Those Domineering Mothers

"Von Bernus made headlines throughout Germany in the early 1980s when she was taken to court by a disgruntled woman who claimed she had paid von Bernus USD 15,000 to put a death curse on her husband - who then did not die. The woman wanted her money back.

"Von Bernus was best friends with Waltraud Meiwes, the future cannibal's domineering mother..."

Thanks to polly_snodgrass.