S10E4 - S10 E4 - The Quiet widow: Euphemia Mondich - A Michigan Story History Almost Erased

In early 20th-century Detroit, men were dying quietly inside their own homes — and no one was asking why.

In this episode of Malice in the Mitten, we examine the forgotten case of Euphemia Mondich, a woman convicted of murder after two men close to her fell mysteriously ill and died under strikingly similar circumstances. At a time when wives and caregivers were rarely suspected of violence, Mondich lived unnoticed, protected by domestic trust and social assumptions that allowed her crimes to remain hidden for years.

Through period newspaper reporting, courtroom reconstruction, and modern criminological context, th...