Der er faktisk en hel del af disse forklædte kvinder, der optræder som mænd, bl.a. i diverse hære op igennem tiden. Det skyldes enten kærlighed til en indkaldt ægtemage eller et personligt engagement i kampen. At kvinder optræder som mænd (uden at være transseksuelle) kan også skyldes ønsket om en større bevægelsesfrihed i et alt for snævert kønsopdelt patriarkalsk samfund. Disse kvinder ønsker ikke at skifte køn i biologisk forstand, men at tiltage sig nogle sociale fordele, som mænd har. Ind imellem kommer der så også en kvinde, der er ude efter at HÆVNE de uretfærdigheder imod kvindekønnet, som historien er så rig på. En af disse kvinder blev kendt under navnet Pista Pipas (1886–1940), hvilket var et navn, hun havde givet sig selv. Det betyder såmænd "Den piberygende Peter", og hun var verdens første, ungarske, transkønnede seriemorder ....
Hendes rigtige navn var Viktoria Fodi. Hendes forældre var fattige og måtte derfor sende hende væk som tjenestepige i en meget ung alder. Da hun var 18 år gammel, arrangerede hendes arbejdsgiver et ægteskab med en 30 år ældre, velhavende mand ved navn Pal Rieger. Ifølge nogle ubekræftede myter havde både hendes alkoholiserede far og hendes første arbejdsgiver voldtaget og mishandlet hende. Der var også dem, der påstod, at hun havde fået fem børn med sin mand, men at hun efter hans død besluttede sig for at "blive mand". Hendes familie påstod til gengæld, at hun havde været meget maskulin det meste af sit liv, og man mener nu, at hun led af en eller anden hormonforstyrrelse. Desuden er der større belæg for, at hun simpelthen forlod sin mand i 1910 og begyndte at leve som "Pista Pipas" kort efter.
Hvordan det nu end hang sammen med denne noget obskure forhistorie, så udviklede hun sig til en populær og nærmest mytisk figur, der bl.a. mindes med denne statue. Med hende opstod der en legende om den hævnende kvinde, der straffede formastelige mænd for deres forbrydelser imod kvinder. Fakta er, at der efter hendes "kønsskifte" blev fundet mange hængte mænd, og at kvinder på egnen begyndte at true deres partnere med at "tilkalde Pipas". At de døde på smart vis var arrangeret i noget, der skulle få dødsfaldet til at ligne et selvmord, gjorde det ikke nemmere for politiet at opklare de enkelte sager. Samtidig blev disse mange døde mænd en art reklame for Pipas, da mange kvinder åbenbart nærede et brændende ønske om at blive enke. Noget, hun så hjalp dem med, formentlig i 18-30 tilfælde ....
Det første mord, hun utvivlsomt begik, var på hendes nye arbejdsgiver,
Istvan Borcsok, der i 1919 havde antaget hende til at passe dyrene på
hans gård. Hun blev straks gode venner med hans kone, der ofte beklagede
sig over hans drikkeri og voldelige adfærd, hvilket forargede Pipas.
De to kvinder har nok følt
sig i deres gode ret til at "fjerne" Istvan, når nu han var så
forfærdelig. Under alle omstændigheder gik de i gang med en plan om at
få ham væk. Pipas fandt to hjælpere, hvoraf den ene var ofrets søn, Imre
Borcsok, men det var nu hende, der kvalte ham og derpå arrangerede hans lig på en måde, så man troede, han havde begået selvmord.
Man kan sige, at Pipas med disse mordplaner savede den gren over, hvor
hun selv sad på, da Istvan måske nok var en fordrukken hustyran, men han
havde immervæk givet hende et job, hvilket var noget, hun ellers havde
svært ved at finde. Faktisk lader det til, at hun ind imellem sine løse
jobs som daglejer måtte prostituere sig for at få til dagen og vejen.
Noget, der ikke kan have været nemt for hende, nu hvor hun
identificerede sig som mand.
