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- 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.
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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 .
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.
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.
Jun 23, 2021 · On Mar. 24, 1873, Mary Ann Cotton, Britain’s first reported serial killer, was hanged for her crimes. A journalist described the scene: “Mrs. Cotton, who scowled fiercely and with an air of defiance at the crowd, and who muttered constantly but indistinctly, took her place upon the drop with remarkable composure… the wretched woman was ...
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...
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.
Jun 18, 2019 · Victorian serial killer Mary Ann Cotton is thought to have claimed the lives of up to 21 people with her arsenic-filled teapot, and yet she was convicted of just one crime: the murder of her...
