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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.
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).
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 said to...
Sep 3, 2023 · Mary Ann Cotton was charged with the murder of Charles Edward Cotton, and as she awaited trial in Durham Prison, she gave birth to her 13th and last child, Margaret Edith Quick-Manning Cotton, in January 1873.
Mary Ann Cotton 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.
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 .
Oct 20, 2019 · North East serial killer Mary Ann Cotton murdered at least 15 family members in Victorian times. Jack the Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, and the Moors Murderers are names woven into Britain’s dark...
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