Rygterne om hendes morderiske aktiviteter florerede, men politiet manglede beviser på, at de var sande. Efter 13 års virke gik det imidlertid galt for Pipas, da et jalousidrama, der invovlerede et par af hendes klienter, førte til nye undersøgelser af dødsfaldene. Hun var ikke indblandet i dette drama, men havde unægtelig taget livet af en af de stridendes far. Hendes to assistenter tabte modet under politi-forhørene og afslørede hende. Hun forsøgte sig med løgn på løgn, men den gik ikke, hun blev anklaget og dømt til døden, men blev senere benådet til fængsel på livstid. Nogle år efter døde hun i fængslet af naturlige årsager, men legenden om den hævnende kvinde, der kom sine kønsfæller til undsætning, levede videre efter hendes død, og hun er stadig en populær skikkelse i Ungarn ....
https://transmascstudies.com/2020/09/29/pipas-pista/
actions shed light
on the tragic reality of life in the poorest parts of Hungary and caused
a true media frenzy.
The year was 1919. The villagers of Átokháza (now called Ásotthalom,
near Szeged) were sleeping peacefully in their homes. Suddenly, farmer
István Börcsök awoke to the sound of his horses’ neighing. Suspecting
that something was amiss, he grabbed a lamp, ran outside, and came face
to face with a man he thought to be a thief. They got into a fight and
then, suddenly, another man threw a rope around Börcsök’s neck,
strangling him to death in front of his wife and son.
The truly shocking part came afterwards. They dragged the corpse into
the house and hung it from one of the rafters. Then, at the wife’s
request, it was moved to the pantry. A chair was placed nearby,
positioned exactly as expected in a suicide case.
The freshly widowed Mrs Börcsök and her son drank to his death,
along with the murderers.
The man who had strangled Börcsök was even invited to live with them,
according to confessions heard at his later trial.
Read also: Hungarian woman got 8 years in prison for drugging and
nearly killing her dates
The man in question, who went by the name of “Pipás Pista”, was, in
fact, a woman. Born Viktória Fődi in 1886, she was married off at the
age of 17 to a much older man named Pál Rieger. Not much is known about
her life with complete certainty. Some sources claim that her husband
was abusive towards her, just like her father, some others discredit
both statements and say that she simply yearned for freedom and better
living conditions. Whatever happened, she eventually left her husband
and started looking for work. Being of strong build and having smoked
since childhood (her moniker, Pipás Pista, could be translated as
“Steven with a pipe”), she could easily disguise herself as a man.
Pipás Pista dressed as a man and in traditional female attire. Source:
Az Est
Whether this was a matter of gender identity or simply a ploy to gain
riches is still unclear. She took on various jobs, such as ploughing or
pig slaughtering, and spent much of her free time drinking at pubs. In
1916, she met István Börcsök, who offered her a job on his farm and
ended up becoming her first victim. Börcsök’s wife, who had suffered a
lot at the hand of her alcoholic and aggressive husband, set her up to
the murder.
Three years later, in 1922, Pipás Pista killed another farmer, by the
name of Antal Dobák, and this was the case that eventually led to her
capture.
Even though she is said to have been responsible for the death of
over 30 men,
the gendarmerie did not seriously concern themselves with suicides
committed in rural areas. They only discovered that there was something
sinister going on when they were called to a dispute between lovers in
1932. The officers separated the parties and escorted the woman home who
told them that Antal Dobák had not taken his own life. She had heard
this from her lover, who had previously been involved with a relative of
Dobák.
At the 1933 trial, which turned out to be a true spectacle, attended by
crowds of onlookers, Pipás Pista was condemned to death. The legend says
that she was hanged using the same piece of rope that she had killed
with, but in reality, she had a different fate. Her sentence was
modified a couple of months later to lifelong imprisonment by no other
than the regent of Hungary, Miklós Horthy, and she died in prison 7
years later, suffering from lung disease.
Despite her gruesome deeds, her reputation is apparently not completely
negative: you can even find a small statue of Pipás Pista if you visit
the Bory Castle in Székesfehérvár.
pipas pista szobor statue
Photo: Solymári / Wikimedia Commons
Back in 2015, the mayor of Ásotthalom, László Toroczkai, went further:
he spoke about how he would like to turn the figure of Pipás Pista into a
tourist magnet, attracting visitors to the village, similarly to how
the story of Dracula draws crowds to Transylvania.
