The narrative of Victorian serial killer Mary Ann Cotton, a poisoner whose tactics leave no visible wounds, allowing her body count to rise unnoticed by a Victorian society incapable of imagining a woman capable of committing such horrendous crimes. As she travels around the North East, she insinuates herself into unsuspecting families, marries and creates new families of her own, and then murders them, steals their money, and leaves.
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The narrative of Victorian serial killer Mary Ann Cotton, a poisoner whose tactics leave no visible wounds, allowing her body count to rise unnoticed by a Victorian society incapable of imagining a woman capable of committing such horrendous crimes. As she travels around the North East, she insinuates herself into unsuspecting families, marries and creates new families of her own, and then murders them, steals their money, and leaves.
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