Tabitha is next known to have existed in Ancient Rome as Cleopatra 's handmaiden , claiming to have supplied the Egyptian queen with the asp that killed her . Tabitha claims to have been the party planner for Roman Emperor Caligula , known for his alleged extravagance and debauchery . At an unspecified time in the Middle Ages , she lived in Europe with her witchly rival , Hecuba . She also randomly claims to have lived through countless historical events and drops the names of an endless series of celebrity suitors and comrades . Tabitha claims responsibility for many historic disasters , among them the destruction of Pompeii , the Black Plague , the great fire of London , the 1755 Lisbon earthquake , the Great Chicago Fire , the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 , and the sinking of the '' Titanic '' . In Harmony in the late 17th century , her witchery was exposed by Prudence Standish and the townspeople of Harmony burned her at the stake . After her resurrection , Tabitha vowed vengeance on the unwary descendants of those early Harmony settlers , especially the Cranes
Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
Tabitha Lenox