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TIL of Lynn Turner, who in 1995 her husband died after being sick with the flu. In 2001, her second husband died under remarkably similar circumstances, which aroused suspicions. After investigation, it was found that Lynn had murdered both her husbands by poisoning them with antifreeze.

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