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The Blajini

 

According to Romanian folklore the Earth is a disc. Humans live on one side and the other side is a mirror image of our world populated by the Blajini. The Blajini (gentle ones) are small creatures with heads like rats who don’t understand the ways of human beings. They live peacefully in paradise on the other side of the disc. They once lived alongside humans but somehow when Moses parted the Red Sea they ended up on the wrong side of the returning water.

Throughout the year, the Blajini fast, which frees up resources for humans. Each Spring, to thank the Blajini, Romanians throw red Easter egg shells into streams. The egg shells are carried on the current through the Apa Sâmbetei (World Ocean) to the river along which the Blajini’s live. When the Blajini see the red egg shells they know it’s time for their annual feast. Apa Sambetei

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Vera Renczi

Vera Renczi was born in 1903 to an aristocratic Romanian family. When she was a young woman, her friends and family thought her spoiled rich-girl attitude caused her relationship troubles. Her problem, however, had much deeper roots and more serious consequences. Unlike most female serial killers who kill for financial gain, Vera killed because she believed men could not be trusted. She was obsessed by the need for total loyalty and devotion from her lovers. Before she was caught, she poisoned 2 husbands, one son, and as many as 35 lovers. When the authorities searched her home they found 32 corpses in her wine cellar each stored in their own personalized coffin.

To learn more about Vera Renczi

BBC Infamous Poisoners
The Discovery Channel Deadly Women
Wikipedia Vera Renczi

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