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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.
May 9, 2024 · 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 · 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.
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...
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.
This drama tells the extraordinary true story of Victorian poisoner Mary Ann Cotton, played by Golden Globe winner and Emmy award nominee Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey).
Sep 6, 2023 · The story of Mary Ann Cotton, at first glance, mirrors that of the typical Black Widow; a woman who murders her husbands for financial reward. Known as the ‘Dark Angel’ and the ‘West Auckland Poisoner’, the case of Mary Ann Cotton is a popular one within historical true crime .
Jun 11, 2019 · Who was Mary Ann Cotton, and what crimes did she commit? As the Telegraph reports, Cotton was born in Durham, North East England on Oct. 31 1832. Yes, as in actual Halloween.
This book explores the case of Mary Ann Cotton, a woman who may have killed upwards of 21 people during the time of Britain's industrial revolution and whom, Wilson argues, could be classified as Britain's first female serial killer.
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