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  2. Mary Ann Cotton (née Robson; 31 October 1832 – 24 March 1873) was an English convicted murderer who was executed for poisoning her stepson. Despite her sole conviction for murder, she is believed to have been a serial killer who killed many others including 11 of her 13 children and three of her four husbands for their life insurance policies .

  3. 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 Britain’s most prolific female serial killer. She allegedly poisoned up to 21 people.

  4. Feb 16, 2022 · Mary Ann Cotton, also known by the surnames Mowbray, Robinson and Ward, was a nurse and housekeeper suspected of poisoning as many as 21 people in 19th-century Britain. Mary was only ever convicted of one murder, the poisoning with arsenic of her 7-year-old stepson, Charles Edward Cotton.

  5. Jun 23, 2021 · Between 1865 and 1872, Mary Ann Cotton poisoned 21 people with arsenic, including three husbands, a lover, and 11 of her own children. When she was hanged in 1873, Cotton was accused of poisoning 21 people.

  6. Oct 20, 2019 · Mary Ann’s trial at Durham Crown Court lasted three days, and she was found guilty of Charles’ murder and responsible for the deaths by poisoning of 11 of her children, three husbands, one ...

  7. Mar 23, 2023 · On March 24, 1873, Mary Ann Cotton was hanged at Durham jail for the murder of her stepson and the deaths by poisoning of 11 of her children, three husbands, one lover, and her mother.

  8. Nov 2, 2016 · By the time she was hanged at Durham in 1873 at the age of 40, it is thought Mary Ann had killed as many as 21 people, including her mother, three of her husbands, a lover, eight of her...

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