Tillie Klimek murder case

Kelley quotes Klimek's testimony denying responsibility for her husbands' deaths.

“I loved them. They loved me. They just died. Same as other people. I'm not responsible for that”

Morbid: Tillie Klimek: Mrs. Bluebeard of Chicago (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 41:19

Kelley relays nurse Mildred Scully's testimony that Klimek joked about striking her ailing husband with a board.

“if he makes any trouble for you take a two by four board and hit him over the head with it”

Morbid: Tillie Klimek: Mrs. Bluebeard of Chicago (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 38:02

Kelley summarizes prosecutor William McLaughlin's opening statement alleging a wholesale poison plot involving at least six deaths.

“the two women had planned and carried out a wholesale poison plot, which claimed at least six lives and caused serious illness to nearly a score more”

Morbid: Tillie Klimek: Mrs. Bluebeard of Chicago (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 36:27

Kelley says Klimek confessed to poisoning her husband because she believed he was seeing other women.

“she broke down and confessed that she tried to poison Joseph because he was, quote, fooling around with other women”

Morbid: Tillie Klimek: Mrs. Bluebeard of Chicago (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 25:58

Urquhart argues the two-by-four remark would read as ordinary dark humor if Klimek were not an actual serial killer.

“And if she wasn't a mass murderer, like a serial killer, I'd be like, that's just regular, like, you've been married and you're trying to be funny when your husband's in a shitty position”

Morbid: Tillie Klimek: Mrs. Bluebeard of Chicago (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 38:28