Ottilie "Tillie" Klimek (or Tillie Gburek) (1876–1936) was an American serial killer.
She poisoned all five of her husbands: respectively, John Mitkiewicz, John Ruskowski, Frank Kupszcyk, Joseph Guszkowski, and Anton Klimek in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She also poisoned three neighborhood children and others. She became known as a fortune-teller, for predicting their deaths in advance.
Klimek was convicted of murder in an Illinois court and sentenced to life imprisonment. She died in prison.
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