Sources: Tamás Bezsenyi: “The First Female Serial Killer in the Kingdom
of Hungary” (A chapter in the book The Spectacle of Murder: Fact,
Fiction and Folk Tales), Egyperces krimi, Szegedi Lap, Szeged Tourism,
Délmagyar
Read more at: https://dailynewshungary.com/the-story-of-the-cross-dressing-hungarian-hitwoman/
ar was 1919. The
villagers of Átokháza (now called Ásotthalom, near Szeged) were sleeping
peacefully in their homes. Suddenly, farmer István Börcsök awoke to the
sound of his horses’ neighing. Suspecting that something was amiss, he
grabbed a lamp, ran outside, and came face to face with a man he thought
to be a thief. They got into a fight and then, suddenly, another man
threw a rope around Börcsök’s neck, strangling him to death in front of
his wife and son.
The truly shocking part came afterwards. They dragged the corpse into
the house and hung it from one of the rafters. Then, at the wife’s
request, it was moved to the pantry. A chair was placed nearby,
positioned exactly as expected in a suicide case.
The freshly widowed Mrs Börcsök and her son drank to his death,
along with the murderers.
The man who had strangled Börcsök was even invited to live with them,
according to confessions heard at his later trial.
Read also: Hungarian woman got 8 years in prison for drugging and
nearly killing her dates
The man in question, who went by the name of “Pipás Pista”, was, in
fact, a woman. Born Viktória Fődi in 1886, she was married off at the
age of 17 to a much older man named Pál Rieger. Not much is known about
her life with complete certainty. Some sources claim that her husband
was abusive towards her, just like her father, some others discredit
both statements and say that she simply yearned for freedom and better
living conditions. Whatever happened, she eventually left her husband
and started looking for work. Being of strong build and having smoked
since childhood (her moniker, Pipás Pista, could be translated as
“Steven with a pipe”), she could easily disguise herself as a man.
Pipás Pista dressed as a man and in traditional female attire. Source:
Az Est
Whether this was a matter of gender identity or simply a ploy to gain
riches is still unclear. She took on various jobs, such as ploughing or
pig slaughtering, and spent much of her free time drinking at pubs. In
1916, she met István Börcsök, who offered her a job on his farm and
ended up becoming her first victim. Börcsök’s wife, who had suffered a
lot at the hand of her alcoholic and aggressive husband, set her up to
the murder.
Three years later, in 1922, Pipás Pista killed another farmer, by the
name of Antal Dobák, and this was the case that eventually led to her
capture.
Even though she is said to have been responsible for the death of
over 30 men,
the gendarmerie did not seriously concern themselves with suicides
committed in rural areas. They only discovered that there was something
sinister going on when they were called to a dispute between lovers in
1932. The officers separated the parties and escorted the woman home who
told them that Antal Dobák had not taken his own life. She had heard
this from her lover, who had previously been involved with a relative of
Dobák.
At the 1933 trial, which turned out to be a true spectacle, attended by
crowds of onlookers, Pipás Pista was condemned to death. The legend says
that she was hanged using the same piece of rope that she had killed
with, but in reality, she had a different fate. Her sentence was
modified a couple of months later to lifelong imprisonment by no other
than the regent of Hungary, Miklós Horthy, and she died in prison 7
years later, suffering from lung disease.
Despite her gruesome deeds, her reputation is apparently not completely
negative: you can even find a small statue of Pipás Pista if you visit
the Bory Castle in Székesfehérvár.
pipas pista szobor statue
Photo: Solymári / Wikimedia Commons
Back in 2015, the mayor of Ásotthalom, László Toroczkai, went further:
he spoke about how he would like to turn the figure of Pipás Pista into a
tourist magnet, attracting visitors to the village, similarly to how
the story of Dracula draws crowds to Transylvania.
