Tags: Criminal, Murderer.
Martha Wise (1884 – June 28 1971) born Martha Hasel was an American poisoner. After her husband died and her family forced her to end a relationship with a new lover Wise retaliated by poisoning seventeen family members of whom three died in 1924. She was convicted of one of the murders despite defense claims that she was mentally ill and that her lover had ordered her to poison her family. The case is considered one of the most sensational of the era in Ohio where it occurred.