tillie" Klimek, born Otylia Gburek in 1876 in Poland, was a Polish-American serial killer active in Chicago, Illinois. She was infamous for her methodical poisoning of her victims, often using arsenic, and her eerie claims of predicting their deaths.

She was a Polish-American female serial killer that was active in Chicago in the early 1900s and was known to have visions or dreams of people's deaths before they happened. Tillie was born in Poland as Otylia Gburek, the first child to Michal Gburek and Michalina. She immigrated to …

Jan 7, 2015 · Tillie Klimek was not beautiful. At 45, she was worn down by childbearing and housekeeping and four troubled marriages. She spoke in broken English.

This article delves into Tillie Klimek’s chilling history, retracing her life, marriages, alleged premonitions, and her ultimate downfall. Born as Teofila Gburek on October 22, 1877, in Poland, Tillie Klimek was the eldest of seven children from the family of Michalina and Michal Gburek.

Feb 14, 2022 · Police launched an investigation into Klimek’s poisoning, which revealed that he was not Tillie’s only victim. The investigation showed that the woman poisoned 20 people, of whom 13 died. Moreover, each death of her husband brought her a financial benefit from the policy she had purchased earlier.

Ottilie Klimek, Rufname Tillie, Geburtsname Teofila Gburek, (* 22. Oktober 1877 in Kongresspolen, Russisches Reich [1]; † 20. November 1936 in Joliet, Illinois [2]) war eine US-amerikanische Serienmörderin in Chicago. [3] [2]