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  1. Mary Ann Cotton (née Robson; 31 October 1832 – 24 March 1873) was an English convicted murderer who was executed for poisoning her stepson.

  2. Mary Ann Cotton (born October 31?, 1832, Low Moorsley, Durham county, England—died March 24, 1873, Durham county) was a British nurse and housekeeper who was believed to be Britains most prolific female serial killer. She allegedly poisoned up to 21 people.

  3. Feb 16, 2022 · Mary Ann Cotton was a nurse and housekeeper who poisoned as many as 21 people in 19th-century Britain. She was only convicted of one murder, but many of her relatives and husbands died under suspicious circumstances.

  4. Jun 23, 2021 · Learn about the disturbing story of Mary Ann Cotton, who poisoned her husbands, children and others for insurance money in the Victorian era. Discover how she was caught, tried and executed, and how she fits into the profile of female serial killers.

  5. Nov 2, 2016 · Mary Ann Cotton, the subject of ITV's new historical drama Dark Angel, was a Victorian Sunday school teacher, a nurse, a wife and a mother. But she was also a serial poisoner who is...

  6. Oct 20, 2019 · The story of Victorian-age poisoner Mary Ann Cotton was largely unremembered before in 2017 becoming the subject of an ITV drama called Dark Angel.

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  8. Sep 3, 2023 · Mary Ann Cotton was a Victorian serial killer who used arsenic to earn herself the nickname "Black Widow." She was fond of murdering her spouses and children and collecting life insurance payouts. She was branded "a monster in human shape," and of her 13 children, only a son and daughter survived.

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