Sources: Tamás Bezsenyi: “The First Female Serial Killer in the Kingdom
of Hungary” (A chapter in the book The Spectacle of Murder: Fact,
Fiction and Folk Tales), Egyperces krimi, Szegedi Lap, Szeged Tourism,
Délmagyar
Read more at: https://dailynewshungary.com/the-story-of-the-cross-dressing-hungarian-hitwoman/
The year was 1919. The
villagers of Átokháza (now called Ásotthalom, near Szeged) were sleeping
peacefully in their homes. Suddenly, farmer István Börcsök awoke to the
sound of his horses’ neighing. Suspecting that something was amiss, he
grabbed a lamp, ran outside, and came face to face with a man he thought
to be a thief. They got into a fight and then, suddenly, another man
threw a rope around Börcsök’s neck, strangling him to death in front of
his wife and son.
The truly shocking part came afterwards. They dragged the corpse into
the house and hung it from one of the rafters. Then, at the wife’s
request, it was moved to the pantry. A chair was placed nearby,
positioned exactly as expected in a suicide case.
The freshly widowed Mrs Börcsök and her son drank to his death,
along with the murderers.
The man who had strangled Börcsök was even invited to live with them,
according to confessions heard at his later trial.
Read also: Hungarian woman got 8 years in prison for drugging and
nearly killing her dates
The man in question, who went by the name of “Pipás Pista”, was, in
fact, a woman. Born Viktória Fődi in 1886, she was married off at the
age of 17 to a much older man named Pál Rieger. Not much is known about
her life with complete certainty. Some sources claim that her husband
was abusive towards her, just like her father, some others discredit
both statements and say that she simply yearned for freedom and better
living conditions. Whatever happened, she eventually left her husband
and started looking for work. Being of strong build and having smoked
since childhood (her moniker, Pipás Pista, could be translated as
“Steven with a pipe”), she could easily disguise herself as a man.
Pipás Pista dressed as a man and in traditional female attire. Source:
Az Est
Whether this was a matter of gender identity or simply a ploy to gain
riches is still unclear. She took on various jobs, such as ploughing or
pig slaughtering, and spent much of her free time drinking at pubs. In
1916, she met István Börcsök, who offered her a job on his farm and
ended up becoming her first victim. Börcsök’s wife, who had suffered a
lot at the hand of her alcoholic and aggressive husband, set her up to
the murder.
Three years later, in 1922, Pipás Pista killed another farmer, by the
name of Antal Dobák, and this was the case that eventually led to her
capture.
Even though she is said to have been responsible for the death of
over 30 men,
the gendarmerie did not seriously concern themselves with suicides
committed in rural areas. They only discovered that there was something
sinister going on when they were called to a dispute between lovers in
1932. The officers separated the parties and escorted the woman home who
told them that Antal Dobák had not taken his own life. She had heard
this from her lover, who had previously been involved with a relative of
Dobák.
At the 1933 trial, which turned out to be a true spectacle, attended by
crowds of onlookers, Pipás Pista was condemned to death. The legend says
that she was hanged using the same piece of rope that she had killed
with, but in reality, she had a different fate. Her sentence was
modified a couple of months later to lifelong imprisonment by no other
than the regent of Hungary, Miklós Horthy, and she died in prison 7
years later, suffering from lung disease.
Despite her gruesome deeds, her reputation is apparently not completely
negative: you can even find a small statue of Pipás Pista if you visit
the Bory Castle in Székesfehérvár.
pipas pista szobor statue
Photo: Solymári / Wikimedia Commons
Back in 2015, the mayor of Ásotthalom, László Toroczkai, went further:
he spoke about how he would like to turn the figure of Pipás Pista into a
tourist magnet, attracting visitors to the village, similarly to how
the story of Dracula draws crowds to Transylvania.
Sources: Tamás Bezsenyi: “The First Female Serial Killer in the Kingdom
of Hungary” (A chapter in the book The Spectacle of Murder: Fact,
Fiction and Folk Tales), Egyperces krimi, Szegedi Lap, Szeged Tourism,
Délmagyar
Read more at: https://dailynewshungary.com/the-story-of-the-cross-dressing-hungarian-hitwoman/
https://dailynewshungary.com/the-story-of-the-cross-dressing-hungarian-hitwoman/
https://medium.com/crimebeat/the-story-of-the-hungarian-transgender-serial-killer-97d97180f76e
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