"Effigy: Poison and the City" has all the hallmarks of a crisp historical drama. It's based on the true story of Gesche Gottfried, a German woman who was discovered to have killed 15 people in Bremen and Hanover during the early 1800s. She was actually a beloved person in the community because of her generosity in feeding the poor and because she'd experienced so much tragedy in her own life -- losing two husbands, a fiance and her own children to disease.
Effigy: Poison and the City
Effigy: Poison and the City
Effigy: Poison and the City
"Effigy: Poison and the City" has all the hallmarks of a crisp historical drama. It's based on the true story of Gesche Gottfried, a German woman who was discovered to have killed 15 people in Bremen and Hanover during the early 1800s. She was actually a beloved person in the community because of her generosity in feeding the poor and because she'd experienced so much tragedy in her own life -- losing two husbands, a fiance and her own children to disease.