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

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.

2022年2月16日 · 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.

2021年6月23日 · 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.

2023年3月23日 · 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 nechronicle...

2016年11月2日 · 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...

2016年11月13日 · Mary Ann Cotton was found guilty and hanged on 24 March 1873 at Durham Country Gaol by executioner William Calcraft. The question is, however, how many people did she actually murder if, she was guilty of murder at all?

2019年10月20日 · Who was Mary Ann Cotton? The North East serial killer's life and execution in 17 facts As her Halloween birthday approaches, we recall the history of Mary Ann Cotton who killed at...

2023年2月13日 · Often described as ‘Britain’s first female serial killer, Mary Ann Cotton retains the same infamy today as she did when she was hanged 150 years ago.

2019年6月18日 · 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...